San Marcos comprehensive plan heads to City Council

Also on March 26, commissioners discussed whether to amend land requirements in the southeastern corner of the intersection of McCarty Lane and I-35, where H-E-B is negotiating the purchase of 17 acres for a new grocery store.

"They can have whatever they want if it means we get a third grocery store in this town," Commissioner Curtis Seebeck joked.

Commissioners approved the amendment at their subsequent meeting in April.

The Planning and Zoning Commission also approved a request to rezone 2 acres in the 1100 block of Craddock Avenue for the construction of a church. The property had been designated for low-density residential development, but the rezoning for public institutional use will allow the San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to build a sanctuary and parking lot that exceed low-density restrictions for impervious cover.

In addition, commissioners voted to postpone a public hearing and zoning request by representatives of the Walton Group, a Canadian company that is planning to develop 495 acres at the corner of Old Bastrop Highway and Centerpoint Road.

Commissioner Carter Morris said the request should be delayed until after the company has finished negotiating with the City of San Marcos to create a public improvement district for the planned mixed-use project.