Council denies Shady Oaks land‑use and zoning change after weeks of debate over trees, setbacks and noise

Southlake City Council denied a proposed change to the City’s consolidated future land use plan and the related zoning and development plan for 1835 Shady Oaks Drive at its June 3 meeting, voting 4‑3 on both the land‑use amendment and the zoning ordinance.

The two motions were framed as denials: the council first voted to deny the land‑use plan amendment and then denied the zoning and development plan. A motion to deny the land‑use amendment carried 4‑3 and a separate motion to deny the zoning change also passed 4‑3.

The proposal before the council would have changed the property’s land‑use designation from office/commercial to low‑ and medium‑density residential and rezoned the tract to a planned unit development with single‑family lots. The developer revised the plan after earlier hearings: the lot count was reduced from 29 to 27 and the applicant raised the minimum lot size to 20,000 square feet for all lots. The applicant also said tree preservation on the revised plan exceeded 33 percent.

Neighbors and speakers at the…