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Council amends Oakwood PUD zoning to allow a single hospital
Summary
On second reading council approved an amendment to Oakwood PUD to permit hospitals but limit the PUD to one hospital; H-E-B supported the change with that caveat, council amended ordinance accordingly and approved on second reading.
Lake Jackson City Council on June 2 approved on second reading an amendment to Ordinance No. 2299 to add hospitals as a permitted use in the Oakwood planned-unit development (PUD) with a one-hospital limit in the PUD.
City staff said the grocery chain H-E-B had sent a letter supporting the zoning change but asked that the ordinance explicitly limit development to a single hospital in the PUD; staff said the PUD already contains similar limiting language for other uses such as grocery stores. Council moved to amend the PUD language to add the one-hospital limit and then voted in favor of the amended second reading.
The PUD area discussed is bounded by Orchard Creek Drive, Circle Way and Oak Drive. Council discussion focused on the single-hospital limitation requested in the H-E-B letter; no developer or hospital representative spoke during the recorded discussion. The council vote on the amendment carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the public remarks portion of the transcript.
Because this was a second-reading amendment, staff said the approved change will be incorporated into the ordinance language and will proceed consistent with the city's ordinance-adoption process.
