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Rockwall planners table mini-warehouse landscape variance after utility‑easement conflict
Summary
Rockwall City Planning and Zoning Commission members on a 4‑0 vote on Feb. 11 tabled consideration of SP2025‑001, an amended site and landscape plan for a proposed mini‑warehouse at the southeast corner of John King Boulevard and State Highway 276, after staff and the applicant said a 50‑foot Atmos utility easement on the property restricts plantings and earthwork called for in the approved site plan.
Rockwall City Planning and Zoning Commission members on a 4‑0 vote on Feb. 11 tabled consideration of SP2025‑001, an amended site and landscape plan for a proposed mini‑warehouse at the southeast corner of John King Boulevard and State Highway 276, after staff and the applicant said a 50‑foot Atmos utility easement on the property restricts plantings and earthwork called for in the approved site plan.
The request, by applicant Brian Baca on behalf of John King Property Owner LLC, would have revised landscaping required as part of earlier variances and compensatory measures for the facility being built on a 3.682‑acre parcel identified as Lot 1, Block A, Cambridge Estates. Planning staff told commissioners the applicant is proposing an 18‑ to 24‑inch berm and removal of canopy and accent trees that the Unified Development Code (UDC) and the site’s overlay standards require; staff said berms and shrubbery must have a…
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