Southlake staff propose tighter rules for Transition Zoning Districts; Planning & Zoning recommends density, lot-size and adjacency limits

City of Southlake planning staff on [date of SPIN meeting] presented proposed amendments to the city—s Transition Zoning District regulations and said the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended several changes that would affect future TZD rezoning requests.

At a Southlake Program for the Involvement of Neighborhoods (SPIN) meeting, Dennis Killough, director of planning and development services, said the proposal would not change regulations that already apply in approved TZD neighborhoods. "The proposal in place right now would not change any regulation to an existing TZD neighborhood," Killough said.

The proposal responds to recent development cases and to questions from the commission. Planning and Zoning—s March 6 recommendation includes: calculating residential density using only the area designated for residential uses rather than the entire TZD boundary; setting a 10,000-square-foot minimum lot area for lots within new TZDs; excluding stormwater detention areas that are not designed as aesthetic or passive-recreation amenities from open-space credit; and…