BRENHAM PLANNING AND ZONING TO CONSIDER NEW BLINN HOUSING
The Brenham Planning and Zoning commission is set to discuss the replat of property that Blinn College would like to use for student housing.
On Monday, the commission will consider the approval of a replat of a 12.7 acre tract at Old Mill Creek Road and Saeger Street.
In the replat, seven acres would be used for student housing, with the remaining five acres being designated as a reserve. The housing project would have rooms for approximately 465 students.
The commission will also consider the approval of a final plat for 2.6 acres at Old Mill Creek Road and Willow Grove Street. Blinn is seeking to use that property for parking at the new student housing.
The commission will meet Monday at city hall (200 W. Vulcan) at 5:15 p.m.
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That does sound like a good idea; perhaps the city should require an extensive review by Planning & Zoning of ALL prior permits, variances, and exceptions allowed anywhere in the city, at any time in the past, before each new permit is issued. That ought to slow down those greedy junior-college land-grabbers!
I have followed the development news on Old Mill Creek Road the past few years since I drive it daily. The city planning department has allowed more special conditions, more variances, more free-bees from the city of Brenham, more changes of zoning uses, than any other properties in the city. There has been nothing for the planning for the recent increase of traffic now or for the future. I have had my doubts regarding the effectiveness of the planning department. Now if the Planning and Zoning approve this without auditing and reviewing all the aforementioned facts; I will have my doubts with them also.