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Missouri City planners deny waiver and replat request amid residentsgroundwater concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a waiver to skip TCEQ groundwater certification and denied a replat for Oyster Creek Farm Estates on Underwood after residents warned splitting lots would add wells and strain local groundwater; staff and applicant disputed the evidence.
The Missouri City Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 10 voted to deny a waiver request that would have allowed a replat of Oyster Creek Farm Estates on Underwood to proceed without a TCEQ groundwater-availability certification, and then voted to deny the replat itself.
Public commenter Sharon Juritza, who said she has lived in Oyster Creek for 47 years, urged commissioners to reject the proposal, saying the subdivision is entirely dependent on water wells and that dividing the existing parcel would set a harmful precedent. "This was denied by you just several months ago to allow a replat of dividing a large lot into…
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