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Council approves comprehensive-plan amendment for Barksdale Phase 3; zoning change approved after debate
Summary
Council voted June 17 to approve a comprehensive-plan amendment and associated rezoning for Barksdale Phase 3, changing a planned neighborhood center at Journey Parkway and County Road 175 to residential and allowing a mix of single-family lot widths.
The Leander City Council held a public hearing on June 17 over the Barksdale Phase 3 annexation and land-use change, and voted to approve a comprehensive-plan amendment and the developer's requested zoning.
Project and requests The proposal covers roughly 52.9 acres at the northwest corner of Journey Parkway and County Road 175. The applicant sought a comprehensive-plan amendment to change land use from 'neighborhood center' to 'neighborhood residential', and a rezoning from interim SFR-1B (single-family rural) to a mix of SFS-2A (single-family suburban), SFU-2A (single-family urban) and SFC-2A (single-family compact) across three parcels. The applicant told council the request would produce a modest increase in lot count over an all-70-foot-lot scenario (roughly 28 additional lots compared with an all-70 plan presented in prior proceedings) and that the plan had been…
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