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Planning commission calls public hearing on expressway corridor overlay to standardize noise and air-quality mitigation
Summary
Commissioners voted to call a public hearing on amendments that would move the Environmental Health Area (EHA) map into the zoning ordinance as an expressway corridor overlay (CECA/RECA), add air-quality provisions (MERV-13 filtration) and broaden mitigation standards; commissioners requested clearer testing protocols and standards for required reports.
The Plano Planning & Zoning Commission voted 7–0 on Nov. 4 to call a public hearing on proposed amendments that would migrate the city’s Environmental Health Area (EHA) guidance from the comprehensive plan into the zoning ordinance and create an expressway corridor overlay district.
Senior planner Jordan Ruckerby said the amendment would rename EHA 1 and EHA 2 to Conditional Expressway Corridor Area (CECA) and Restricted Expressway Corridor Area (RECA). Under the draft text, sensitive residential uses in CECA would be…
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