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Council approves PUD amendment to allow place of worship, dormitories and recording studios for David Hernandez Ministries
Summary
City staff recommended and the council adopted an amendment to PUD No. 81 to permit a place of worship, dormitories and recording/broadcast studios on a 3.03-acre site; the Planning & Zoning Commission had unanimously recommended approval and no public speakers testified at the hearing.
The Round Rock City Council adopted an amendment to Planned Unit Development No. 81 on Nov. 1 to allow a place of worship, dormitories and recording/broadcasting studios for a roughly 3.03-acre site west of S. AW Grimes Boulevard, staff said.
City planning staff explained the site’s background: originally zoned in 2008 for a rehab facility, the property was later occupied by David Hernandez Ministries. Because the PUD did not permit places of worship, the applicant sought an amendment to align the site’s entitlements with the ministry’s current use and to allow accessory recording and broadcasting spaces and dormitories for interns.
"The PUD addresses [streaming and broadcasting] and allows for a larger recording and broadcasting component, including podcasting studios and offices," the planner said, adding the site meets local public-facilities location criteria and that the Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval. Staff said there were no public speakers at the commission hearing. Council opened and closed the public hearing on the item at this meeting with no speakers and then adopted the ordinance on first reading and dispensed with second reading by unanimous vote.
The approved amendment maintains permitted office and medical-office entitlements where applicable and substitutes permission for places of worship, dormitories and studios in place of the previously allowed rehab and related services. Council and staff noted there had been no documented neighborhood noise complaints during the ministry’s operation, per staff’s report.
The council’s adoption authorizes the PUD amendment as described; the ordinance and related zoning map updates will be effective per the city’s code and the council’s action.
