Planning & Zoning recommends larger parking allocation for proposed H‑E‑B at First Ranch, ties mitigation to applicant

The Flower Mound Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Town Council approve a parking‑ratio deviation for a proposed H‑E‑B grocery at First Ranch, allowing the applicant to use a ratio of 1 parking space per 150 square feet instead of the town’s standard 1 per 250.

The recommendation, made during the commission’s regular meeting, would let the applicant build roughly 733 spaces under the requested ratio based on the conceptual plan presented to the commission; under the town’s standard the same building would require about 440 spaces (with a 20% allowance the town would permit up to 528). Commissioners tied their recommendation to mitigation measures the applicant proposed — primarily additional landscaping trees — and noted the full site plan and stormwater/green‑infrastructure design will come back for…