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Henderson County court disapproves Goodell Ranch plat, cites groundwater‑study rule
Summary
The county commissioners disapproved the proposed Goodell Ranch subdivision after staff and the court said county subdivision rules require a groundwater‑availability study or a formal variance despite a state exemption cited by the applicant.
Henderson County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to disapprove the final plat for Goodell Ranch, concluding the county’s subdivision regulations require a groundwater‑availability study or an approved variance before the three‑lot plat can proceed.
The court’s action followed a lengthy discussion about a statutory exemption tied to the Carrizo‑Wilcox aquifer. An applicant representative, identified in the record as a Western Lake Properties representative, said engineers and geologists told them the Carrizo‑Wilcox is ‘‘essentially an…
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