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Planning commission recommends approval of development plan with warrants for two retail buildings at 4800 Main Street
Summary
Commission recommended the City Council approve a development plan and four minor warrants for a 3.576-acre site at Main Street and President George Bush Highway to allow two retail buildings, parking and open space; staff said most outstanding landscape comments had been resolved.
The Rowlett Planning and Zoning Commission on April 8 recommended that the City Council approve a development plan with warrants for a commercial project at 4800 Main Street in the downtown urban village district.
City staff described the property as about 3.576 acres in the downtown form-based urban village and said the applicant seeks four minor warrants: access drives, minimum building height, block size and configuration, and spacing/placement of publicly accessible open space. The proposal calls for two commercial retail buildings — one about 1,400 square feet and a second described at roughly 90,000 square feet — 57 parking spaces and about 17,000 square feet of open space. The applicant presented two access points from Cascadian (Caspian) Street and Ashura (Sheraz) Street and said achieving a two-story form-based urban village appearance within a single-story, 29-foot-high building was necessary for economic viability.
Staff told commissioners most outstanding landscaping comments had been resolved, with one remaining item to revise tree and shrub counts. Commissioners questioned whether the use matched the downtown urban-village expectation of first-floor commercial and upper-floor multifamily; staff replied that mixed use is allowed but not required and that the proposed commercial-only buildings are permitted in the downtown district.
Members of the public asked about potential tenants, additional traffic lanes on Main Street and service-road access; the applicant said some tenants were being discussed and that adding lanes would require coordination with the city and the Texas Department of Transportation.
Commissioner Newhouse moved to approve the site development plan with the warrants as listed; the motion was seconded and the commission voted to recommend approval. The transcript did not capture a roll-call tally.
The recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action; staff noted remaining landscape revisions would be addressed prior to council consideration.
