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Staff said the site had previously been considered under the downtown regulating plan and that, although an earlier site-development plan had expired, city legal staff advised the use remained vested because of prior development activity. The project presented to the commission would contain roughly 300 dwelling units, of which staff said 210 would be one-bedroom units. Staff said required vehicle parking would be 473 spaces; the applicant proposed 397 on-site spaces plus a separate on-street parking component that staff counted toward the project’s total parking supply (staff stated “397 on-site and 921 on the street” when describing the parking credit). The plan shows 12 buildings (10 residential three-story buildings, plus a clubhouse and a fitness center), multiple access points and on-site open space; staff said the project meets most form-based code architectural and open-space requirements but seeks minor warrants related to block length/configuration and building frontage for certain open-space areas.

Commissioners and public commenters questioned traffic impacts and whether additional lanes or turn lanes on Main Street or service roads should be required. Staff and the applicant said lane additions would require coordination with the city engineer and TxDOT and that fire-access and internal circulation reduce block lengths in practice. Commissioners also discussed building height, unit count and whether three-story buildings without elevators meet local expectations for “above-normal” amenities; the applicant said three-story garden-style buildings are industry standard and that a leasing team and community amenities are planned.

A motion to approve the site development plan with the listed warrants was made and seconded; the commission voted to recommend approval and called the item for council consideration. The transcript does not record a detailed roll-call tally.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Rowlett City Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Apr 08, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Commissioners recommended the City Council approve a site development plan with four warrants for a proposed 300-unit multifamily development on land west of President George Bush Highway after extensive staff presentation and public questioning on parking, access and open space.","taxTitle","Rowlett City, Texas","taxId",4116,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6046779,"Planning commission recommends approval of development plan with warrants for two retail buildings at 4800 Main Street",2003,1207000,3210000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3540867-4d88cb82ce78f477ec55ec308dde4fe1&start=1207&end=3210","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3540867-4d88cb82ce78f477ec55ec308dde4fe1/thumbnail_1207000.jpg","/articles/6046779/Texas/Planning-commission-recommends-approval-of-development-plan-with-warrants-for-two-retail-buildings-at-4800-Main-Street","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6046779-2f31309966b7ae368af53085ce66a986/orig.mp4?Expires=1770713060&Signature=H-C9zCbD4kLquIVcrL0jREPYWXTmlTAOEF8rTOxiFZj~V0KQ0pho3hXO3whtGgOlhsi22dKS23N88phjAshltPrn8u152Nl6uIimFMsFobt9y4GF7EmC2Mu-JjL95mC3v5xBKnFTc4V9SPv4EBp~Qhw-~UFH7VGxkHcjcLEgaljyVZLJBRI0gKas7-J5K5CEx0JlPI93kAIdy22HM9oybWwT1uLJ-Qwry0UevMS81hHtzr2XsOuYR~HE059ul7X2zwokR7SldeorAZ41I9T9ukgln8MFcX9QEXBVjLQsWV1eoT83Naca9Ij6nfdJlCTuGUL8fFq6-opmx25pZ6ulIQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rowlett Planning and Zoning Commission on April 8 recommended that the City Council approve a development plan with warrants for a commercial project at 4800 Main Street in the downtown urban village district.

City staff described the property as about 3.576 acres in the downtown form-based urban village and said the applicant seeks four minor warrants: access drives, minimum building height, block size and configuration, and spacing/placement of publicly accessible open space. The proposal calls for two commercial retail buildings — one about 1,400 square feet and a second described at roughly 90,000 square feet — 57 parking spaces and about 17,000 square feet of open space. The applicant presented two access points from Cascadian (Caspian) Street and Ashura (Sheraz) Street and said achieving a two-story form-based urban village appearance within a single-story, 29-foot-high building was necessary for economic viability.

Staff told commissioners most outstanding landscaping comments had been resolved, with one remaining item to revise tree and shrub counts. Commissioners questioned whether the use matched the downtown urban-village expectation of first-floor commercial and upper-floor multifamily; staff replied that mixed use is allowed but not required and that the proposed commercial-only buildings are permitted in the downtown district.

