The Brownwood City Council met Tuesday morning, December 15, and approved ratification of the Brownwood Municipal Development District Board action for an incentive to Steven McCrane. The approval is to reimburse up to $18,027 for parking lot development located at 508 N. Center to be used as public parking for no less than 20 years.
Background:
The BMDD Board approved a Building Improvement Incentive Program grant in October. Steven and Matthew McCrane have requested assistance in paving of an empty lot that they own adjacent to the building for parking. Staff informed the McCranes that if the BMDD were to participate, the parking lot would have to be available for parking by the general public. The area around the Courthouse square has been problematic for years for businesses located nearby. This new parking lot would greatly help alleviate some of the parking issues and benefit multiple businesses in the area as well as the Brown County Museum of History. It is ex
The Brownwood City Council met Tuesday morning, December 15, at City Hall. A portion of the meeting was a joint session with the City of Brownwood Planning and Zoning Commission. The reason for the joint meeting was to hold a public hearing regarding an amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance permitting certain concrete batch plants in M-1 restricted industrial district zones
Background:
City staff recently became aware that concrete batch plants are not adequately addressed in the City of Brownwood Zoning Ordinance. To address this issue, staff is proposing to amend the ordinance to include concrete batch plants in M1 zones with conditions and M2 zone without conditions (except those conditions currently in Section 98-591(a) – (c)). According to the City, with new technology available to concrete batch plants, it is appropriate to provide options to accommodate these advances for concrete batch plants and modern operational techniques.