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Council tables Shady Oaks rezoning after months of debate on trees, density and sound mitigation
Summary
Council voted to table a second‑reading zoning change and development plan for 1835 Shady Oaks after neighbors pressed for greater tree preservation, lower density and discussion of a masonry sound wall. The applicant asked for the item to be tabled to June 3 to respond to council feedback.
The Southlake City Council on May 6 voted unanimously (6‑0) to table two related second‑reading items for 1835 Shady Oaks — a future land use amendment and a zoning change/development plan — until the June 3 council meeting at the applicant's request.
The project proposed an all‑residential redevelopment of a tract adjacent to State Highway 114, with a development plan that would have created multiple new single‑family lots and included a new gated resident access to the 114 frontage road. Planning staff and the applicant described changes made since first reading, including a 25‑foot buffer to the highway, 50‑foot building lines, a 50‑foot buffer along Shady Oaks Drive and an amended tree preservation analysis showing about 33.1% preservation of…
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