Westminster’s Mayor and Common Council voted unanimously to adopt an annexation plan and a related zoning text amendment on Monday night, officials said.

The council adopted Resolution 25‑09, defining the subject property for Annexation #89 — roughly 1.47 acres at 531 Old Westminster Pike — and then approved Annexation Resolution 25‑08 to bring Midcenter Park Condominium Phase 1 into the city. Staff reported that signatures on the petition were verified and that the property, currently developed as a two‑story medical office condominium, is eligible for annexation and already served by public water and sewer.

“Nothing is changing” at the Midcenter property, petitioner representative Matthew Herff told the council, describing the building as an existing medical office condominium and saying the annexation simply makes the property eligible to be inside city limits.

The council also adopted Ordinance 2025‑09, a text amendment to Chapter 164 (Zoning and Subdivision of Land) that adds hotels to the list of permitted uses in the PI zone, increases the allowable gross acreage for local retail and service uses in a PI development from 15% to 30%, and authorizes the Planning & Zoning Commission — rather than the mayor and council — to approve certain development‑plan amendments for those uses.

Staff and council members framed the ordinance as a process improvement intended to streamline approvals while preserving council review for substantive changes. “We’re willing to make changes to try to make things easier and smoother,” the presiding officer said during debate, thanking planning staff and Commerce Center representatives for their work on the amendment.

Council members praised staff for balancing development efficiency with community design considerations; the Planning & Zoning Commission had forwarded both items with favorable recommendations.

What happens next: The annexation and zoning changes take effect per city procedure; substantial amendments to development plans will continue to come to the mayor and common council for review. The council also noted that future, more substantive PI zone text amendments may come in a later phase to address development plan regulations specifically.

Votes and motions: The minutes record motions and seconds on the floor for each item; the council adopted the annexation plan, the annexation resolution and Ordinance 2025‑09 with aye votes recorded by the presiding officer. No roll‑call vote counts were placed into the record in the transcript.