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Council approves four zone changes; developers outline plans for former golf course
Summary
Council voted unanimously to approve zoning changes for four properties (items 7.5–7.8). Developers and applicants described office, light-industrial and mixed uses for the former golf course and other parcels while acknowledging drainage and floodplain constraints.
The Lubbock City Council unanimously approved four zone-change requests (items 7.5–7.8) during a consolidated public hearing on Dec. 2 after staff presentations and applicant remarks.
Kristen Sager, the city’s director of planning, summarized each request, noting notification counts from adjacent property owners and that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval for all four items. The requests included: a change from high-density residential to heavy commercial north of 76th Street east of I‑27 (7.5); a change from low-density single-family (SF‑2) to medium-density residential west of Quaker Avenue north of Loop 88 (7.6); a change from SF‑2/neighborhood commercial/office to office west of Indiana Avenue south of 110th (7.7); and a change from SF‑2 to light industrial on a property near 122nd Street (7.8).
Will Stevens (the applicant for 7.6, AMD Engineering) made himself available for questions. Terry Holman of Hugo Reed & Associates spoke at length for items 7.7 and 7.8 on behalf of Red Canyon Development and other owners, describing conceptual plans for offices and retail buffers, noting the property remains in a flood zone and has stormwater easement constraints, and committing to engineering and drainage mitigation when platting and development occur.
Holman said the former golf-course site will retain an interior playa lake and that most development will be built around the fringe, with potential retail fronting Indiana Avenue and office uses as buffers between commercial edges and nearby residences. He noted there were a small number of letters of opposition (six letters representing two households) and said his team had engaged with those property owners about neighborhood concerns.
Council closed the public hearing at 3:22 p.m. and voted to approve the four zone changes, with staff noting the requests were consistent with the zoning ordinance or appropriate given adjacent uses and with the Planning and Zoning Commission’s unanimous recommendations.
What’s next: applicants will proceed to platting and engineering review, and the planning department will enforce required buffers and drainage mitigation during development review.
