Mesquite council approves flex office addition at I‑30 and a 3‑year, applicant‑limited CUP for a coin‑operated game room

At its Aug. 4 meeting, the Mesquite City Council approved two zoning items after planning staff presented recommendations from the Planning & Zoning Commission.

On zoning application Z525‑395, Adam Bailey, director of planning and development services, said the applicant proposed amending a previously approved planned development industrial concept plan to add a new roughly 4,800‑square‑foot flex office building at 1202 Interstate 30. No property owners within the notification area submitted opposition and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval. Councilmember Green moved to approve the amendment; the motion passed unanimously.

Later, on zoning application Z525‑401, Adam Bailey described a request to allow a 2,000‑square‑foot coin‑operated game room at Towne East Mall with about 38 skill‑based games. Applicant Thomas Forbes said the proposed business is an unmanned, skill‑based arcade that relies on mall security and occasional maintenance visits.

Consistent with past council practice for similar conditional‑use permits, Councilmember Casper moved to approve the CUP only for the original applicant and to limit the approval to a three‑year period, at which point the applicant would return for renewal. Councilmember Rodriguez Ross seconded the motion. The motion passed 6–1. Councilmembers asked staff to include the applicant‑limit and the three‑year check‑in as explicit conditions in the permit.

Bailey noted the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval with stipulations; no public opposition was received for either item.