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Council narrows lot-coverage increase for Wyburn development, limits change to SF-10 lots
Summary
After debate and a prior Planning & Zoning denial, the council amended a planned-development text to allow a 5% increase in maximum lot coverage for SF-10 lots (40% enclosed to 45% all structures combined) to permit covered outdoor spaces; the SF-15 portion of the request was removed.
The Flower Mound Town Council approved a narrower text amendment for the Wyburn residential planned development, allowing a 5-percentage-point increase in maximum lot coverage for SF-10 lots so that certain unenclosed covered outdoor areas (porches, pergolas, outdoor kitchens) can be counted as part of the allowable roofed area.
The original request sought to raise maximum lot coverage by 5 percentage points in both single-family categories in the PD (SF-10 from 40% to 45% and SF-15 from 35% to 40%). Lexa Murphy, planning staff, told the council the proposed coverage increase would apply only to enhanced outdoor spaces that are part of the foundation but are not air-conditioned, not to interior conditioned square footage. Murphy said engineering staff reviewed the request and concluded it would not affect compliance with the town's drainage standards.
Planning & Zoning had recommended denial by a 4-2 vote, which made the item a supermajority issue. Members of the public and the applicant, David Weekley Homes (represented by Keith Kendrick and Larry Jackson), argued the change responds to current market demand for larger covered outdoor living areas and front porches and that allowing those features at construction produces a higher-quality finished product than retrofitted additions.
Council members debated precedent, the potential to allow larger houses on smaller lots, and how the change might be enforced over time. After additional discussion with the applicant and staff, the developer removed SF-15 from the request; council then voted to approve an amendment limited to SF-10 lots: maximum lot coverage for enclosed structures remains 40%, and maximum lot coverage for "all structures combined" (enclosed plus qualifying covered outdoor spaces) is 45% for SF-10 lots. The ordinance passed by unanimous vote.
