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Commission approves Griffin Airport/288 industrial plat; neighbors oppose emergency access and warn of light and traffic impacts
Summary
The Planning Commission granted a variance and approved Griffin Airport and 288 Industrial Property Section 1 (Item 108) allowing access from a recorded easement and not extending a residential stub street. Neighbors testified in opposition to emergency/resident access, citing proximity to a park, child safety and increased light and traffic.
The Houston Planning Commission on Feb. 20 approved a variance and plat for Griffin Airport and 288 Industrial Property Section 1 (Item 108), allowing a reserve intended for industrial use to take access from a recorded access easement and to avoid extending a public stub street into an adjacent residential subdivision.
Planning staff presented the item and recommended approval, noting the site is a 17-acre tract intended for industrial warehouse use and that the access easement was first recorded in 2013. Staff said the developer agreed to conditions that would remove through vehicle traffic from the adjacent residential subdivision and that an emergency access easement would be provided from the dead end of the stub street; staff included a condition on the CPC‑101 form to remove vehicle traffic from the residential subdivision, which the applicant accepted.
Several residents spoke against any vehicular access to the subdivision from the industrial site. Dr. Sharifa Glass, a homeowner in the neighborhood, said, “I oppose the, emergency access into the subdivision. ... That emergency access is, probably, like, less than a block from a park. So, and and the, children, play, in the street.” Another resident, Sean Smith, said he opposed the case because a nearby warehouse had already produced “increased light pollution from the lights from the warehouse and, also increased through traffic to get to that warehouse.”
Developer representative Kevin Ellis of Griffin Partners confirmed the southeastern edge of the tract includes a detention area and said he would monitor lighting and fencing plans. Ellis agreed the developer and staff would work to ensure fencing and lighting were not oriented toward the neighborhood.
Commissioners asked staff to verify detention and fencing details and clarified that conditions would be attached to the CPC‑101 form to limit vehicle traffic between the industrial reserve and the residential subdivision. A motion to grant the variance and approve the plat was made and seconded; the motion carried on a voice vote.
The approval allows the industrial reserve to proceed under the stated conditions; final site plan, parking, lighting, fencing and any necessary mitigation measures will be reviewed in the permitting process.
