Planning and Zoning Commission recommends rezoning 0.6-acre tract on Carolina Avenue to RSF-5

The League City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council rezone an approximately 0.6-acre tract on Carolina Avenue from general commercial (CG) to residential single-family 5 (RSF-5).

City planner Caitlin King told the commission the hatched tract on the zoning map is currently zoned commercial but is directly adjacent to multiple RSF-5 parcels; staff determined the requested rezone would be “consistent and compatible with the adjacent land uses,” would not create nonconformances, and would have negligible traffic impacts. “Based upon the information provided, staff recommends approval of this rezone request,” King said.

The commission opened and closed a public hearing with no members of the public addressing the panel. A commissioner moved to approve the rezone (map identifiers referenced in the record included “2300061908 Carolina Avenue” in staff materials and “map 25-006” during the motion), a second was recorded, commissioners voted in the affirmative, and the chair declared the motion carried. The commission’s vote sends a recommendation to City Council; the transcript indicates five commissioners were present for the meeting.

The proposal’s stated rationale at the hearing was to bring the parcel’s zoning into alignment with the surrounding block. Staff noted the request is inconsistent with the future land use map in the comprehensive plan but said it is consistent with the comprehensive plan’s overall goals and policies.

The matter now advances to the City Council for final action. The commission did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; the meeting record shows commissioners voted “aye” and the motion carried.