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Euless council approves rezoning for 25-townhome Pound development on State Highway 360
Summary
The Euless City Council approved a planned development rezoning to allow 25 owner-occupied townhomes on a 3.147-acre infill parcel at 2301 State Highway 360, with conditions including private-street maintenance provisions in HOA documents and landscaping and parking requirements.
The Euless City Council approved first and final reading of Ordinance No. 24 26 on a vote of the council to rezone approximately 3.147 acres at 2301 State Highway 360 to a District 2 planned development to allow 25 townhomes.
The planned development application, presented to council by city planning staff, calls for four multi-unit buildings with individual lots, two-car garages for every unit, 18-foot-wide by 20-foot-deep driveways (meeting the minimum two-off-street parking space requirement per unit), fenced backyards and a private horseshoe-style street providing emergency access from the existing paved access easement off Highway 360.
Planning staff said the project is consistent with the city’s high-density residential land-use designation for the site and noted the development adheres to the requirement of up to eight units per acre under the current zoning category. Staff also described proposed open-space improvements including a detention area, benches, at least 10 new canopy trees and a masonry wall set back 10 feet from the property line to screen the development from the highway.
Brooks Wilson, who identified himself as the representative for the owner and the owner of Will Plan Planning Group, told council the units would be owner-occupied and explained site features. “It will be blue when it's rainy, and it will be green when it is not rainy. And in the summer, it will probably be brown,” Wilson said, describing the detention area’s appearance between storms.
Councilmember Bynum asked specifically about long-term maintenance of the private street and the potential for the city to be called upon to repair HOA-owned streets in the future. “We have a history in our city with some HOA's not able to maintain their streets,” Bynum said, and urged that HOA documents include provisions to ensure sufficient funds for street upkeep. Wilson responded that city staff had worked with the applicant and that HOA documents would include mechanisms to fund street maintenance as part of the approval process.
Planning and Zoning forwarded the application to council with a favorable recommendation (4–1), and staff recommended approval subject to standard planned-development conditions. During the council discussion, staff reiterated that rear fences would be wrought iron, dividing fences between units would be wood, and landscaping standards would require smaller ornamental trees in front and back yards because of limited yard depth.
Councilmember Bynum made the motion to approve the ordinance and Councilmember Eads seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
The ordinance rezones the property from Community Unit Development (CUD) to a District 2 planned development and includes development standards and a requirement that the property be maintained in accordance with applicable city codes and the planned-development conditions.
Council members and staff said they look forward to the new project; the developer was instructed to finalize HOA governing documents and all required construction and inspection plans before permits are released.
