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Euless council approves SUP for India Bazaar grocery despite neighborsconcerns about trees and drainage
Summary
The Euless City Council approved a specific use permit to allow an 8,000-square-foot India Bazaar grocery at 1010 W. Harwood after residents raised concerns about tree loss, drainage and traffic; council and staff said engineered drainage and tree mitigation will be addressed at the later site-plan phase.
The Euless City Council on a unanimous voice vote approved a specific use permit (SUP 26-04) to allow an 8,000-square-foot grocery (proposed tenant: India Bazaar) at 1010 West Harwood Road, despite objections from nearby residents about tree removal, drainage and traffic.
Planning and Economic Development Director Reagan Rothenberger told the council the property is approximately 2.35 acres, currently zoned neighborhood business (C-1), and that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions including an 8,000-square-foot cap, 15-foot setbacks and a six-foot masonry wall adjacent to residential lots. "Right now with that site as raw land, there really is no drainage improvements to allow for that sheet flow to go any particular way," Rothenberger said, explaining that engineered drainage controls would be required at the site-plan stage.
Residents who live directly behind the site pressed the council for protections. "I really didn't realize I love trees so much until I thought about losing them all," said resident Patty Mishkot (1103 Timber Ridge Drive), who questioned whether the tree survey accurately captured large-diameter oaks and elms and raised the risk of increased backyard flooding from added impervious surfaces. Another neighbor, Terry of 1101 Timber Ridge, recounted recent pool flooding after heavy rain and warned that additional concrete could worsen drainage and create mosquito issues.
City staff and legal advisers stressed that the SUP is step one of entitlement and that detailed engineering, a required tree survey and landscape mitigation are part of the site-plan review. "We will not allow indiscriminate clearing," a city official said, citing the city's tree-preservation and landscape ordinances and mitigation requirements. Councilmembers repeatedly framed the vote as permission to proceed to the next phase: engineered drainage and landscape plans must still meet city code.
Mayor Pro Tem Bynum moved to approve the SUP; the motion was seconded (record shows Councilmember Paddell as second) and the council voted to approve. After the vote staff and council reiterated that drainage studies, tree mitigation and setbacks will be reviewed and enforced during the subsequent site-plan and permitting process, and that the SUP could be revoked if conditions were violated.
