Crockett council approves special-use permits for replacement mobile home and downtown mixed-use and hotel projects
April 15, 2024 | Crockett, Houston County, Texas
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The Crockett City Council approved three specific-use permits at its April meeting: a replacement mobile home for Linda Riggins at 206 Howard Avenue, a mixed commercial/residential permit and a hotel-specific permit for rear development at 103 South Second Street.
City staff told the council the Riggins family lost a home in a structure fire months earlier and had cleaned the burn site and repaired fencing. Planning and zoning recommended the mobile-home permit 5–0; a council member moved to grant the permit, a second followed and the motion carried.
The council also approved a mixed-use permit for property owner/applicant Shannon Paris (appearing in the record as the applicant for an entity variously described) at 103 South Second Street. Staff explained the building is split across parcels: the front area is intended for a restaurant/retail (referenced in the record as the old Whitley’s and a restaurant called Smoking Flower) and living units are planned behind the commercial frontage. City staff and council stressed that ordinance requirements require an active commercial use to operate before residential occupancy behind it is permitted; the motion to approve the mixed-use specific-use permit carried.
Separately, council granted a specific-use permit for a boutique hotel on the rear parcel of 103 South Second Street, after staff noted the hotel plan must meet fire, life-safety and parking requirements before development proceeds. Council members said the applicant has discussed plans with the council previously and the motion to approve carried.
Council did not record conditions of the permits beyond standard ordinance and safety requirements during the meeting; staff indicated applicants must return with development plans and meet parking and permitting requirements before construction begins.
Votes and procedural notes from the meeting record indicate the planning and zoning board recommended approval of the Riggins permit by a 5–0 vote; council votes on the other permits were recorded in the meeting transcript as motions that carried.
City staff told the council the Riggins family lost a home in a structure fire months earlier and had cleaned the burn site and repaired fencing. Planning and zoning recommended the mobile-home permit 5–0; a council member moved to grant the permit, a second followed and the motion carried.
The council also approved a mixed-use permit for property owner/applicant Shannon Paris (appearing in the record as the applicant for an entity variously described) at 103 South Second Street. Staff explained the building is split across parcels: the front area is intended for a restaurant/retail (referenced in the record as the old Whitley’s and a restaurant called Smoking Flower) and living units are planned behind the commercial frontage. City staff and council stressed that ordinance requirements require an active commercial use to operate before residential occupancy behind it is permitted; the motion to approve the mixed-use specific-use permit carried.
Separately, council granted a specific-use permit for a boutique hotel on the rear parcel of 103 South Second Street, after staff noted the hotel plan must meet fire, life-safety and parking requirements before development proceeds. Council members said the applicant has discussed plans with the council previously and the motion to approve carried.
Council did not record conditions of the permits beyond standard ordinance and safety requirements during the meeting; staff indicated applicants must return with development plans and meet parking and permitting requirements before construction begins.
Votes and procedural notes from the meeting record indicate the planning and zoning board recommended approval of the Riggins permit by a 5–0 vote; council votes on the other permits were recorded in the meeting transcript as motions that carried.
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