Lake Jackson planning commission approves four site plans, including Elite Crossing and animal control facility

The City of Lake Jackson Planning Commission approved final and administrative site-plan actions on multiple properties during its January meeting, including site and landscape plans for Hope Fellowship Church at 200 Lake Road; New Hope Church at 333 FM 2004; Elite Crossing Commercial Development at 106 Center Way; and the Lake Jackson Animal Control Facility at 131 Cannon Lane.

Commissioners voted to approve the Hope Fellowship Church site-plan amendment and a separate landscape-plan amendment after the applicant described changes to drainage, a new outfall to the Glasgow Drainage District canal and a sidewalk extension around existing trees. The applicant said the church will seek a city permit and further sign-off from the drainage district before construction. An applicant representative told the commission that sprinkler systems had been repaired and that shrubs and irrigation work are complete to meet code requirements.

The commission took administrative action on a preliminary site plan for New Hope Church at 333 FM 2004. Applicant Jason Deedy described the submission as an initial site plan and said the church will return to the commission for final review. Deedy said the project removes a pool to replace it with parking and that, excluding some improperly counted spaces off-site, the property will exceed the city’s parking requirement. Commissioners approved the administrative site plan and later approved the…