Thursday, May 6, 2021
The San Marcos City Council indicated support for a new Clean Air Ordinance during its regular Tuesday meeting.
After many complaints about a manufacturing odor, the Clean Air Ordinance was brought to the councilmembers to provide regulations for the emission of air contaminants and controlling or abating air pollution.
The ordinance creates associated offenses and penalties as well for odors and particulate emissions.
Staff confirmed that the ordinance would apply to businesses and not homes.
The next step will be a second vote at a future city council meeting.
In other business, the councilmembers also approved an ordinance to rezone 72.85 acres of land located on Harris Hill Road to a Manufactured Home District where people can lease the lot and own or rent a manufactured home.
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The commission will consider the following subdivision plat/s:
A. P-21-04 The Trails at Tascosa Golf Club Unit No. 2, an addition to the city of Amarillo, being an unplatted tract of land in Section 11, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County. Vicinity: Western Street and Amarillo Boulevard. Applicant/s: John Dunn for Tascosa Development, LLC.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
San Marcos City Councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday to award a roughly $6.5 million construction contract for the Uhland Road improvement project to a Taylor-based company.
Patin Construction, LLC was awarded the construction contract during Tuesday s city council meeting.
The project is meant to alleviate flooding along County Road and Uhland Road to improve mobility and the drainage infrastructure during storms, according to city documents. The project includes a stormwater system with a new outfall to the Blanco River, and it will replace water and wastewater systems within the new roadway sections.
Related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp reported high case counts as well as multiple days that the Trauma Service Area O, which includes Hays and Travis counties, has exceeded the 15% COVID-19 hospitalization-to-capacity ratio.
The Amarillo City Council approved the second reading of a rezoning ordinance during Tuesday s virtual regular session to change from Light Industrial District to Manufactured Home District. City council members adopted Ordinance 7899 in the vicinity of North Forest Street and NW 12th Avenue with a 4-1 vote. The applicant is requesting the rezone from Light Industrial I to Manufactured Home District, with the intent of developing a combination of manufactured homes and single-family homes, Andrew Freeman, the city s managing director of Planning and Development Services, said, noting the applicant is Josh Langham with Llano Construction Company, LLC.
Per Freeman, the adjacent land uses include vacant land to the north and east, the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning to the south and various commercial and vacant land to the west. The zoning surrounding is Agricultural District to the northeast, Light Industrial to the south, and Planned Development / Agricultur