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Glenn Heights council approves rezoning of 15.5 acres and developer-funded Jenkins Road rehab
Summary
Council approved rezoning of roughly 15.5 acres at 928 E. Bear Creek Road to SF-3, and authorized a development agreement requiring the developer to escrow funds and pay the city contractor to fully rehab Jenkins Road after infrastructure installation.
Glenn Heights City Council voted unanimously to approve a second-reading zoning change and a companion development agreement that will require the developer to help fund reconstruction of Jenkins Road.
At the second reading of ordinance O-12-25, Parviz Prozisian, director of planning and development services, told the council the proposal would rezone about 15.52 acres at 928 East Bear Creek Road from single-family residential (SF-1) to single-family residential 3 (SF-3) and illustrated an eventual layout of roughly 48 lots, noting the layout itself will return later as a preliminary and final plat. Prozisian said staff sent notices to properties within 200 feet and that "approximately 16.29% of the properties" submitted letters or a petition opposing the development — below the 20% threshold that would trigger a supermajority review. The staff recommended approval.
Developer Fred Coney told the council he had met with several Jenkins-area residents to explain the plan. "I did meet with the residents," Coney said, describing outreach and conversations with neighbors.
Council members asked about drainage and lot sizes; Prozisian said the developer had provided a conceptual drainage plan and that the completed subdivision will include detention ponds intended to mitigate runoff and could improve current downstream drainage conditions.
Separately, council approved resolution R-22-25, a development agreement with Rain Financial Inc. that requires the developer to escrow funds (staff said escrow will occur 30 days after infrastructure-permit issuance) and to pay the city to use its contractor to perform a full-depth roadway rehabilitation — including an 8-inch removal of failed material, new base and a 2-inch asphalt overlay — for Jenkins Road once infrastructure is completed.
Mayor and council approved both the zoning ordinance and the development-agreement resolution by unanimous votes.
The next procedural steps: the developer will return with the preliminary and final plats, and the city will receive escrowed funds at the timeline specified in the agreement prior to roadway work.
