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City briefs council on 300-acre South Garland rezoning plan to encourage mixed-use redevelopment
Summary
Staff described a draft, city-initiated rezoning covering roughly 300 acres near I‑635 and Shiloh Road to promote urban residential and urban business uses with proposed subdistricts to control height and density; staff plans formal notices and expects to bring the item to council in April.
City planning staff on March 3 gave the Garland City Council an overview of a city-initiated rezoning study covering approximately 300 acres in the South Garland corridor near Interstate 635 and Shiloh Road, a policy effort intended to encourage mixed-use, higher-density redevelopment and to set the stage for future site-specific planned developments.
The staff presentation said the rezoning would repurpose predominantly industrial and commercial parcels toward urban residential (UR) and urban business (UB) designations, and that the proposed draft includes two UB…
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