Plan Commission approves plats and forwards three rezoning/plat items to City Council

The El Paso City Plan Commission on Feb. 12 approved multiple subdivision and rezoning items and forwarded recommendations to City Council on rezoning requests.

Key formal actions taken: Arden Estates (major combination) was approved with staff-recommended exceptions, including dedication of 21 feet of right-of-way and waivers to roadway and sidewalk construction where staff found compliance with Title 19; Pebble Hills Medical 2 (major combination) was approved with conditions requiring a traffic-impact analysis (TIA) and that an access agreement be shown on the face of the final plat; Lomas de Loeste replat (resubdivision combination) was approved conditioned on an access agreement being recorded and shown on the plat; a rezoning near Edgar Park (0.54-acre site) was recommended for approval to City Council after staff presentation and one public commenter raised questions about building heights and wall impacts; and the commission recommended rezoning 210 N. Lee St. (Rescue Mission site) from M-1 to C-4 to City Council following an extended public hearing and split vote.

Several of the subdivision approvals required recording of access instruments or metes-and-bounds descriptions on the final plat, and staff repeatedly reminded the commission that building-permit review will address design details such as parking, wall heights and occupancy. Most votes on the consent and plat items were taken by voice vote; the Rescue Mission rezoning drew a roll-call vote and a recorded tally announced by staff as 4 yeas and 3 nays. The commission emphasized that its rezoning actions are recommendations and that City Council will take the final legislative action.