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Flower Mound council declines to override Planning & Zoning on large self‑storage at town gateway
Summary
After more than two hours of public comment and debate over setbacks, height and community character, the Flower Mound Town Council failed 3–2 to override Planning & Zoning and the proposed Charcoal Storage mini‑warehouse project will not proceed as presented.
A proposal to amend PD 120 to allow a three‑story, 117,474‑square‑foot self‑storage facility at the northwest corner of Flower Mound Road and Old Orchard Lane failed to secure the four votes needed to override a Planning & Zoning denial.
Planning staff summarized the applicant’s revisions — lower parapet heights, a larger landscape buffer (raised to about 23.5 feet), an eight‑foot masonry screening wall on the residential side, limits on allowed activities for mini‑warehouse use, and a public‑facing design that includes up to 10 floral mural panels with controlled backlighting. The applicant said the revisions reduced the variance requested from 100 feet to 58 feet and moved mechanical equipment to ground level to lower rooftop height.
Moniel Gray, presenting for the applicant, described the design and community outreach and said, “We’re gonna backlight…
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