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Tomball previews Unified Development Code; parking and incompatible uses flagged
Summary
City staff gave the City Council a preview of a proposed Unified Development Code June 2, focusing on land-use compatibility and parking standards after council members raised problems at older shopping centers and for certain tenants such as restaurants and nail salons.
City planning staff previewed a consolidated Unified Development Code and walked Tomball City Council members through how the city currently regulates land uses and parking during a June 2 workshop.
The presentation, given by Craig (staff member), centered on land-use compatibility charts and parking calculations and solicited preliminary council feedback for Friese Nichols, the consultant preparing the full UDC draft. "Everything that you provide me tonight, I can pass along to our consultant," Craig said, describing the staff role in gathering council input before a future formal draft presentation.
The draft UDC effort would combine zoning, subdivision regulations and sign provisions now scattered across city ordinances, Craig said, and bring Tomball’s rules into conformance with more recent state statutory requirements. He detailed the process that would be required to impose new limits on uses already allowed in a…
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