Fulshear ZBA unanimously approves two variances for Primrose Schools site at Dixon and future Huggins Road
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The Zoning Board approved two related variances for a proposed Primrose Schools daycare at the southwest corner of Dixon and the future Huggins Road: (1) allowing the primary entrance to face the parking lot rather than the future public right-of-way and (2) permitting an additional wall sign above that entrance.
The City of Fulshear Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 29, 2025, unanimously approved two related variances for a proposed Primrose Schools daycare at the southwest corner of Dixon and the future Huggins Road expansion to FM 359.
Primrose Schools representative Marvin Wensman told the board the applicant will build a roughly 13,000-square-foot, single-story school on approximately 1.75 acres of a 5.999-acre tract. The applicant is seeking relief from downtown-district building-orientation rules that require a primary entrance along the public right-of-way and from a sign rule that limits wall signage to facades facing the public street.
Wensman said the site must accommodate fenced playgrounds immediately adjacent to classrooms and comply with child-safety protocols and rear parking requirements in the downtown district. Because parking is required in the rear, he said locating the functional main entrance on the south elevation, which faces the parking lot, is safer and more efficient for parent drop-off and pick-up. He said the design includes architectural elements (a second tower on the northeast corner) so the rear entrance will not appear like a typical service entrance.
For signage, Primrose requested permission for an additional 60-inch diameter internally lit wall sign above the south (parking-lot) entrance. The applicant said the sign would be within 10 percent of the wall area, project no more than 12 inches, and mirror signage typically used by Primrose for wayfinding. Staff supported both requests; staff said safety and circulation concerns related to a daycare justified the departure from the strict downtown-district frontage rules.
Board counsel advised that motions should reference the findings required by Texas Local Government Code section 2.11 so the record would support any future appeal. The board entered those findings and approved both variances.
Votes at a glance: both motions to approve were unanimous.
The applicant said construction timing is tied to the start of the Huggins Road expansion; the board made no change to the downtown district parking requirement and recorded that the variances were granted to allow safe operation and wayfinding given site constraints.
