{"id":260309,"date":"2026-04-22T00:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260309\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:03:18","slug":"planning-and-zoning-committee-proposes-new-bellaire-makers-district-to-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260309\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning and Zoning Committee proposes new Bellaire Makers District to City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new zoning district that could serve as a \u201cdestination development\u201d was presented to Bellaire City Council by the Planning and Zoning Committee at an April 20 meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

If approved by City Council, the Bellaire Makers District would serve several purposes, city consultant Gary Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

The district would create a unique area on the edge of Bellaire’s city limits, encourage reinvestment in the city and create a green area that is less auto-oriented, according to the presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s potential for a \u2018destination use\u2019 because this is not a typical area for retail [due to] low visibility,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cIt would potentially have to be near an area where you could draw people to the area for certain activities, versus typical retail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Bellaire Makers District would replace what is currently the Urban Village District. (Courtesy city of Bellaire)<\/p>\n

Diving deeper<\/p>\n

The creation of the new district would mean the removal of the Urban Village District <\/a>and the addition of several new regulations. However, Director of Development Services Travis Tanner said the new regulations would be \u201cless intense than what is allowed under the current code.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drive-thru restaurants, manufacturing, commercial surface parking lots and commercial businesses, such as tattoo shops and mini-storage facilities, would not be permitted in the district.<\/p>\n

Additionally, residences would not be permitted, but live-work units may be allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cA live-work unit is where the work aspect is technically accessory; it’s not the main use, it’s a place you live,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

Mitchell also said the units can have different appearances, with some looking like luxury townhomes.<\/p>\n

One more thing<\/p>\n

The proposal also stated that three newly defined establishments could be allowed in the zoning regulations without requiring a hearing or City Council approval: artisan workshops, special event venues and horticultural production sites.<\/p>\n

The amendments are anticipated to be considered by City Council on May 18, following a public hearing, according to the agenda<\/a> item.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new zoning district that could serve as a \u201cdestination development\u201d was presented to Bellaire City Council by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[75875,6863,4519,18104,56879,1604,23564,3576,56,58,57,1454,223,75874],"class_list":["post-260309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-beautification","tag-bellaire","tag-city-council","tag-city-government","tag-city-staff","tag-community-impact","tag-council-members","tag-flooding","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-near-me","tag-news","tag-strategic-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}