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Harrison, the town’s director of community development, said the changes were prompted by repeated variance requests from homeowners building under the Old Town 2 standards. The draft ordinance raises the maximum conditioned living area from 2,200 square feet to 3,000 square feet (exclusive of garages and covered patios), increases the allowable proportion of the front‑building elevation devoted to garages from 30% to 50%, increases the maximum size for a third garage from 400 to 500 square feet and removes the front‑porch minimum roof‑pitch requirement (6:12) while keeping the front porch requirement itself.

\"A 2,200 square‑foot house is not enough for a family of four, if they want to have someone come visit,\" Harrison said, explaining staff's rationale. He noted the ordinance maintains other controls — lot coverage limits, setbacks and minimums — so that larger interior floor areas must still fit within the zoning district's dimensional standards. The minimum lot area for the district remains 12,500 square feet and minimum lot width 50 feet, Harrison said.

Commissioners discussed whether the changes could allow flat roofs for porches or otherwise change the architectural character of the Old Town area; Harrison said the change removes only the porch roof‑pitch minimum while retaining front‑porch and design requirements intended to preserve the district’s feel.

The commission voted to adopt the ordinance amendment as presented. The amendment will be forwarded to the Town Council for final adoption.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Argyle - Planning & Zoning - Mar 05, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The commission approved an ordinance amendment to Old Town 2 standards, raising the maximum conditioned floor area from 2,200 to 3,000 square feet, increasing allowable garage frontage to 50%, and raising a third‑garage cap to 500 square feet while removing a minimum front‑porch roof pitch requirement.","taxTitle","Argyle, Denton County, Texas","taxId",52239,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6650161,"Argyle commission recommends Heritage planned development with limits on batch plants, medical uses and communications equipment",5550,1259000,6809000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2510662-457f3c2ed6318d9970958fb4b6a679e4&start=1259&end=6809","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2510662-457f3c2ed6318d9970958fb4b6a679e4/thumbnail_1259000.jpg","/articles/6650161/Argyle/Denton-County/Texas/Argyle-commission-recommends-Heritage-planned-development-with-limits-on-batch-plants-medical-uses-and-communications-equipment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6650161-03a68b7f74319dad64d6b348e5d60de2/orig.mp4?Expires=1775272658&Signature=awUETbr3MiGONrBpnxtzmqTMRKa9Hw6Gcvbiq6ORE9owzazcS7UJPzwrsJi9NBDtgCvb0~KUFNMkwm-x89Jo~3QCyjS8oOSQMRMTbffOKywfUTejqRP0CCK~dJYVcn5gdfwosH7a-4xhNImvqkVmLMWlzrUyWu6t-o3RjB~9o4bq-djw4sEfMQLDrI8CnNui~R1vXMd994KOWqyvyQC2p8-UknqBymjSpXpHjMJKwPln~JKCYo91YAVhqP5Qy089oKV6~2bf~EXI6UWaVVbsGkIWeWKZZeDAKl3W9f7lvfJ0Iq0fN27jXNJHNoYSgwitiRTgf5k3ZWfcQh-u-f5E9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission on March 5 recommended approval of a 123.93‑acre planned development on the southwest corner of I‑35 and Robson Ranch Road, known in staff materials as the Heritage plan development district, with a set of conditions intended to narrow some large‑scale uses and to allow limited temporary construction facilities.

Staff said the plan before commissioners represented a reduced scope from an earlier 195‑acre proposal and incorporated changes requested after a February 5 joint workshop with Town Council, including an illustrative plan, a phase plan and the removal of a provision that would have allowed administrative parking reductions. Harrison, the community development director, highlighted the updates and said staff recommended approval \"with conditions,\" adding that the most recent plan development exhibits were included in the packet.

Developers told the commission the property owner has held the land for more than 25 years and that recent infrastructure work—particularly measures to enable sanitary‑sewer service on the west side of the property—made development feasible. Jim Wills, who said he manages land assets for the family office that owns the site, described interest from a range of commercial users and thanked staff for recent cooperation: \"We have owned this property for over 25 years ... and as we were approached by quality users, we decided that the time was right to go ahead and process this through the town,\" Wills said.

Representatives from the development team described several changes in the latest draft: the development area has been reduced to roughly 124 acres; a phase plan was added and coordinated with the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA); and a new use category, \"food and grocery store large scale,\" was added to permit grocery stores up to 150,000 square feet in the designated grocer area (Area C). The draft also treats development large‑scale uses differently across the site: areas A and B would require a specific use permit (SUP) for projects over 40,000 square feet, while other areas could permit larger uses subject to the plan's chart.

Commission discussion focused on several recurring topics: landscaping and open‑space percentages, the acreage and role of storm‑water detention ponds, the scope and temporary nature of onsite concrete/asphalt batch plants for construction, whether large‑scale development allowances should be constrained to medical uses in the wellness district, and traffic mitigation tied to the TIA and TxDOT frontage‑road plans.

