Council sends ABA clinics request to planners to consider school as conditional use in B-2

Tiffany Crowe, owner of Intentional Actions ABA, told the City of Lake Jackson council she wants to add a small private school option for some clinic clients and asked the council to allow education as a conditional use in the citys B-2 Central Business Zone. "We provide a therapy called applied behavior analysis," Crowe said, describing services for children with autism and noting her clinic currently serves about 22 clients and has a wait list of roughly 184.

Crowe showed council a map of her downtown location and said the program would add at most 15 students at the outset and rely primarily on staff parking within the existing Doctors Park lot. City staff briefed the council that adding education as a special, site-specific conditional use would allow planners to evaluate each locations impacts on parking, size and operating hours rather than changing the B-2 zone permanently.

Council asked about potential student counts, parking and the process. Councilwoman Seth moved, and Councilwoman Sinhainia seconded, that the council forward Crowes request to the planning commission for a public hearing and recommendation. The motion passed by a voice vote; council directed staff and planners to consider conditions that address parking and appropriate operating limits.

The planning commission will schedule a public hearing and develop a recommendation for council consideration; Crowe left letters of support from the property owner with staff. The council noted any final zoning change would follow the citys public-notice and planning processes.