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Cowboy Bail Bonds / Buckley Chappell Application

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An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2167 for a bail bonds office on property zoned Mixmaster Riverfront within Planned Development No. 784, Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District, on the southwest corner of S. Riverfront Boulevard and Rock Island Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to an amended site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Cowboy Bail Bonds / Buckley Chappell Representative: Song Whiddon, PLLC / Yuliana Ramirez Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 6 Z-26-000057

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Cowboy Bail Bonds seeks to amend an existing Specific Use Permit for a bail bonds office on the southwest corner of S. Riverfront Boulevard and Rock Island Street. The property is zoned Mixmaster Riverfront within the Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District, and the change would require an amended site plan and conditions recommended by city staff.
1 eventFirst seen Sep 17, 2026Last activity Sep 17, 2026Case ID: Z-26-000057
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Attorney

Pull amended site plan for bail bonds permit

Applies if: You represent the applicant, a neighboring owner, or a party affected by the permit.

Why now: The 13-0 City Plan Commission motion on 2026-09-17 recommended a seven-year period subject to an amended site plan and conditions, and the record does not verify any later step.

What to do: Obtain the amended site plan and staff's recommended conditions for the bail bonds office permit amendment, and confirm the seven-year term and each condition are written into the final approval. If the conditions or term differ from what the commission moved, compliance obligations will be unclear.

Act before: After the next material record update

Source: City Plan Commission — Sep 17, 2026 →
Journalist

Ask who finalizes bail bonds permit amendment

Why now: The matter says it was approved outside Council with no later procedural step verified, after a 13-0 vote on 2026-09-17 on Item 18 in Council District 6.

What to do: Ask the city whether the commission's approval of the bail bonds office permit amendment is final or needs a later City Council action, and when the seven-year term starts. The supplied record shows an approval but no verified later step.

Act before: After the requested records are produced

Source: City Plan Commission — Sep 17, 2026 →

Trust Proof

What we said then vs what happened next

We said (Sep 16, 2026):

Weigh in on bail bonds office at Riverfront and Rock Island

What happened (Sep 17, 2026):

Carried: 13 to 0

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Carried: 13 to 0

An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2167 for a bail bonds office on property zoned Mixmaster Riverfront within Planned Development No. 784, Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District, on the southwest corner of S. Riverfront Boulevard and Rock Island Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to an amended site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Cowboy Bail Bonds / Buckley Chappell Representative: Song Whiddon, PLLC / Yuliana Ramirez Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 6 Z-26-000057

Vote: 13 for, 0 against, 2 absent

recommend approval of amendment to SUP No. 2167 for a seven-year period, subject to amended site plan and conditions