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Council approves Moon Valley nursery on 4-acre site near President George Bush Highway after neighborhood outreach
Summary
After public outreach and applicant presentations, Garland City Council approved a plan-district amendment to allow a landscape nursery retail use on roughly four acres near President George Bush Highway; the plan commission had recommended denial.
The Garland City Council on April 1 approved a plan-district amendment to allow a landscape nursery retail use on approximately four acres near 4400 President George Bush Highway (Plan District 00-39), after hearing presentations from the property representative and the proposed operator, Moon Valley Nurseries.
The owners and retail operator described the proposed use as a specialty nursery offering large trees and shrubs rather than mass-market bagged products, and said customers often travel long distances to the operator’s other Texas locations. A member of the operator’s team said their McKinney store draws customers from an average radius of about 19 miles and that the operator expects substantial per-transaction sales: “They’re projecting 9,100,000 in sales for this location,” an applicant representative said during the presentation.
Staff presented the site and noted competing views: the proposed nursery could fit the comprehensive-plan category of ‘community center’ and provide a low-intensity, green-use amenity, but the request would split remaining undeveloped land in the PD and the site occupies a prime location near State Highway 190. ‘‘It is a prime location for the city and we would like to see something more destination,’’ staff said, noting the plan commission recommended denial by a 5–4 vote.
Applicant representatives and the property owner described outreach to nearby homeowners and said they had support from the adjacent Firewall Estates HOA after an on-site meeting. Firewall Estates’ designated HOA representative, Barbara Powers, told council the HOA met with the applicant team and that the residents who attended were supportive following the presentation.
Councilmember Bass moved to approve the amendment; the motion carried. Council discussion included questions about access, the role of the site within the broader PD and the nature of deliveries (applicants said deliveries are infrequent — weekly in peak season and monthly in winter — and that the operation does not operate as a wholesale nursery).
The council’s approval allows the property owner and Moon Valley to proceed with detailed site planning under the PD amendment and local permitting processes. Staff had not made a formal recommendation; the plan commission recommended denial. The record compiled for council included 18 written responses (15 in favor and 3 opposed).
