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Zoning commission recommends outdoor kennel for Lucy’s Doggy Daycare with SAWS conditions
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a rezoning and specific-use authorization to permit an outdoor kennel area at an existing dog daycare on Thousand Oaks Drive after SAWS flagged runoff concerns; SAWS recommended sanitary-connection and stormwater treatment measures that the applicant said it will implement.
The City of San Antonio Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a rezoning and specific-use authorization that would permit outdoor kennel operations at the Lucy’s Doggy Daycare site at 2250 Thousand Oaks Drive, contingent on environmental safeguards requested by the San Antonio Water System.
Samantha Benavides, zoning planner with Development Services, said staff finds the requested C2 CDS zoning and the S (specific use authorization) appropriate for the use because the paddocks are accessory to an existing daycare facility and the site has access to a minor secondary arterial. Mike Escalante of SAWS’ Aquifer Protection and Evaluation Section reported that no additional impervious cover was proposed and no sensitive geologic features were documented, but SAWS recommended environmental measures in its report because the site sits over the Edwards Recharge Zone.
Michael Barr of SAWS’ Research Protection Division told commissioners the primary issue was runoff from the dog paddocks: "We don't want that going off into the creeks, the waterways, the recharge." Barr said the applicant committed to routing any wastewater into the sanitary sewer and to installing or ensuring access to permanent stormwater treatment devices rather than allowing uncontrolled surface runoff.
Applicant attorney Rob Killen said the outdoor paddocks have existed for about 15 years without code compliance issues; the owner has worked with the adjacent property owner to install a new fence and has a written fence-maintenance agreement. Killen said the zoning case corrects a historic oversight discovered during a sale and entitlement review.
Commissioner Duval asked whether additional conditions should be imposed — for example, to protect neighbors if the property changes ownership — and staff said they had not proposed conditions beyond those necessary to meet the application standards but commissioners may add conditions. The Commission approved the request; staff and SAWS will ensure the recommended environmental mitigations are included in the permitting and site-development process.
What happens next: The commission’s recommendation will be transmitted to City Council; SAWS-recommended conditions and any added conditions will be reviewed and enforced at plat and permitting stages.
Quotes used with attribution come from the hearing record.
