Commission approves specific‑use permit for family‑owned event center at 14122 FM 1100

The Manor Planning and Zoning Commission voted May 14 to approve a specific‑use permit allowing an event center on one lot of about 3.75 acres at 14122 FM 1100.

Rocio Velasquez, the applicant, described the proposed facility as a modern, family‑owned venue of roughly 5,500 square feet with an interior layout intended to host up to 410 people. “The venue itself is about 5,500 square feet more or less. It fits 410 people,” Velasquez said during her presentation. She told commissioners the current plan includes a concrete or asphalt drive, handicap‑accessible parking and landscaping; she said the rear 3.5 acres are part of a future phase and could accommodate a chapel if funding allows.

City staff clarified that approval of the SUP permits the event center use but does not approve a final site plan. “The approval of this item is not the approval of that site plan. It's the approval of their ability to apply for the site plan,” a city staff member said, noting the applicant must still comply with engineering, parking and other zoning ordinance requirements when they submit a site plan.

Commissioners asked about parking and access; Velasquez said preliminary front‑lot parking was estimated at about 50–60 spaces and that engineers are still developing final counts. Staff said parking adequacy, occupancy and ingress/egress will be evaluated during site‑plan review. The commission approved the SUP by motion; the item will also go to City Council, where the public may provide additional comment.

Velasquez said the project is a family business and that she pursued the item to be part of Manor’s growth. The commission voted in favor of the SUP by voice/raised‑hand vote.