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Planning commission approves PUD for Continental Homes development with added sidewalks and trails
Summary
The Fredericksburg Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a planned unit development (Z-2501) for a roughly 70-acre residential subdivision off Pico Road, adding required pedestrian connections requested by staff and commissioners.
The Fredericksburg Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a planned unit development, Z-2501, for Continental Homes of Texas LP, to rezone about 70 acres addressed at 256 Pico Road from R-5 (patio home residential) to a Planned Unit Development (PUD).
The measure matters because the PUD sets the development standards for a new single-family neighborhood — including lot sizes, pedestrian connections, parking and limits on short-term rentals — and will move next to City Council for final approval.
Staff and the applicant told the commission the PUD mixes two lot types intended to produce both smaller R-1A-style lots and larger 6,000-square-foot lots that could accommodate duplexes, guest houses or accessory dwelling units. Shelby, the city planner who presented the staff review, said the submission describes about 40 larger lots “closer to an R-2” in size and about 97 lots “more like an R-1A.” Shelby…
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