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Brookshire Council Agrees to Variance, to Revisit Thoroughfare Plan for 13th and 12th Streets
Summary
Developers and property owners told council that a proposed 15-foot widening on each side of 13th Street would eliminate buildable area; LJA staff explained the thoroughfare-plan basis and options. Council granted a variance for a pending permit and directed staff to place a thoroughfare-plan review on a future agenda.
Developers and property owners raised immediate construction and permitting risks tied to the city's major thoroughfare plan, and the Brookshire City Council agreed to grant a variance for a pending project while directing staff to revisit the plan.
Applicant Henry Thompson told the council that his team has completed required predevelopment steps with other jurisdictions but was held up by recent engineering review and messaging from LJA that 13th Street would require a 15-foot right-of-way on each side. "If you remove 15 feet from our property, it's…
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