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Council narrows PD‑19 commercial uses; permits indoor recreation, medical offices and childcare with limits
Summary
After public comment and council amendments, the council approved changes to PD‑19 to allow indoor recreation, a childcare option (if occupying entire building), medical offices and a defined refreshment area while prohibiting a lounge/bar use and imposing window-signage controls and hours limits for outdoor activity.
The Missouri City Council approved an amendment to Planned Development (PD) 19 that modifies allowable commercial uses for three non‑residential lots on FM 1092. The ordinance approved at first reading narrows the originally requested expansion of LC‑2 uses and adds several council-directed conditions: no outdoor activities after 9 p.m., a prohibition on lounge/bar as a primary use, a definition to cap ancillary alcohol sales in a refreshment area, no indoor/outdoor lounge as a primary business, and a restriction on window signage for buildings that become schools or childcare facilities.
Plantation Creek Investment LLC requested the change after arguing the current PD restrictions (6 a.m.–9 p.m. outdoor hours and a limited LC‑2 use list) have made leasing difficult for the property owner. The owner, Anil Patel, told council he expected potential tenants such as a Spanish-language school, indoor recreation (pickleball/simulated golf), and urgent-care/medical tenants; Patel emphasized his intent to provide community-serving uses rather than a bar/lounge and said any refreshment area would be ancillary to the primary use.
Staff recommended and Planning & Zoning forwarded a proposal that would allow indoor sports facilities and daycare only where the entire building is used for that purpose, allow medical/dental offices, and remove outdoor-hours restrictions for interior uses while keeping outdoor activity limited to 6 a.m.–9 p.m. Council members asked detailed questions about buffers (the property has a 20-foot wooden fence and an easement that prevents masonry fencing), parking adequacy, noise complaints (none significant reported to public safety), and the ability to define lounge/refreshment areas and square‑footage limits to prevent a bar‑style operation. Council worked with the applicant and staff to craft amendments and asked staff to return with a tightened second reading that lists specific permitted uses (including a newly added “health and wellness” category and yoga/acupuncture) and a clear definition of lounge/restricted alcohol sales.
Council also asked for a fast second reading so the property owner can market the space; staff said the second reading is scheduled for October 6. The motion to amend PD‑19 with the council conditions passed unanimously.
What passed tonight is a first reading: the council approved language directing staff to prepare a second-reading ordinance that will contain the specific permitted-use list, an explicit definition of a lounge (ancillary alcohol sales capped by square footage/percentage or excluded as primary use), window‑signage standards for schools, parking validation at the tenant-approval stage, and continued limits on outdoor activity hours.
