Southlake council approves two‑lot plan for 2530 Johnson Road after hours of public comment

Southlake City Council on Oct. 7 approved a change to the city’s future land‑use map and a zoning/development plan that will allow two houses to be built at 2530 Johnson Road, reversing the property’s longstanding agricultural/low‑density designation.

The vote followed an extended public hearing in which a majority of nearby residents urged the council to preserve the site as low‑density single‑family property. Council approved the land‑use amendment (item 6A) 4‑3 and the zoning change and development plan (item 6B) 4‑3, adopting the applicant’s “option B” configuration: two lots, with the southern lot retaining a low‑density character and the northern lot rezoned to allow a medium‑density lot served by access through Bermuda/Remuda Court under specified conditions.

The change matters because the property has been designated low density in successive planning cycles, which neighbors said created an expectation of one‑acre minimum lots. Opponents argued that converting the lot to medium density would set an undesirable precedent and create construction and traffic impacts for the adjoining Johnson Place neighborhood.

Most speakers who testified against the change were residents of Johnson Place and Remuda Court. Lawrence Langford, a Ramuda Court resident, told council: “The 2035 future land use plan … designates this property as low density residential. That is the standard that was adopted in the current land use plan. This application does not meet that…