League City council approves zoning updates and authorizes eminent domain for Hobbs Road extension

On Jan. 27 the League City Council approved several land-use items: an amendment to the Unified Development Code to allow certain existing used-car businesses to expand, approval of multiple rezoning requests, and a resolution authorizing eminent-domain proceedings to acquire a small parcel needed for the Hobbs Road Extension (ST 2101).

Council discussed the used-car ordinance amendment as a fix to an oversight in the zoning code that previously prevented established local auto dealers from seeking an expansion or special permit. Council members said the change does not encourage indiscriminate used-car lots but allows existing, long-standing businesses a path to expand after presenting a business plan. The Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended approval on Jan. 8; council approved the ordinance.

Staff and the applicant described a rezoning request for about 6.074 acres on McFarland Road (carved from the old Girl Scout camp) to permit a single-family lot while keeping most of the site in public/semi-public use consistent with the Westside Master Plan; staff recommended approval and council granted the rezoning.

Council also considered rezoning 1.971 acres along East League City Parkway from public/semi-public to neighborhood commercial. No members of the public spoke on that item; planning staff said environmental review would be required at the development stage and council approved the request.

After executive session, council took up a resolution determining the city needed a 0.1548-acre parcel (Parcel 3) for the Hobbs Road Extension (ST 2101) and authorized institution of eminent-domain proceedings to acquire the property for the public-purpose road improvement; the motion passed.

Votes on the agenda items were recorded in the meeting transcript as passing; where the transcript recorded a concise vote string it is reflected in the formal meeting record.