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Council approves Walnut Street PD to create compact downtown block with shops, restaurants and public plaza
Summary
The council approved a planned-development zoning change for a multi-lot downtown project proposed by JSC Holdings (Carters). The PD allows reduced setbacks, on-street parking counting toward parking requirements, enhanced sidewalks and a small amphitheater and anticipates phased construction tying into future extensions of Fifth Street.
GUNTER, Texas — The City Council on April 17 approved a planned-development rezoning for tracts along Walnut Street that the developer and staff said are intended to create a compact, pedestrian-oriented downtown block with retail, restaurants and outdoor activity space.
Brooks (Brooks) Wilson, a planning consultant for developer JSC Holdings, presented the concept and said the PD is grounded in the city’s downtown master plan design guidance: 10-foot sidewalks, street trees, awnings and building fronts pushed close to the sidewalk to create an active streetscape. "This is gonna be a very…
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