Council approves Pine Hill rezoning and development plan with privacy, fence and tree conditions after residents negotiate changes

Flower Mound — Following a public hearing and extended resident–developer discussions, the Town Council on Feb. 3 approved a master-plan amendment and related zoning and subdivision actions for a proposed Pine Hill residential development, with conditions to address neighbor privacy and landscaping.

The council approved three related items (J2, J3 and J4) by unanimous vote. The approvals changed the property’s future land use from low-density residential and removed the site’s prior nursing-congregate care use, replacing it with a proposed medium-high density residential concept: the most recent developer plan showed 14 single-family lots with a proposed 8,000-square-foot minimum lot size.

Planner comments and applicant offer: Town planner Lexin (staff) summarized the request as a master-plan amendment, a planned development (PD) zoning request and a tree removal permit. The applicant, developer Jeff Westcott, presented design iterations and said he had revised the plan multiple times over an 11-month review and had limited remaining options. Westcott told council, "I'm telling you, I'm giving you as much as I can give," and outlined concessions he said were…