Commission recommends rezoning 3.4 acres near South Shore Boulevard to RSF‑7 for up to 14 single-family homes

The League City Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve a rezoning (MAP 250003) of about 3.4 acres along the south side of South Shore Boulevard from public/semi-public to RSF‑7 (Residential Single-Family, 7,000-square-foot minimum) to enable approximately 14 single-family homes.

Planning Manager Mark Lanishman said the parcel is an unused portion of the Elk Shore Golf Course and was rezoned as part of development actions that followed city review. The applicant proposes 14 single-family garden/patio-style homes on lots generally meeting the RSF‑7 minimum; staff noted lot-by-lot dimensions could adjust as the platting and infrastructure process proceeds and that Lot 1 in the current layout may reduce the total count if buildable area constraints require it.

Lanishman said the site will be subject to the city’s tree preservation requirements: developers must submit a tree disposition plan as part of the preliminary plat and are required to mitigate tree removals by replanting, paying into a tree fund, or coordinating tree replacement elsewhere in the city. He described the development process that follows rezoning: a preliminary plat, infrastructure review covering water, sewer and drainage, and adherence to RSF‑7 development regulations (setbacks, open space ratios and lot standards). Staff told commissioners the traffic impact of 14 lots would be negligible and that the existing south-side fence along South Shore Harbor would remain, with a gated private street proposed for the new lots.

Owner Steven Morris spoke as the current owner of the golf-course land and said the petition included in the packet applied to a different rezoning request and not to this specific tract. Resident Sandra McNeil of 2522 Masters Drive addressed the commission to say the petition she drafted related to another portion of the golf-course land, not the tract under consideration, and clarified she did not intend to oppose the application now before the commission. Several commissioners asked about preservation of mature trees; the applicant indicated an intention to preserve as many mature trees as possible and to coordinate mitigation across the larger golf-course acreage when removals are necessary.

A motion to recommend approval of the rezoning to RSF‑7 passed and will be forwarded to City Council. Staff said the item will appear on the City Council agenda on August 26 for final action. The commission also heard a staff update that three PUDs received first-reading approval at a recent City Council meeting and will appear at council for second reading in the coming week.