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Colleyville staff to draft allowance for open shade structures after lot-coverage brief
Summary
After staff reported single-story homes are increasingly maxing lot-coverage limits, the council directed staff to draft an amendment that would permit a limited additional lot-coverage allowance (4%) for open shade structures subject to wall and setback restrictions and to route the proposal to Planning & Zoning and legal counsel.
Ben Bridal, the city—s director of community development, told the Colleyville City Council on Oct. 8 that staff has seen a growing number of single-story homes that hit the municipality—s lot-coverage cap while leaving unused impervious-surface allowance.
"This is really not anything that... this is more just a conversational element," Bridal said, introducing the briefing and explaining that lot coverage counts only building footprints while impervious coverage includes driveways, decks, pools and other surfaces that prevent water from soaking into the ground.
Bridal walked council members through district examples and current limits: residential districts use different lot-coverage maximums (roughly 20%, 25% and 30%) with…
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