Dirty Freddy, LLC Commercial Rezoning at 1401 N. Mesa Street (26-0574)

Context: The same ordinance appears at second reading on May 12, 2026 and again at adoption on June 9, 2026, and both entries reference imposed conditions and Chapter 20.24 penalties without reciting the conditions themselves.

Recommended: Request the executed ordinance for 1401 N. Mesa Street and compare its condition language against the version presented at the May 12, 2026 second reading, then confirm how the conditions are enforced against the property. The record cites Chapter 20.24 of the El Paso City Code as the penalty provision but does not state the conditions, so a client cannot yet know what triggers violation exposure.

Context: The adopted item is titled as changing zoning from A-3 (Apartment) to C-1 (Commercial) "and imposing conditions," but the conditions themselves appear nowhere in the June 9, 2026 record.

Recommended: The ordinance converting Lots 1 through 10, Block 28 from apartment zoning to commercial zoning was adopted with conditions that are not spelled out in the council record — request the signed ordinance and condition sheet from the City Clerk before drawing site plans. Conditional commercial zoning can cap permitted uses, access points, or hours, so designing to full commercial entitlements may force a costly redesign or a second rezoning.

Context: The item surfaced twice — second reading May 12, 2026 and adoption June 9, 2026 by a unanimous 7-0 vote moved by Representative Canales and seconded by Representative Limón — with no stated explanation for the gap.

Recommended: Ask the City Clerk and Planning staff what happened between the May 12, 2026 second reading and the June 9, 2026 adoption, and request both versions of the conditions to see whether they were rewritten in the interval. Also run the applicant entity, Dirty Freddy, LLC, through Texas Secretary of State filings and county deed records to identify the principals behind an apartment-to-commercial conversion of ten platted lots.

Context: Council voted 7-0 on June 9, 2026 to rezone Lots 1 through 10, Block 28, Alexander Addition from A-3 (Apartment) to C-1 (Commercial) with unspecified conditions.

Recommended: Ten lots at 1401 N. Mesa Street can no longer be built as apartments and are now commercially zoned, so ask the Planning Department for the written conditions the council imposed — they are where any limits on hours, signage, driveways, or buffering to neighboring homes would be recorded. If you wait until a building permit is filed, the design will already be locked in and the conditions are the only remaining leverage.