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Council approves rezoning of 1009 East Gallego Avenue after property owner testimony
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Summary
The council approved second and final reading to rezone property at 1009 East Gallego Ave. Owner Mike Bleyanes spoke in public hearing claiming long-standing commercial use and seeking the zoning change from R-4 (Mobile Home District) to C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial).
The Alpine City Council on June 17 approved the second and final reading of an ordinance to rezone the property at 1009 East Gallego Avenue from R-4 Mobile Home District to C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.
Property owner Mike Bleyanes appeared at the public hearing to describe the site’s history and use. “We bought that, amount of it, but, you might have heard the last time we bought the property in 1970, and we've had a business that's been ever since,” Bleyanes said, arguing the area has long functioned as commercial and that city appraisal records had listed the property as commercial in the past.
Why it matters: The rezoning formalizes commercial zoning for a portion of Block 33 (Hancock Addition, south of the railroad) and aligns the property’s zoning with adjoining commercial uses along Gallego Avenue, council noted during the second-reading consideration.
Council voted unanimously to approve the second and final reading of Ordinance 2025-06-02 to amend the official zoning map as described in the ordinance language.
Ending: The ordinance provides standard findings of fact, repealer, severability and effective-date clauses and will take effect as specified in the ordinance language.
