Commission approves major modification to allow LEAFS campus expansion and smaller single-story duplexes on West Spring Valley

The Richardson Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve a major modification request for the LEAFS (Christian Science) campus at 1230 West Spring Valley Road that will authorize four new single-story duplex units, allow smaller duplex unit sizes than normally required in the West Spring Valley PD, and confirm ongoing campus institutional uses as legal nonconforming uses.

Staff presentation and site context City planning staff explained the site is an approximately 8.2-acre, long-established private campus developed originally in 1967 for Christian Science uses and including a nursing/convalescent building, independent living, an eight-unit multifamily building, and a lodge and training facility. The West Spring Valley PD’s streetscape and build-to provisions typically require two-story frontage and a 12-foot sidewalk plus a 10-foot amenity zone along Spring Valley; staff and the applicant said site constraints including a drainage channel, utilities and easements make full streetscape compliance impractical for the campus expansion.

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