Bill Dahlstrom, representing the applicant, said the project team could accept several of staff’s five conditions and asked that landscaping requirements remain at 15 percent rather than the higher percentage in staff's preferred standard, citing the difference of a few developable acres across the full site. Dahlstrom also asked that temporary batching plants be allowed during active construction so contractors would not have to truck aggregate in and out of the site for each phase. Commissioners and staff discussed defining \"temporary\" in the PD ordinance to read \"during active construction,\" and an engineering representative said batch plants would be set up and removed for each phase.

Traffic and timing were central concerns. The TIA in the packet lists recommended frontage‑road improvements and signal warrants that, staff said, are likely to be triggered as early as phase 1 for the eastern access and phase 2 for the western access depending on development volumes and TxDOT frontage‑road projects. Tom June, an engineer with JBI, said the development does not automatically require an Old Justin Road connection unless traffic levels or fire–access requirements make it necessary.

The applicants provided an economic impact summary that staff included in the packet: roughly $131 million in new investment, about $17 million in new tax revenue over a 30‑year period and approximately $31 million in new sales tax over the life of the project; the applicant said the project would generate new jobs and new business personal property but did not provide a year‑by‑year breakdown in the packet.

After a motion to forward staff’s recommendation with agreed modifications — making temporary batching plants permitted in Area A only during active construction, limiting communications‑equipment uses in Area E to hospital/medical purposes, and restricting the development‑large‑scale allowance in Area D to medical uses — the commission voted to recommend the project to Town Council. The motion passed with recorded opposition from one commissioner.

The commission instructed staff to forward the recommendation and the final set of conditions to the Town Council, which will consider the rezoning and accompanying agreements on March 17.","After months of revisions, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the 123.93‑acre Heritage planned development with conditions including limits on temporary onsite concrete/asphalt batching, and carve‑outs to large‑scale development and communications equipment for medical uses.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6650166,"Argyle planning commission backs zoning change to allow Tribes Church to expand on FM 407",815,168000,983000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2510662-457f3c2ed6318d9970958fb4b6a679e4&start=168&end=983","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2510662-457f3c2ed6318d9970958fb4b6a679e4/thumbnail_168000.jpg","/articles/6650166/Argyle/Denton-County/Texas/Argyle-planning-commission-backs-zoning-change-to-allow-Tribes-Church-to-expand-on-FM-407","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6650166-efbfbdd871ce35739740a992f8771b91/orig.mp4?Expires=1775272658&Signature=a7KZ0y2X3f9iJAU5d38TEgTmUY6omzShdewHvwVoLpvFGUSf5LG2CSxlthtg0ILz6Ew33iZvGv-ty268Mr875TQsDUHsa4TfHkUWQ~nhi4zRm1IIH-xYiCj4cx83oUqozjW01sDONG51kLN9t0XhcVdKv63ZDMe0SgL9CV5YyUCJR-~GVTnFpENpT2-PX-RiFg4S9TBdso3NWrBrcI9w~OvtwrzGkJ~LD84SstjqG3DtvnCXVUnTlBLsQ0UlgtVVGET5ZB7C0sOyAtKHFELyHf-UDmD3RdeJ1g-Bv9Y5VzJyvTI~BjwndkjXTh3ZR8bn3L0LJ8MlL8VhZhSVd5lDwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission on March 5 recommended approval of a zoning change to allow the Tribes Church to annex a 1.47-acre tract at 809 F.M. 407 West and zone it single-family residential estate (SF‑2.5), a move intended to let the church combine the parcel with adjacent property it already owns inside the town.

Harrison, the town’s director of community development, told commissioners the zoning request is a prerequisite to a March 17 Town Council annexation consideration. \"This little parcel ... is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction,\" he said, and the applicant asked that, if annexed, the property be zoned SF‑2.5 rather than the default agricultural zoning that attaches on annexation.

The change would align the parcel’s zoning with the larger property the church owns inside Argyle and preserve the option to use the combined parcels for a future church building or, if a church were not built, for a single‑family house, Harrison said. He also confirmed the applicant intends to seek a sanitary‑sewer connection from the town as part of an annexation agreement: \"They're ... requesting to connect to the town's sanitary sewer,\" he said.

Matthew Holtman, the architect from Design Works representing Tribes Church, said the parcel has been in the church's ownership for several years and is well suited for a church site because it fronts an arterial and will be accessible by a traffic signal. \"It's a property that they've had for several years now. And they'd like to utilize it,\" Holtman said.

Commissioners asked questions about utilities, tax status and whether approval would be contingent on council annexation. Harrison confirmed the commission's recommendation would be subject to Town Council approval of annexation: \"Our approval just is subject to the annexation by the city council. ... It only becomes effective if the city council approves the annexation.\" Commissioner Phil commented that the site is a difficult location for a single‑family buyer next to the water supply office and said the church use seemed a reasonable outcome.

The commission voted to recommend approval of the zoning change as presented. The staff recommendation, which commissioners adopted, included noting that a site plan application for the combined property is under review and expected at the commission's next meeting.

The Town Council is scheduled to consider the annexation on March 17; the zoning change would only take effect if council approves the annexation.","The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a zoning change that would allow the Tribes Church to annex and rezone a 1.47-acre tract at 809 FM 407 West to match adjacent property already in town.","actionData","errors"]

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