Friendswood City Council voted unanimously to start the process of repealing the 2008 future land use map and adopting the 2021 revised future land use map at the Nov. 1 City Council meeting. The second reading of the ordinance will happen at the Dec. 6 meeting, when the council will officially adopt the new map.
The need for the updated map was established by the planning subcommittee as part of the city of Friendswood's comprehensive plan, which has been an ongoing project since 2019.
"The comprehensive plan is an overarching plan that's intended to grasp what Friendswood's long-term goals are for a community in every aspect—from a development standpoint, from an operational standpoint, facility standpoint, parks, you name it," City Manager Morad Kabiri said in a Nov. 2 interview after the meeting.
The city has been revising the future land use map since the beginning of the year, and it serves as a way to plan for commercial development, city officials have said. The land use map is one component of the comprehensive plan and serves as a basis for the city's zoning ordinance, Kabiri said.
