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Council approves Pecan Plaza and CVS site plans with variances and tree donation
Summary
The council approved site plans for an 8,000‑sq‑ft Pecan Plaza building and a corner CVS, granting variances for façade offsets over 100 feet and tree planting along 407 due to utility/right‑of‑way constraints; developer agreed to donate funds covering 4–6 trees for town planting.
The Northlake Town Council approved site plans and related variances for commercial development at Pecan Plaza, including an approximately 8,000‑square‑foot building and a CVS at the hard corner of 407 and Gibbs Road. Planning staff said the plans meet parking, sidewalk and landscape requirements but requested variances from the Unified Development Code’s 6‑foot façade offset rule for non‑industrial buildings with facades over 100 feet.
Developer and design representatives argued that the buildings provide horizontal and vertical articulation, varied materials and parapet modulation that meet the code’s design intent even if they do not provide the specified 6‑foot offsets. The CVS plan also requested a variance to avoid planting trees along 407 where future road widening and utility relocations (including an Atmos gas line) will remove landscaping; the applicant proposed shrubs and turf in the interim. Council and staff discussed off‑site mitigations and planting alternatives.
Council approved the Pecan Plaza plan unanimously and approved the CVS plan with an agreement that the developer would donate funds equivalent to planting four trees (council referenced 4–6 tree donation range) for town use in a later green‑belt beautification project. Council members asked staff to continue exploring creative landscape solutions and emphasized the need to protect the town’s long‑term tree canopy where possible.
