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Rowlett council approves zoning change to allow Lincoln Tech vocational campus
Summary
On Oct. 14 the Rowlett City Council voted unanimously to amend PD‑008‑22 to allow a trade/technical school by right for Building 3 at the Lakeview Business District; the vote also approved a parking-landscaping deviation for existing truck courts.
Rowlett — On Oct. 14, 2025, the Rowlett City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance and map for an approximately 94.48‑acre portion of the Lakeview Business District (PD‑008‑22) to allow colleges, universities and commercial/trade schools as permitted uses in Subdistrict 1 and to amend landscaping requirements for certain converted truck courts.
The change was prompted by a tenant agreement to locate a Lincoln Tech campus in Building 3 of the development. Derek Hall, director of community development, told the council the request would make vocational and technical programs a by‑right use in the PD for the subdistrict and described the site plan changes the applicant proposes. "This project will be familiar to some," Hall said during staff remarks, summarizing the site's zoning history and the request to convert truck parking to automobile parking and to seek a deviation from the landscape‑island requirement for existing truck courts.
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