Commission backs future land use amendment and PD zoning for 4172 E. US Highway 377 to allow warehouse-showroom with offices

The Granbury Planning and Zoning Commission on May 12 recommended approval of a future land use plan amendment and a planned-development (PD) light commercial zoning change for property at 4172 East U.S. Highway 377.

City planner Cody presented the request: the site had been annexed in 2024 and the applicant seeks a future land use change from low-density residential to retail/office (CP-24-4) and a rezoning from interim holding (IH) to PD/light commercial (Z-24-14) to allow a warehouse-showroom with office space. Staff recommended approval of both the future land use amendment and the zoning change.

Applicant representative Tony Calloway said the project had proceeded under a development agreement reached with the City last year that allowed a septic system for the first phase, and that the applicant completed voluntary annexation. Calloway said the project will be built in two phases: phase 1 will use an on-site sanitary facility and include buildings of about 9,600 sq ft, 1,500 sq ft and 3,500 sq ft divided into multiple units; phase 2 will proceed after removal of the onsite septic (OSSF) and will add up to eight additional units. Calloway said the original conceptual square footage was reduced (from roughly 40,000 to about 23,000 sq ft) after a detailed drainage study identified creek constraints.

Under the PD proposal, the applicant requested three deviations from the standard code: to allow the warehouse-showroom-with-office use as a permitted PD use; to reduce the front-yard setback to 18 feet (from the 30-foot standard) to offset a 12-foot right-of-way dedication along Peck Street; and to adopt a parking standard of one space per 750 square feet plus one additional space per building unit rather than the ordinance’s one space per 750 square feet plus one space per employee. City staff mailed seven notices to property owners within 200 feet and published notice in the Hood County newspaper; staff reported zero letters in favor and zero in opposition at the time of the staff report.

Commissioner Hayes moved to recommend approval of the future land use change; Commissioner Class seconded. The motion passed (chair recorded “all in favor,” individual tallies not specified). Commissioner Hayes then moved to recommend approval of the PD light-commercial zoning change; Commissioner Daniels seconded. The chair recorded the zoning motion as passed (vote recorded as “Aye”; individual tallies not specified).

The commission’s recommendation advances the land-use and zoning changes to the City Council for final action; staff noted formal review will continue through plat and engineering (drainage) requirements.