Lewisville schedules public hearing on Unified Development Ordinance adoption for Aug. 14; staff to hold special review meeting in late July

Town of Lewisville staff told council the rewrite of the town’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is nearing completion and the council set a public hearing on adoption for Aug. 14, 2025, at 6 p.m. in council chambers.

Town manager Stacy Tolbert said staff will present a summary of changes at the August public hearing. Tolbert also told council a special called meeting in late July at 6 p.m. has been advertised for the council to further review the draft UDO prior to the public hearing; that mid-July session will be a staff briefing rather than the formal adoption hearing.

Council asked about the amount of time between publication of the draft and the public hearing. Tolbert said the document was posted on the town website before the planning board public hearings in May and that the interval between the planning-board hearings and the Aug. 14 council public hearing is approximately three months. She added that state law does not require a minimum amount of public-review time for text amendments but does require a legal newspaper notice between 10 and 25 days before the hearing.

Council members asked whether the council could make minor edits after adoption; Tolbert said any changes after adoption would be treated as a text amendment and would have to go back through the planning board and public-hearing process.

Tolbert said the planning board has already held hearings and that Aug. 14 will be another formal opportunity for public comment. The special late-July meeting is intended for council members to get additional staff briefing and to prepare for the public hearing.