Galveston council approves zoning changes, expands park-board audit and sets steering committee; art crosswalk denied

The Galveston City Council on Feb. 27 approved multiple routine and contested items, including zoning changes, audit work, committee appointments and a denial of a public-art sidewalk application. Several actions passed unanimously.

Key votes included approval of a zoning designation change in the Seabreeze neighborhood, approval to restore an auto-fueling-station land use at FM 3005, denial of a sidewalk-art application after the Cultural Arts Commission recommended denial, expansion of a conflict-of-interest audit for the Park Board and appointments to a newly formed comprehensive-plan steering committee.

Planning and zoning - Seabreeze subdivision (Planning Case 25P-004): The council approved an ordinance changing zoning from Residential Single-Family (R-1) to Restricted Residential Single-Family (R-0) for multiple lots described as "Seabreeze" (lots 1–11 and the north 75 feet of Lot 12). Staff reported the petition met the procedural thresholds (75% owner-occupancy and 83%…