What happened
Friendswood City Council voted unanimously to approve a zoning change for 401 W. Edgewood Drive to reclassify 4 acres of land from single-family residential to community shopping center at its Nov. 3 meeting.
Earlier in the meeting, City Council voted to amend the city’s future land use map from low-density residential to retail, according to city documents.
Over the past decade, the zoning for this parcel of land, which is currently bordered by retail on one side and single-family homes on the other, has changed from residential, commercial and multifamily classifications roughly six times, council member Joe Matranga said at the meeting.
“It’s back to not wanting anybody with a commercial building to be looking into anybody’s backyard,” Matranga said.
Looking ahead
Future developers will be required to install an 8-foot opaque fence and a 10- to 25-foot tree buffer on the land’s border with residential properties, Director of Community Development Aubrey Harbin said.
