Director of Planning and Development Tim Murray addresses the City Council Tuesday morning with details on zoning changes regarding game rooms in downtown

During Tuesday morning’s meeting, the Brownwood City Council passed on first reading an ordinance to prohibit game rooms from opening in the downtown area.

A public hearing took place regarding the City of Brownwood’s Zoning Ordinance to amend the permitted use chart to prohibit game rooms within the City’s C-2A Downtown Business District and to permit game rooms as conditional uses in C-1, C-2, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts.

City Staff has received numerous permit requests for game rooms recently, including within the City’s C-2A Downtown Business District, which encompasses all the designated 102-block Historic District. The current

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