Plan commission recommends Richardson West middle school redevelopment despite neighborhood traffic, staging concerns

Summary

The Richardson City Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend a planned-development rezoning that will let Richardson ISD replace the West junior high with a three-story, roughly 200,000-square-foot middle school, subject to staff conditions; neighbors pressed the district on traffic, parking, lighting and construction staging.

The Richardson City Plan Commission on Feb. 3 voted unanimously to recommend approval of a planned-development rezoning that would allow Richardson ISD to rebuild West Junior High as a three-story, about 200,000-square-foot middle school and relocate the baseball stadium on the campus.

The commission’s recommendation follows a staff presentation that described three tracts on the site and a proposed planned-development overlay to permit a maximum building height increase from 50 to 60 feet to accommodate the new three‑story building and competition gym. Staff said the proposal includes a minimum of 833 parking spaces across the three tracts and several special standards for landscaping, screening and lighting.

“Tract A contains Richardson High School to the south as well as West Junior High to the northeast,” staff said in the presentation. Staff also noted four written statements in opposition were received,…

Plan commission recommends Richardson West middle school redevelopment despite neighborhood traffic, staging concerns

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