The Rockwall Planning and Zoning Commission took multiple formal votes at its Oct. 14 meeting. Below are the motions, outcomes and key details from each item recorded during the meeting. For items requiring City Council action, the commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to council.

Votes at a glance

- Consent agenda: Motion to approve the consent agenda as written. Mover: Commissioner Hastings; second: Commissioner Rock. Vote: 7–0. (Administrative items meeting technical UDC requirements.)

- Z2025-062 — Specific-use permit for indoor commercial amusement and recreation (arcade) at 2071 Summerlee Drive (Harbor Rockwall, Suite R103). Mover: Commissioner Hastings; second: Commissioner Brock. Vote: 6–1 (Commissioner Hageman opposed). Recommendation to City Council.

- Z2025-063 — Specific-use permit for residential infill to allow construction of a single-family home at 902 Aluminum Plant Road (single-family-7 district). Mover: Commissioner Brock; second: Commissioner Hastings. Vote: 7–0. Recommendation to City Council (scheduled to go to City Council Oct. 20).

- Z2025-064 — Specific-use permit to exceed maximum permissible height (requested 91 feet in lieu of 60-foot commercial limit) at 1020 La Jolla Pointe Drive (Scenic Overlay / IH 30 Overlay). Mover: Commissioner Brock; second: Commissioner Shane. Vote: 7–0. Recommendation to City Council.

- Z2025-065 — Specific-use permit for a retail store with gasoline sales (more than two dispensers) on a 2.59-acre corner parcel at South Goliad Street (SH 205) and FM 549. Mover: Commissioner Hageman; second: Commissioner Hastings. Vote: 7–0. Recommendation to City Council. Staff noted a prior SUP was approved in 2016 but expired; staff included draft operational conditions and a required three-tiered landscape screen and wrought-iron fence for the adjacency noted in the draft ordinance.

- MIS2025-016 — Miscellaneous case: exceptions to front-yard fence and fence materials standards at 403 East Kaufman Street (Old Town Rockwall Historic District). Motion to approve (mover recorded in hearing). Vote: 7–0. Historic Board had recommended approval of the proposed front-yard wood picket fence; rear fence along Laughlin Park raised compatibility questions but commission approved the request.

- MIS2025-017 — Alternative tree mitigation settlement (Urban Farm subdivision, PD 104): Developer requested to pay remaining mitigation balance in cash and direct funds to Alma Williams Park enhancements. Mover: Commissioner Hagman; second: Commissioner Shane. Vote: 7–0. Staff will coordinate the settlement language and forward to City Council.

- SP2025-039 — Site plan approval for a restaurant with drive-through (Taco Bell) on a 0.936-acre parcel in the Creekside Commons area. Applicant requested two variances: provide 27 parking spaces vs. 29 required (patio accounts for extra requirement) and relief from some horizontal-articulation architectural standards. Mover: Commissioner Hageman; second: Commissioner Hastings. Vote: 7–0. Architecture Review Board had reviewed elevations and recommended approval if elevations were unchanged.

How the commission voted (summary tallies):
- Items approved unanimously (7–0): consent agenda; Z2025-063; Z2025-064; Z2025-065; MIS2025-016; MIS2025-017; SP2025-039.
- Item with a dissenting vote: Z2025-062 (6–1; Commissioner Hageman opposed).

Next steps: Most items requiring discretionary approval will be forwarded as recommendations to the Rockwall City Council for final action; staff noted multiple items will appear on the Oct. 20, 2025 council agenda.

Notes: All vote counts and mover/second attributions are taken from the meeting transcript and the roll calls recorded on Oct. 14; staff and applicants present for hearings remained available to respond to council questions.