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Council approves rezoning and planned development for 19.89-acre townhome project at Split Pea Road
Summary
The City Council voted 4-0 to rezone roughly 19.89 acres near Prairie View Road to a Planned Development allowing townhomes, with conditions that limit density, perimeter heights and require enhanced screening and public-access sidewalks.
The Temple City Council on a 4-0 vote approved a rezoning and planned development for about 19.89 acres near Prairie View Road and Split Pea Road, allowing townhomes and related neighborhood service uses, with specific conditions limiting density, building height and screening.
The action matters because the zoning change allows a mix of residential types on a formerly agricultural parcel and will guide how the site is developed near existing single-family neighborhoods and the Northridge Townhomes project to the north.
City planning staff presented the proposal as a rezone from agriculture (with an existing CUP for two RV spaces) to Planned Development (Multifamily 1 and neighborhood service). The developer agreed to a binding site plan and to limit multifamily density to 12 dwelling units per acre (below the MF-1 allowance of up to 15 units per acre), a cap that staff said yields a theoretical maximum of 204 units for the full site. The plan reserves roughly 3–5…
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