Fulshear planning commission backs broad coordinated development ordinance amendments, flags downtown rules for more review

A city staff member said the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a draft package of text amendments to the city’s coordinated development ordinance and recommended the package move to city council with commission concerns addressed.

The recommendation came at the Fulshear Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on March 7, 2025, when commissioners considered Ordinance No. 2025-1481, which proposes amendments to Chapter 28 (the coordinated development ordinance). The ordinance would change definitions, land‑use permissions and development standards across multiple articles of the CDO, including new requirements for gas stations, revisions to low‑impact development (LID) options, and changes to rules for the downtown district.

Why it matters: The amendments would alter where and how certain commercial, residential and public‑service uses can be sited and built in Fulshear — affecting future projects, downtown character and infrastructure responsibilities borne by the city.

The draft ordinance would: require an emergency power source (for example a generator or microgrid) at gas stations in the General Commercial District; require two electric vehicle charging points per gas station in that district; add a regulatory distinction between a dry‑cleaning “facility” (processing/chemical operations) and a…