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Council agrees to proceed with development agreement for additional kitchen in large single-family home

2085103 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

After staff outlined a definitional issue in the Garland Development Code, the council approved moving forward with a development agreement to allow an additional kitchen in a large single-family estate home; formal approval of the agreement will return to council at a later meeting.

The Garland City Council on Jan. 7 voted to direct staff to prepare a development agreement that, if approved later, would allow a property owner to add a second kitchen in a single-family estate home intended for multigenerational living.

Planning staff explained the request stems from a definitional limit in the Garland Development Code (GDC) that defines a single-family dwelling as having no more than one cooking facility. The…

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