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Council approves HD Supply subdivision plat as members warn of local parking shortfall
Summary
The Rockwall City Council approved a subdivision plat for an HD Supply site after debate over where employees and customers will park. Council members pressed staff and the applicant about offset spaces in a nearby parking garage and the state 'shot clock' that would otherwise cause automatic approval.
The Rockwall City Council on June 2 approved a subdivision plat for an HD Supply site despite council members' expressed concerns about local parking capacity and an unresolved parking agreement for spaces in a nearby garage.
Council members and staff said HD Supply’s site plan traces to 2018–2019 and that the developer had been allowed to offset some required parking in the Trent Tower garage; that offset was originally 15 spaces and later increased to 18 through site plan review. Planning staff said there is not a third‑party parking agreement in place requiring the applicant to pay a portion of the city’s maintenance costs for that garage.
Council member Lewis asked whether the parking situation would be resolved before construction. Planning staff said the applicant had been asked to address parking and had a deadline to reply to staff the day following the meeting. Lewis moved to table the item, citing business owner and neighborhood concerns; other council members noted the state administrative timeline.
Planning staff reminded council that state law creates a 30‑day "shot clock" for plats and replats: if the city does not act within the 30‑day period, the plat is automatically approved by operation of law. Staff said the applicant could request an extension up to 60 days; otherwise the city’s failure to act would result in automatic approval.
To avoid a situation where the council’s inaction would result in automatic approval while parking issues remained unresolved, a council member moved to approve the plat P2020‑517 (referred to in the meeting as P 20 20 5‑17). The motion was seconded and passed unanimously of those present (yes 5, no 0, absent 1).
Council members and staff said they would convey the council’s concerns to the applicant and to the Planning and Zoning Commission, which will consider a related parking variance on June 10. Staff also noted a pending Planning and Zoning approval for a stair connection that city staff expect to improve access to existing city parking in the interim.
The council’s action allowed the subdivision to proceed under the plat approval, while parking and any requested variances will be addressed in other processes.
