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Plano council approves zoning changes and reauthorizes tax abatement policy; several items pass unanimously
Summary
Council approved multiple zoning matters—including rezoning 3.2 acres on Windhaven Parkway to single‑family attached (zoning case 2025006)—tabled a small transit‑station SUP for notice, and reauthorized the city's tax abatement policy; all recorded votes were 8–0.
The Plano City Council on Nov. 25 considered multiple land‑use items and routine motions, approving several by unanimous votes.
Zoning case 2025006: The council approved an ordinance to rezone 3.2 acres at the southwest corner of Windhaven Parkway and Red Wolf Lane from agricultural to single‑family attached and granted a Specific Use Permit allowing privately owned and gated streets. Planning staff said the application met comprehensive plan policies, noted 92 public responses (89 in opposition) and said the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval 5–1. The applicant agreed to concessions—reduced density (from an earlier higher plan to 15 units), limiting building height to 25 feet, gating alleys and a 15‑foot buffer—and staff said sprinklers and a hose‑lay variance would be addressed in plan review. Council voted 8–0 to approve the rezoning.
Zoning case 2025‑012: A specific use permit for a transit center station east of Communications Parkway was tabled to Dec. 8 to perfect notice requirements; council voted 8–0 to table.
Zoning case 2025014: Council approved rezoning 0.2 acres on Municipal Avenue from Light Industrial to Single‑Family Residence 6 to align the lot with the Vendome neighborhood; Planning & Zoning recommended support 6–0, and council approved the item 8–0.
Other votes: The consent agenda was approved 8–0. The council reauthorized the city’s tax abatement policy, as required by state law (Chapter 312 of the Local Government Code); Economic Development Director Doug McDonald said the city currently has six active abatements and the policy had last been approved in 2016. That resolution passed 8–0.
What’s next: Site‑plan level reviews and plan‑review variances (for fire hose‑lay and sprinklers on the Windhaven site) will be handled in subsequent administrative reviews if the rezoning remains valid.
