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Commission declines recommendation to rezone 8-acre tract near Legacy PUD to general commercial
Summary
League City staff recommended rezoning about 7.982 acres along West Lake City Parkway from single-family (RSF-7) to general commercial; nearby residents opposed full commercial zoning citing noise, lighting and drainage concerns, and the commission's motion to recommend the rezoning failed.
League City planning staff presented a request to rezone roughly 7.982 acres along West Lake City Parkway and Legacy Drive from residential single-family (RSF-7) to general commercial (CG). Staff planner Anne Williams told the commission the request conforms with the comprehensive plan’s future land use map and recommended approval.
Several adjacent homeowners spoke against the rezoning during the public hearing. "It could be a car wash. It could be a discount tire," said Robert Osborne of 6520 Combs, who said his concern was primarily light and noise from full commercial use. Neighbor Steven Scoble said he shared concerns about noise and lighting and asked whether drainage or retention ponds would be required. Assistant city engineer Matthew Brown said existing legacy-development accommodations address some drainage but that any difference would be evaluated at permitting and that city staff would ensure detention and drainage requirements were achieved.
Clay Bueller, an engineer representing the developer, said the developer plans "to leave as much as possible" of the existing trees along property lines to act as buffers and that the tract would likely be brought into the Legacy PUD municipal utility district, subjecting it to covenants, restrictions and design guidelines that would govern lighting and building standards.
Commission discussion emphasized that a zoning change is binary at this stage — approving CG would allow any use permitted by-right under that category if it complied with the city’s development regulations. One commissioner said residents had bought knowing adjacent property was zoned residential and voiced opposition on that basis.
A motion to recommend the rezoning to city council was made and seconded; the motion failed. (The transcript does not include a clear roll-call tally for this item.) The item will be forwarded to the Feb. 24 City Council meeting for the council’s public hearing and first consideration.