Members of the public asked about potential tenants, additional traffic lanes on Main Street and service-road access; the applicant said some tenants were being discussed and that adding lanes would require coordination with the city and the Texas Department of Transportation.

Commissioner Newhouse moved to approve the site development plan with the warrants as listed; the motion was seconded and the commission voted to recommend approval. The transcript did not capture a roll-call tally.

The recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action; staff noted remaining landscape revisions would be addressed prior to council consideration.","Commission recommended the City Council approve a development plan and four minor warrants for a 3.576-acre site at Main Street and President George Bush Highway to allow two retail buildings, parking and open space; staff said most outstanding landscape comments had been resolved.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6046784,"Rowlett planners recommend approval of tree-removal permit after developer removed trees before permit was issued",974,246000,1220000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3540867-4d88cb82ce78f477ec55ec308dde4fe1&start=246&end=1220","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3540867-4d88cb82ce78f477ec55ec308dde4fe1/thumbnail_246000.jpg","/articles/6046784/Texas/Rowlett-planners-recommend-approval-of-tree-removal-permit-after-developer-removed-trees-before-permit-was-issued","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6046784-4fc3181bdb538ad1cf12283a6990f5e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770713060&Signature=bKCwWs7pOKFfOtqYU7~QsvKT1tlc3BuL9GUk~Kz02X~PCM6kaEJxMA2GLF-kpUe8lsnfx74OgfCi1pCEyx8ou0By0noMRaeiwSmfnQYqPrcQaEyxDCWjx5sh8HTxTM74dEefZOWzt4AkjaX782AvISyNZDVjYJvYNgExBnZkb4w6nloIIOHhA3DCbnI7I~~nLssoBWH8PLzrKl2DfbhclqE18mfnO1AKQF0quIeLMzmQID2dJyGWZ7VDCB8etgbc4Byqg7yRLlYNPcvuUt6ohK4X0i-Q~whFYSu4HfbR3zudKzANGfRVpP2JAypBM7ZVPfSlZC-PR2Xuxuazt2NMcA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Rowlett Planning and Zoning Commission on April 8 recommended that the City Council approve a tree-removal permit and related mitigation for a property in Rowlett Business Park after staff said contractors removed protected trees before obtaining a permit.

City staff member Liliana Morinon told commissioners the permit request concerns property in the Rowlett Business Park (lots described in the agenda) and that a compliance review showed 48 trees originally on the site. Of those, staff said, 30 trees were protected under the development code and 24 of those protected trees were proposed to be removed. Staff calculated mitigation at roughly 247 caliper inches of protected trees, which staff said equated to about $30,000 owed to the city’s reforestation/mitigation fund if the applicant does not replant equivalent caliper inches on-site.

The applicant’s representative told the commission the contractor had been informed at a pre-construction meeting that a tree-removal permit was required and that the permit application was submitted the same day the trees were removed. Commissioners pressed the applicant about whether the developer could plant additional trees beyond the landscaping plan to reduce payment to the reforestation fund; staff said the landscape and tree-mitigation requirements are separate and that additional voluntary plantings do not always offset the mitigation calculation unless they meet specific code criteria.

Commissioners raised concern that this was not the first recent instance in which trees were removed without an approved permit. One commissioner said the ordinance’s intent is to preserve larger, mature trees and expressed frustration that demolition often precedes permit approval, leaving the reforestation fund as the remedy.

Commissioner Menendez moved to recommend approval of the tree-removal permit with the mitigation chart as presented; the motion received a second and the commission proceeded to a vote. The motion passed; the written vote tally was not specified in the transcript.

The matter will go to the City Council for final action; staff advised the commission that applicants may still discuss which specific trees should receive credit but noted that some opportunities for credit were lost when the protected trees were removed prior to permit approval.","The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the city council approve a tree-removal permit for property in Rowlett Business Park after staff said contractors removed trees before permit approval; the developer must mitigate removed protected trees via inches-of-caliper mitigation or payment to the city reforestation fund.","actionData","errors"]

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