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Council approves first readings on three downtown land-use requests, including amusement use and hotel rezoning
Summary
Lampasas council approved first readings of ordinances for an indoor amusement use in the central business district, a daycare at a church, and a rezoning with planned-development overlay to allow a four-story hotel with retail; Planning Commission recommended approval on each item by 5-0.
Lampasas City Council on March 9 approved the first reading of three land-use ordinances: a specific-use permit to allow an indoor commercial amusement facility downtown, a permit to allow a daycare at Community Church, and a rezoning with a planned-development overlay for a multi-lot hotel, restaurant and retail development.
Chloe Dalton, the applicant for the downtown indoor amusement at 511 East 3rd Street, told the council the facility is aimed at young children; staff said required notices were mailed to 13 property owners and that two letters in support and none in opposition had been received. The Planning Commission recommended approval at its March 5 meeting by a 5-0 vote. The council moved, read the ordinance, and voted to approve the first reading.
The council also read the first-reading ordinance to allow a daycare at Community Church at 1415 East Fourth Street. Staff said 16 notices were mailed, one letter of opposition had been received, and the Planning Commission recommended approval, 5-0. Council members discussed building modifications and requested an engineering review and final certification of the site’s detention ponds before final signoff.
On a larger downtown parcel, staff presented a request from applicant Daryl Finny to rezone multiple lots to allow a four-story hotel with restaurant and retail and to apply a planned-development overlay with several deviations from standard city requirements (reduced setbacks, landscaping waivers, and parking encroachment into the right-of-way). Staff said 48 notices were mailed and reported 10 letters in favor and three opposed; Planning Commission recommended approval, 5-0. Council and public commenters pressed the applicant on stormwater detention, traffic access, and parking counts; a local hotel owner asked the city to require a market-visibility study and noted strained parking at existing properties.
All three ordinances were advanced on first reading; additional study, engineer certification of detention infrastructure where noted, and future public-notice steps remain part of the process before final readings.
