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Council approves conditional use permit to allow church at 1533 E. Business 190 with conditions
Summary
After a public hearing and a unanimous planning‑commission recommendation, council approved Ordinance No. 2025‑15 to permit a church at 1533 East Business 190 (RC zoning) subject to three conditions and certificate of occupancy requirements.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a conditional use permit to allow a church at 1533 East Business 190, an RC (retail and commercial)‑zoned property, after a public hearing and a recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Bobby Lewis, Development Services director, outlined the background: the applicant requested a CUP to allow a place of worship in an RC district; staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed parking, certificate‑of‑occupancy history and compatibility with neighboring uses. Lewis noted that a certificate of occupancy had previously been issued for a separate adjacent unit (1531 East Business 190) and explained that the CUP request pertains specifically to 1533.
At the public hearing, Domingo Botello Jr., who said he is a property owner and church member, told the council the congregation has used the neighboring suite for nearly three years without reported complaints and that additional side‑lot parking has been striped and made visible since the planning commission review. Botello said the church does not oppose alcoholic‑beverage sales adjacent to its property.
Lewis told the council that staff and the planning commission had reviewed the conditional‑use standards and found the proposed use compatible with neighboring businesses subject to three conditions of approval. Planning & Zoning had voted 5–1 to recommend approval on April 28 after an earlier continuance.
A council member moved to approve Ordinance No. 2025‑15 subject to the three conditions; the motion carried with the council vote recorded as passed.
Following approval, Lewis and staff advised that, if the CUP is granted for 1533, the applicant must still obtain a certificate of occupancy for that specific unit before operating there; the CO for 1531 does not transfer automatically to 1533. Staff also noted that a conditional use becomes eligible to remain only so long as the use is not abandoned for six months, per city practice.
