Commission approves rezoning cleanup and condition release at 1071 Country Club Road

The City Planning Commission approved a rezoning and related condition release for the property at 1071 Country Club Road on April 10, 2025. The site, approximately 1.18 acres and currently vacant, will be rezoned from R-2 (residential with a special protective condition) to C-1 (commercial) so it can function as part of an existing retail center to the south.

Planning staff, Blanca Perez, said the rezoning is a “cleanup” to align zoning with the property’s existing commercial development and to avoid future regulatory conflicts. The applicant also requested release of a condition imposed by Ordinance No. 93-32 (dated March 29, 1988); staff recommended releasing the condition provided a 10-foot landscape buffer be placed along property lines adjacent to residential zones or uses.

“Plan El Paso’s future land-use map for the Northwest Planning area designates the property as G-4 Suburban Walkable,” staff noted during the presentation. Staff said public notices were mailed to owners within 300 feet and the planning division received four inquiry calls and one call in support; the applicant reported five signed statements from abutting property owners along Catherine Court supporting the rezoning.

The applicant, Aaron Barraza, stated agreement with staff recommendations. No public speakers addressed the commission on the item during the hearing.

The commission voted to approve the rezoning and the condition release together. The staff-recommended condition—installation of a 10-foot landscape buffer between the rezoned property and adjoining residential zones or uses—will be placed on the rezoning ordinance.

The rezoning and condition release are intended to regularize land use and allow the property to function as part of the adjacent retail development; drainage, site design and any future development will be subject to standard site-plan and permitting reviews.