Tomball - Magnolia Edition | May 2022

CITY HIGHLIGHT MAGNOLIA On April 21, the Ninth District Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling from the Montgomery County 284th District Court that the San Jacinto River Authority failed to mediate with the cities of Conroe and Magnolia before ling suit to collect payments through its groundwater reduction plan contracts. The SJRA conrmed it plans to appeal. Tomball City Council will meet at 6 p.m. June 6 and 20 at 401 Market St., Tomball. 281-351-5484 • www.tomballtx.gov Magnolia City Council will meet at 7 p.m. June 14 at 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd., Magnolia. 281-356-2266 www.cityofmagnolia.com Montgomery Commissioners Court will meet at 9:30 a.m. May 24 and June 14 at 501 N. Thompson St., Ste. 402, Conroe • 936-756-0571 www.mctx.org Harris County Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m May 24 and June 14 virtually and at 1001 Preston St., Ste. 934, Houston. www.harriscountytx.gov. MEETINGS WE COVER

Council denies rezoning for 200-home planned development TOMBALL City Council members unanimously voted to oppose an ordinance April 18 that would have changed the zoning of 70.4 acres at FM 2920 and FM 2978 to accommo- date a proposed planned develop- ment with commercial space and about 200 single-family lots spanning 4,950 square feet each. designation to a planned develop- ment district. According to the city’s code of ordinances, a planned development district accommodates a combination of land uses, such as developments having a mixture of housing options. City sta and the Tomball Planning and Zoning Commission recom- mended approving the zoning change BY ANNA LOTZ 2978

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“I think 6,000-foot lots are pretty small. We’ve got a lot of them. Three years ago we had none. We had no homes being built,” Council Member Chad Degges said during the meeting. “I’m not against the development that I see here, but I’m not really excited about going the wrong direction [in lot size]. Five-thousand-square-foot lots are just not that compelling at this point in our growth.” The tract, located behind the Baker Hughes training facility at the north- east corner of FM 2920 and FM 2978, is designated as light industrial. The zoning ordinance, which failed on rst reading, sought to change the

with the commission voting 5-0 in support, Community Development Director Nathan Dietrich said during the meeting. Homebuilder David Weekley Homes proposed the development, Dietrich said. In addition to a maximum of 200 homes, the concept plan also proposed 1.6 acres of park space, 6-foot trails around the detention area, walkways to link residences to commercial businesses along the frontage of FM 2920 and FM 2978, enhanced landscaping buers and a “Welcome to Tomball” entrance sign along FM 2920, Dietrich said.

Council members also said they are concerned about the trac the proposed development would generate in an already congested intersection with more homes and schools planned nearby. “When you start adding all of that to that intersection and to trac ow, that is going to be a major impact,” Council Member Derek Townsend said during the meeting. “If you go to a larger lot, you don’t have as many [cars].”

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TOMBALL MAGNOLIA EDITION • MAY 2022