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Brownsville staff previews medical overlay zoning to guide growth near hospitals
Summary
City planning and consultant Friese Nichols presented a draft Medical Overlay District to guide development around health-care facilities, addressing permitted uses, design standards and electric-vehicle charging rules; planning commission recommended approval and staff will return the ordinance for final action.
City planning staff and consultant Friese Nichols presented a draft Medical Overlay District at a Brownsville City Commission work session Tuesday, outlining a proposed ordinance to shape development near hospitals and other health-care and bioscience uses.
The presentation, led by Chan Sparks and Laura Zakaras of Friese Nichols, described a zoning overlay focused along I-69E and Alton Gloor Boulevard. The proposal would add a Medical Overlay District to the Unified Development Code, revise use charts to list hospitals, surgery centers, freestanding emergency…
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