Granite Shoals City Council approves zoning changes
From staff reports
The Granite Shoals City Council approved a zoning change for land it annexed into the city last month and corrected the Zoning Ordinance to reflect the accurate maximum height allowance for boat docks on Lake LBJ at their Tuesday, March 26, meeting.
The Marble Falls Partners LLC tract will now be zoned I-Industrial, which will allow an existing granite quarry on the property to continue operation according to its current use.
On Feb. 12, the council had adopted Ordinance 755, which annexed the 92.17 acre Marble Falls Partners LLC property along North Wirtz Dam Road into the city limits.
According to the city's Zoning Ordinance, newly annexed areas are classified by default as AG-Agricultural until rezoned to a more permanent classification within 120 days of annexation. A public hearing must be held by both the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council before the change may be approved.
In order to rezone a property, letters must be sent to property owners within 200 feet of the property to notify them of the upcoming public hearing. Simultaneously, a notice is placed in the city's newspaper of record, which is The Highlander.
Both requirements were met for the Marble Falls LLC property. City staff said properties surrounding the quarry property are zoned AG-Agricultural, or are in unincorporated areas of Burnet County and are not zoned.
In regards to boat docks, the change to Section 40-25 of the Zoning Ordinance corrects the maximum boat dock height from 16 feet to 18 feet, which coincides with Ordinance 691 passed in June 2016, although that ordinance was passed to establish a Waterfront Overlay Zoning District and not specifically to modify boat dock heights.
However, an unintended consequence of passage of Ordinance 691 was that Section 40-25 of the Zoning Ordinance was never change to reflect the new difference in maximum boat dock height, which caused some confusion among citizens looking to build boat docks on Lake LBJ.
A public hearing was held on the proposed change Tuesday and the council adopted the new change.
Mayor Pro Tem Jim Davant declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Granite Shoals and signed a proclamation to that effect Tuesday night. . . .
See more on this story and Granite Shoals City Council business in the Friday, March 29 issue of The Highlander, the newspaper of record for the Highland Lakes. To offer a comment or news tip, email lew@highlandernews.com
