Plano panel approves rezoning for 15 townhomes at Windhaven and Red Wolf with gating, buffers

Plano's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 Oct. 20 to approve a rezoning from agricultural to single-family attached and an associated concept plan for 15 townhome units on a roughly 2.3-acre site at the southwest corner of Windhaven Parkway and Red Wolf Lane, subject to conditions including a controlled-access gate to the adjacent property, minimum setbacks, and prescribed landscape screening.

Staff told the commission the request includes two parts: rezoning the property to the single-family attached (SFA) district and a specific-use permit (SUP) to allow a private-street subdivision. Interim lead planner Molly Coriel said the concept shows 15 attached units with detached garages served by an alley and a one-way slip road parallel to Windhaven. Coriel recommended approval "because the request is in conformance with the comprehensive plan and the future land use map," and summarized staff stipulations requiring that access to the western adjacent property be gated, no access be provided to Red Wolf Lane, a minimum 15-foot setback from the southern property line (including a 10-foot landscape buffer), and a minimum 6-foot landscape screen adjacent to Red Wolf Lane. Coriel also noted that approval of the concept plan is subject to city council action on the related zoning case and that Plano Fire Rescue must approve any International Fire Code variances before…