Lewisville council holds contentious public hearing on 20.4-acre rezoning at Lewisville-Vienna and Robin Hood

Mayor Billy Carter and the Town of Lewisville Council spent the bulk of their Feb. 12 meeting on a rezoning request (case L115) covering roughly 20.4 acres at the southeast corner of Lewisville-Vienna Road and Robin Hood Road.

Town planner Lynn Cochran presented Ordinance 2026-005 as a limited-use rezoning that would allow only four uses: parks and recreation facilities, single-family residential homes, townhomes and twin homes. Staff concluded the application was complete and consistent with the town's comprehensive plan and the 2018 Northeast area plan.

Attorney Tom Terrell, representing developer 4 Star and citing McAdams engineering work, said the project aligns with the town's adopted growth vision, noted it's a concept plan not a site plan and emphasized that the applicants were prepared to accept a unit cap (for example, 99 units) if council wished to impose one. Terrell and 4 Star representatives also read a letter from the existing manufactured-home park owner describing long-running operational and financial difficulties and a willingness to assist residents if the property is sold.

During public comment dozens of nearby residents urged the council to slow the proposal, raise traffic-safety concerns and press for additional vehicle access. Speakers where they live and homeowners abutting the tract said school-drop-off congestion and the Lewisville-Vienna/Robin Hood intersection already cause backups and argued a second entrance or other mitigation would be necessary to prevent cut-through traffic and protect sightlines. Neighbors also questioned where a proposed park would sit, whether it would be private or public and whether townhomes would alter neighborhood character.

McAdams civil engineer Brent Neeson said he had shared trip estimates and a letter from NCDOT recommending turn lanes; he told council that townhomes typically generate fewer daily trips than single-family homes and that the project's required turn lanes and proposed roundabout work would reduce the material impact on the broader street network. He and project team members described engineering constraints—especially grades and a proposed retention/sedimentation pond—that complicate adding an entrance on Robin Hood Road without significant earthwork and potential environmental impacts.

Council members probed the comprehensive plan mapping and density math: staff showed that the site straddles the neighborhood-center and neighborhood-residential place types, and Cochran and Terrell said the comp plan supports a mix of smaller-scale multifamily and single-family uses. Raw density math presented during the meeting showed roughly 98 units under the current RS-9 calculation, higher numbers under other district assumptions, and developer figures showing a proposal for fewer than 100 townhome units. Terrell said council could condition approval to cap units at a specified maximum.

A formal motion to approve Ordinance 2026-005 was introduced by Council member Franklin and seconded; a roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript after council discussion. (The transcript records vote statements; the council then proceeded to other business.)

What happens next: the rezoning matter proceeded through the council's formal action during this meeting as Ordinance 2026-005 was moved and voted on; interested residents and parties should consult the town clerk for the official recorded vote, any adopted conditions (such as an explicit unit cap) and the finalized ordinance text.

This hearing highlighted the recurring planning trade-offs in Lewisville: balancing the town's comprehensive-plan vision for corridor-focused growth with residents' traffic-safety and neighborhood-character concerns, and the developer's offer to work with the town and accept conditions to limit impacts.