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Fulshear residents urge council to close zoning loophole after neighborhood event‑venue concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the Fulshear City Council that a property being developed as an event/wedding venue exploits an estate‑residential variance and urged changes to the zoning ordinance to prevent commercial uses in residential areas.
Several residents urged the Fulshear City Council on Tuesday to tighten estate‑residential zoning after neighbors say a property near Beaudart/Bodark is being developed and operated as a commercial event venue.
Brooks Teating, who identified himself as president of Fulshear MUD 1, asked the council to amend the 2020 estate‑residential zoning language so that a conditional variance listed as “place of assembly — indoor” cannot be used for commercial activity. “An area zoned residential should be maintained as a residential area, not a commercial area,” Teating said, recommending language that would require noncommercial use for that variance.
Scott Doyle, who gave his address and said an event at the site is scheduled within 10 days, described loud music, commercial fireworks and large crowds near his property. “That’s not what people move to Fulshear for,” he said, arguing the venue’s parking, traffic and overnight activity are incompatible with nearby rural residential lots.
Neighbor Mark Cambria asked the council for full permit records, plans and any changes made to the applicant’s files, and he opposed a roughly 50‑car parking lot shown at the site. “I don’t want a concrete parking lot sitting there,” Cambria said, raising drainage and retention‑pond concerns.
Christie Dukes, a homeowner and local real‑estate professional, told the council a recurring commercial venue would depress property values, strain narrow rural roads and risk emergency access. Dukes urged the council to adopt a separate commercial designation for event centers rather than allowing them under a residential variance.
No zoning change, permit denial or appeal was taken during the meeting; the comments were provided during the citizens’‑comment portion of the agenda and will inform staff and future council discussion. Council members did not vote on zoning language at the session.
The council proceeded to its business agenda after public comment, including bond and infrastructure items on the published agenda.
