Colleyville staff present three requests to allow fences inside front or street-side setbacks

Colleyville staff presented three requests for special-use permits on May 27 to allow fences inside front- or street-side-yard setbacks at 5820 Bransford Road, 600 Hunter Tree and 6701 Carriage Lane. The transcript records staff descriptions of each property and questions from members; no formal vote appears in the provided transcript excerpts.

The first request, for 5820 Bransford Road, involves a property zoned R-20 where a new house is under construction. Staff said the lot is 32,652 square feet and that the owners propose a wrought-iron fence with masonry columns placed on the front property line. Staff noted a neighboring property to the north already has a fence on the property line and that the proposed design would “create a consistent look on that portion of Bransford,” according to staff.

The second request, for 600 Hunter Tree, is for a six-foot wooden…