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Commission recommends planned-development approval for Palladio expansion allowing chemical manufacturing

Temple Planning and Zoning Commission · November 18, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted unanimously to recommend a planned-development rezoning allowing Palladio to expand a chemical manufacturing operation with a binding site plan that includes a 116,000-sq.-ft. building and rail spurs; residents raised health and odor concerns and staff noted TCEQ permitting and site-specific conditions will apply.

The Temple Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 17 recommended approval of a planned-development rezoning to allow an expansion of Palladio’s Temple facility that includes a 116,000-square-foot production building and added rail spurs. Staff described the proposal as an amendment to the site’s existing industrial permissions and said they prefer a PD (planned development) framework so conditions can limit unintended heavy-industrial uses.

Planner Deckman said the PD will include a binding site plan and conditions mirroring recent conditional-use permit conditions and that the PD explicitly permits chemical manufacturing at…

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