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Granbury council denies applicant's request to reclassify 5301 U.S. 377 for industrial use
Summary
The City Council voted 6-0 to deny a future land use map amendment and a zoning change that would have allowed industrial uses on a roughly 5-acre property at 5301 U.S. Highway 377 after staff and several council members said industrial zoning is not appropriate at the city’s entryway.
The Granbury City Council on Tuesday denied a request to change the future land use designation and rezone 5301 U.S. Highway 377 from interim holding to an industrial zoning district.
The council voted 6-0 to deny ordinance 25-21 (future land use map amendment) and ordinance 25-22 (zoning change). The denials followed staff and planning commission recommendations against the change.
City Community Development Director Kara Wawe recommended denial, telling the council that the site is at an entry to the city where the comprehensive plan envisions retail and office uses, not an industrial business park. “The proposal would create more intense uses not appropriate at the entrance of the city,” Wawe said during the public hearing.
Applicant Hunter Coleman, who said he represents the property owner, told the council the immediate plan was to use the site temporarily for sales and display of HUDCO manufactured and modular homes. He said the property’s existing zoning did not allow that use and that a special-use permit (SUP) previously explored was not administratively supported. “Our goal is to have three or four HUDCO manufactured homes for sales display,” Coleman said, adding the use would be temporary until higher-value development occurs as U.S. 377 is expanded.
Council members pressed on compatibility with surrounding properties, and several noted the comprehensive plan’s intention for a retail/office character at the entry to the city. Councilmember Gerber said he had driven the area and did not observe industrial uses adjacent to the parcel, questioning an applicant assertion that surrounding properties were industrial. Wawe replied the city’s future land use map and comp plan guide appropriate uses for that gateway.
Council discussion also noted alternatives, including reapplying for a specific-use permit with conditions or subdividing the lot so only part would change use. Several council members expressed support for a temporary SUP over a permanent zoning change.
The council first voted to deny the future land use map amendment; following that, members voted 6-0 to deny the zoning change from interim holding to industrial. The minutes record the vote as unanimous with no recorded nay votes.
The property is roughly five acres and includes an existing approximately 7,500-square-foot office building, Coleman said. Coleman and staff said infrastructure (water and on-site sewer) is already present at the site.
Coleman said he would return to staff to explore a specific-use permit if the applicant seeks temporary authority for sales and display.
No public speakers aside from the applicant addressed the council on the item during the hearing.
