Council approves Realm PD amendment allowing structured parking; nearby PD amendment continued to May 19
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Summary
Council unanimously amended the Realm subdistrict concept plan to allow a multifamily building with structured parking in lieu of garden-style, surface-parking buildings; a second Castle Hills parcel public hearing about a proposed five-story mixed-use building was continued to May 19 at the applicant's request.
The Lewisville City Council on May 2025 approved an amendment to the Castle Hills ("Realm" subdistrict) planned-development concept plan to allow a multifamily development with structured parking, and continued a separate public hearing on a nearby, contested site to May 19 so the applicant could provide more traffic and sight-line materials.
Planning Director Richard Lukey presented slides showing the proposed change for a 7.46-acre site at the southwest corner of Wind Haven Parkway and Lady Tesala Avenue. The existing PD concept plan illustrated multiple garden-style multifamily footprints with surface parking; the amendment replaces that layout with an "urban wrap" multifamily configuration that conceals parking in a central structured garage and surrounds a courtyard and resident amenities. Planning & Zoning recommended unanimous approval (7-0), and council voted to approve the concept-plan amendment unanimously.
Separately, council opened a public hearing on a different Realm-area request (a plan amendment for 3.459 acres south of Essex and Parker) but the applicant requested—and council granted—a continuance to the May 19 council meeting to supply additional materials on sight lines, traffic, and community engagement. Several residents from the Reserve subdivision spoke in opposition to the 3.459-acre request, saying a five-story structure proposed for that site would be intrusive and would sit at elevation above nearby yards; staff noted the applicant had previously presented a similar request that was denied in August 2024 and that additional information has been requested to address neighbors' concerns.
Attorney Eric Stanley represented the applicant for the approved 7.46-acre amendment; the approved concept does not change the base zoning district and any future development will proceed through standard site-plan and engineering review. The council's action amends the PD concept plan document (Ordinance O428-22-ZON) and does not itself approve building permits or final site plans.
The continued public hearing on May 19 will be the occasion for a fuller council discussion of the 3.459-acre application and related traffic/sight-line materials; residents who spoke asked the council to review the newer materials carefully before deciding.
