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City holds public hearing on I‑10 corridor rezoning to light industrial after P&Z recommendation
Summary
City‑initiated rezoning request would change roughly 263 acres along the I‑10 corridor from mixed use/regional employment to light industrial; the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval and no members of the public spoke at the council hearing.
City planning staff opened a public hearing on a city‑initiated rezoning request to change roughly 263 acres of land along the Interstate 10 corridor from Mixed Use Regional Employment (MUR) to Light Industrial (LI). The affected parcels include multiple separately owned tracts broadly located along I‑10 and nearby roadways.
Rick Vasquez, planning staff, told council the proposal covers about 270 acres across approximately 23 tracts and that the Planning & Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on June 11 and unanimously recommended approval. Staff noted surrounding land uses include agricultural, industrial, manufacturing, excavation, commercial and vacant tracts. The 2024 comprehensive plan and the I‑10 Framework Plan were cited as supportive of light‑industrial and business park uses in the corridor and the properties are designated as light industrial in the 2024 future land‑use map.
Council opened the public hearing; no members of the public came forward to comment and council closed the hearing. No final council action on the rezoning was recorded during the meeting transcript provided.
Why it matters: Rezoning to light industrial would change allowable uses across a large swath of land along I‑10 and could affect future development patterns, traffic, and municipal services in the area. Planning staff said two property owner notices were returned in favor and none in opposition among owners within 200 feet of the subject sites.
