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Katy council approves senior-living special-use permit, annexation and commercial PDD
Summary
At its May 11 meeting, the Katy City Council unanimously approved a special-use permit to convert an old hospital into a convalescent home, annexed about 54.25 acres into city limits and rezoned a separate tract to a plan development district focused on commercial uses.
The Katy City Council on May 11 unanimously approved three land-use measures: a special-use permit for a senior living facility at 25660 Kingsland Boulevard, the annexation of roughly 54.25 acres proposed by Katie Gas and CKNM Business Inc., and a rezoning that creates the Katy Gaston Plan Development District (PDD).
The council voted by voice on each item after brief discussion. For the special-use permit, council members said they supported reusing the existing hospital building rather than demolishing it. A representative for Oasis Senior LLC, Jeffrey Rachelle, told the council the developer expects to secure a certificate of occupancy by the end of the month and to complete life-and-safety checks, with the first three residents arriving around mid-July. "We're really super excited," Rachelle said, noting remediation work such as asbestos removal had taken time.
On the annexation petition filed by Katie Gas and CKNM Business Inc., council approved an ordinance to extend city boundaries to include approximately 54.25 acres in the James Conner survey in Fort Bend County. The item was presented and approved after the public hearing was opened and closed without public testimony on the annexation itself.
On the Katy Gaston rezoning, council members asked staff whether the proposed PDD would include residential or multifamily uses; city planning staff answered that the submitted concept plan shows primarily commercial uses and no multifamily. Staff explained the PDD narrows allowable uses relative to a C-2 zoning district and permits heightened design criteria such as screening and buffering. Council approved the ordinance by voice vote.
Each motion was made and seconded on the floor and carried by a verbal "aye," with no roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript. Council also approved a resolution authorizing a sidewalk encroachment into a public-utility easement at 1926 Shallow Canyon Lane as part of park improvements.
The mayor announced a special meeting on May 13 to canvass election results and perform swearing-in ceremonies; the next regular meeting is scheduled for June 8.
Notes: where city staff or agenda text supplied ordinance numbers and procedural language, the article uses those as presented in the meeting record. Vote method: voice vote; outcome: motion carried on each item.
