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Belton council approves consent agenda, retail rezoning and car-wash SUP; postpones one rezoning
Summary
Council approved consent items including appointments, released two parcels from the ETJ, approved rezoning for a small retail lot at 921 S. Main, approved an SUP for an automatic car wash at Loop 121 & FM 93, and postponed a separate zoning hearing indefinitely.
Belton’s City Council approved a slate of routine business and several land-use items at its Nov. 20 meeting, including appointments to boards and commissions, two ETJ release resolutions and multiple zoning decisions.
The council read and approved consent Agenda Items 3–8 by voice vote (recorded as 6–0). Those items included adopting the Nov. 12 meeting minutes; reappointments and appointments to the library board, BDC board and building/standards commission; a resolution releasing 22.2 acres on Rocking M Lane (owned by Allen and Lindy Guston) from the city’s ETJ; a resolution releasing five acres along Williams Road owned by Salado ISD from Belton’s ETJ; an amendment related to a Texas Community Development Block Grant application for drainage work; and authorization for the city manager to enter a professional services agreement with Casper, Patrick & Associates for waterline relocation design.
On zoning matters, the council voted to postpone Item 9 (a proposed Commercial Highway → Planned Development rezoning) indefinitely after a council motion and second. The council approved Item 10 (rezoning ~0.38 acres at 921 South Main to retail) after a staff presentation noting the site is undeveloped, has water/sewer service and fits Imagine Belton’s mixed-use corridor designation.
Council also approved Item 12, a SUP to allow an automatic car wash on ~2.34 acres at the Loop 121/FM 93 intersection. Planner Tina summarized the conceptual plan including a ~5,000-square-foot facility, three access points, 19 vacuum spaces, proposed signage totaling 288 square feet and hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Council members asked about employee parking, shared access, drainage to Nolan Creek and noise; staff noted the police department can measure decibels and that the proposed hours keep operations within the city’s noise ordinance.
Votes on the listed items were recorded as unanimous among present council members (6–0).
