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Commission denies five‑year special use permit and land‑use change for proposed batch plant
Summary
After staff recommended denial, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to reject a request for a five‑year special use permit and future land‑use amendment to allow a concrete batch plant on a 4.47‑acre parcel; staff cited incomplete plans, lack of plat/road frontage, and inconsistency with the future land use map.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to deny the applicant’s request for a five‑year special use permit and a future land‑use amendment to allow a concrete batch plant on a 4.47‑acre parcel north of East Beltline Road.
Staff told the commission the submittal was incomplete in several respects: required public road frontage and utility connections were not shown; the site plan lacked a 24‑foot fire lane easement; landscape and tree survey sheets were not signed and sealed; and elevations did not include required screening details. Staff recommended denial of both the SUP and the land‑use amendment because the proposal did not conform to the city’s future land‑use vision for the area and the packet contained unresolved ordinance nonconformities.
Applicants and their consultants argued the site sits amid existing industrial uses, that a TCEQ permit had been obtained, and that the proposal would produce sales and property tax revenue and serve local contractors and public projects. Applicant representatives said they had staged remedial steps and were willing to accept a sunset clause; they also asserted modern dust‑control equipment and traffic management would mitigate impacts. Still, commissioners emphasized the project’s inconsistency with the future land‑use plan and concerns about incomplete submittals and potential impacts on nearby residential and recreational areas. The commission voted to deny the special use permit and future land‑use amendment.
