Zoning board approves variances for two I‑35 frontage properties after TxDOT right‑of‑way taking

The Red Oak Zoning Board of Adjustments on Aug. 14 approved variance requests for two neighboring commercial parcels on North Interstate 35 East after a Texas Department of Transportation right‑of‑way taking reduced buildable area and eliminated room for required street trees.

Maxwell Fisher, a representative of Zone Development and SIRAM Realty, told the board that TxDOT had taken a parcel (described in the hearing as Parcel 36) that reduced the frontages and lot depths of both properties and created a practical hardship for re‑leasing longtime vacant tenant space. “TxDOT, as you know, is doing a lot of work on I‑35. They’ve come in and taken what they call Parcel 36, which is approximately 4,824 square feet… These properties are already challenged,” Fisher said.

For 505 N. Interstate 35 E (filed in the record as ZBA25‑03), the applicant requested reductions in the Interstate‑side front yard setback (to 0 feet…