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Commission continues Texas Health helipad request after residents and commission raise access and school-traffic concerns
Summary
Planning commissioners continued consideration of a specific-use permit for a helipad at a proposed Texas Health integrated facility at South 14th Street and Hawken Run, asking staff and the applicant to review access points, the mutual-access easement to the north and emergency-vehicle operations during school drop-off/pick-up hours.
The Midlothian Planning & Zoning Commission voted to continue a request for a specific-use permit for a helipad tied to a proposed Texas Health integrated facility on about 12.689 acres at the northwest corner of South 14th Street and Hawken Run Road.
Staff described the site as a commercial-retail tract within Plan Development District 81 and said the proposed use includes a two-story clinical building for outpatient services, an eventual ambulatory surgical center, medical office space and an emergency department. The helipad is proposed in the northwest corner of the site with restrictions in the PD ordinance limiting helipad operations to patient and medical transport; staff recommended…
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