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Commission conditionally backs PUD to re-establish fueling station on San Luis Pass Road; landscaping requirement narrowed by amendment
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve a PUD to allow a fueling station on San Luis Pass Road at a former gas site, and amended staff landscaping recommendations to exclude the south and east sides of the property.
The Planning Commission approved a planned-unit-development overlay to permit a new auto fueling station at a commercially zoned property along San Luis Pass Road (FM 3005) that previously operated as a fueling station until gasoline sales ceased in 2020.
Planning staff said the PUD request seeks an exception to Section 2.308 of the land development regulations, which requires an auto fueling station to be located at least 200 feet from residential zoning or residential use. The applicant proposes to rebuild a canopy and provide three fueling pumps at the former fueling island; staff recommended approval with several conditions including installation of right-of-way screening and visual screening per LDR sections (staff referenced 9.301 b and d) to buffer adjacent residentially zoned parcels.
"Prior to ceasing operation in 2020, the subject site long operated as an auto fueling station with no history of nuisance complaints," staff said. Staff also noted the site is at a commercial node and that total paving changes are limited because the project reuses an existing fueling footprint; staff recommended a four-foot planting strip of shrubs, hedges and trees where screening is required.
The applicant, Claire Reiswerk, a co-owner of the Beach 3 shopping center, told the commission the center houses multiple tenants and said the owners were open to providing screening along the west and north where the site abuts residentially zoned parcels. Reiswerk said the property owners would need to consult with co-owners about screening along the south and east because existing grading and drainage ditches have changed since earlier plantings.
Commissioners and staff discussed screening locations and types, whether screening would obstruct business signage and practical maintenance obligations. Planning staff confirmed lighting and other LDR requirements will remain in force for the site.
The commission first moved to approve the PUD with staff recommendations. During discussion commissioners proposed and adopted an amendment removing the staff-required landscaping for the south and east sides of the property (leaving the north and west visual screening in staff's recommendation). The amended motion passed unanimously.
