The Rockwall Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on its consent agenda and denied MIS2025-018, a request for an exception to exterior-material requirements at 370 Eva Place, by a 4-3 margin during its Oct. 28 meeting.

The consent agenda — which included approval of minutes and two consent cases listed on the meeting docket — passed unanimously after a motion to approve was made and seconded. The chair called for a voice vote and announced the motion passed 7-0.

The commission separately considered MIS2025-018, a request from property owner Noah Dawit (represented at the meeting) to keep the existing composite/OSB-style siding on a manufactured home at 370 Eva Place within Planned Development District 75 rather than replace it with the district's required hardy board or masonry materials. Staff told commissioners the property sits in the floodplain, that the Board of Adjustments previously approved elevating the existing home on stilts, and that the property has multiple outstanding code citations for unpermitted improvements on the lot.

After discussion on how lifting a nonconforming structure triggers compliance with district design standards, a motion to deny the exception was made and seconded. The motion to deny passed 4-3. The commission’s denial will be forwarded to the Rockwall City Council for further consideration on the council’s next meeting agenda.

Votes at a glance:
- Consent agenda (minutes and two consent cases): approved 7-0 (motion to approve made by Commissioner Hastings).
- MIS2025-018 (exception to exterior material requirements for 370 Eva Place): motion to deny approved 4-3 (mover: Commissioner Hagman; second: not specified).

No formal votes were recorded on multiple zoning and specific-use-permit items heard for public comment; most of those items were set for further public hearing or review on Nov. 11.

Background: Planned Development District 75 requires certain exterior materials for new or expanded structures (staff cited both a 60% hardy board requirement for standard new single-family construction in the PD and a 90% masonry requirement for manufactured-home replacement scenarios). The applicant told the commission the siding is serviceable and that replacing it would create a financial burden; staff said the existing siding appears to be composite paneling rather than hardy board and cited outstanding unpermitted improvements (fire pit, bridge and fence) and related citations.