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Missouri City requires special use permits for gas stations next to residential areas, limits proximity and equipment near homes
Summary
Council voted unanimously to amend the zoning ordinance to require specific use permits for gasoline service stations that share a property line with residential districts and to add standards for intersection placement, equipment setbacks and limits on density at large intersections.
The Missouri City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance July 21 that tightens zoning rules for gasoline service stations located next to residential districts.
Jennifer Thomas Gomez, director of development services, explained the amendment would keep gas stations as a use-by-right in higher-intensity retail and business park districts (LC‑3/LC‑4) but would require a specific use permit (SUP) when a gas-station parcel has a common property line with a residential district. The amendment adds criteria…
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