At the March 21 Planning & Zoning meeting, the commission began preliminary discussions to update Section 4.2.9 of the city’s Integrated Development Code (IDC) as it pertains to home businesses and airbnb type rentals One of the issues is whether the city should get involved in permitting home businesses. Currently…

Several Tamina residents criticized the city’s plan to allow commercial development on three city-owned properties which are adjacent to Tamina residential areas. Speaking as an advocate for the community, at both the February 21 Planning and Zoning meeting and the February 22 City Council meeting, Minister Tyrone Price said zoning…

On December 20, the 9th Court of Appeals in Beaumont denied a joint motion for rehearing filed by Shenandoah and two other parties. The case involves an easement dispute with Oak Haven Apartment Homes. Further background on this case is reported here and here.

The City of Shenandoah recently filed a joint motion (with two other parties) for rehearing in a case involving an easement dispute with Oak Haven Apartment Homes (OHAH). However, during the legal update to council on December 14, city attorney Bill Ferebee not only failed to mention the joint motion,…

On November 17, 2022, Texas’ Ninth Court of Appeals issued a judgment largely in favor of Oak Haven Apartment Homes in its dispute with Shenandoah and the owner and builder of the adjacent Aloft hotel - Odom Texas Development, LLC and LNG Builders, LLC. The 44-page memorandum opinion partially vacates,…

The city’s current population of about 3500 which is spread out over 2.2 square miles will dramatically increase over the next few years as new, multi-family housing developments are completed. Most recently, Modera at Six Pines opened last September, offering 429 upscale apartments for rent in buildings ranging from five…

On November 16, city council voted 4-0 to annex three vacant tracts of land in Tamina that were purchased by Shenandoah in 2010. The parcels vary in size from about one to two acres, are not contiguous and are within Shenandoah’s extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Prior to the vote, a public…

Newly installed cameras in Shenandoah’s council chambers now provide much sharper video footage of council meetings. The benefits of this new equipment are clearer views of council and staff members as well as the ability to see the face of a speaker at the podium (as opposed to their back).…

On October 24, Judge Bays of the 284th district court (Montgomery county) denied Frank Powell's applications for temporary and permanent injunctions against the city of Shenandoah.The basis of Powell's case was a threat by the city’s former mayor (Ritch Wheeler) to have the police chief escort citizens out of the…