Plan Commission hears rezoning request to build single‑family home on floodplain parcel at Point North Parkway; residents oppose — FEMA review pending

The Richardson City Plan Commission on March 18 reviewed a request to rezone 1025 Point North Parkway to a Planned Development district (R‑2000ms) to allow a single‑family residence on a roughly two‑acre parcel currently constrained by Prairie Creek and mapped 100‑year floodplain.

Staff said the parcel was split off from a larger country‑club tract in 1987 and has substantial floodplain coverage (roughly 70–80 percent of the lot in FEMA maps). The applicant proposes to build a single‑story residence and construct retaining and grading to create a developable pad, and staff summarized the proposed PD development standards: minimum lot area of two acres (to prevent future subdivision), a reduced front‑yard setback of 20 feet (in lieu of the typical 30 feet), commitment to side‑entry garages and gate set behind the front building line, planter areas across a portion of the front façade, masonry and higher quality materials for the front elevation,…