Planning commission approves site‑plan and landscape amendments for new TDCU/Space City Financial bank at 80 Oak Drive

The City of Lake Jackson planning commission voted to approve final site‑plan and landscape amendments for a proposed TDCU/Space City Financial banking facility at 80 Oak Drive. Chair called the item for review and city staff described the changes and why staff recommended approval.

Staff told commissioners the building footprint remained unchanged but parking calculations shifted during review: the project initially used a 19‑space requirement, the applicant later proposed larger counts (28, then 56) and ultimately the plan lists 82 parking spaces. That increase triggered an additional accessible parking requirement, and staff noted minor infrastructure changes tied to the expansion — a street light in the parking field and conversion of an inlet box from a side inlet to a polygon (staff described it as changing the inlet type from C to A). Staff also pointed to a 100‑year water‑elevation diagram in the packet to show where water would collect in extreme events.

Commissioners asked whether staff or the project engineers had further comments; staff and the applicant’s representatives said the site meets the city’s current landscape and parking requirements when preservation credits are applied. On the landscape plan, staff explained the project preserved 84 inches of tree diameter (equivalent to 28 tree credits), resulting in an on‑site tree credit total that met or exceeded the ordinance thresholds — the plan lists required landscape area as 11,954 square feet and the proposal provides 32,252, with required site trees and screening trees supplied or offset through preservation credits.

A commissioner moved to accept final review and action on the site plan amendment, another commissioner seconded, and the commission voted verbally in favor. A separate motion to approve the landscape plan amendment was made and seconded; the commission again voted in the affirmative.

The approvals were procedural final reviews of the site plan and its associated landscape amendment; staff will proceed with permit and administrative steps consistent with the approvals.