Bryan P&Z recommends rezoning unauthorized lumberyard site

The Bryan Planning and Zoning Commission recommended rezoning 2.05 acres in west Bryan after the city found it was being used as an unauthorized lumberyard during P&Z’s Nov. 5 meeting.

What you need to know

According to agenda material, the city notified the Sandy Point Road property of violations in fall 2025 and met with the property owner this May, directing Ramiro Quintero to cease the lumberyard. The city then analyzed the property and found multiple structures requiring conditional use permits.

Staff recommended the commission approve the request on the condition the lumberyard stop its commercial work and that other structures not permitted be demolished or moved from the property. City Project Planner Benjamin Johnson said the structures could cause traffic problems and adverse impacts to other property owners in the area. 

“We need to have discretion with the potential adverse effects all of this could have,” Johnson said.

Johnson also said if the recommendation was denied, all of the structures would have to be demolished.

Zooming in

Property owner Ramiro Quintero said he had no problem complying with the recommendations, though he would need some time to finish the process as he battles “health struggles.” 

“I haven’t started knocking the building down because I need approval from the city of Bryan,” Quintero said. “The lumberyard is dying out.”

Quintero also said he understood he can’t use the property for commercial use until it is rezoned.

The takeaway

The commission unanimously approved the ordinance. Commissioner Clint Cooper said he didn’t approve the ordinance enthusiastically because it could set a precedent, but he trusted Quintero’s word.