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City clarifies permitted garage orientations in Unified Development Code

Rockwall Planning & Zoning Commission · August 26, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented and the commission approved a text amendment to Articles 6 and 13 of the Unified Development Code to explicitly define permitted residential garage configurations (recessed front entry, J-swing, traditional swing, etc.) to reduce builder confusion; the commission approved 7–0.

Staff presented a text amendment to the Unified Development Code that defines the range of residential garage orientations used in the city's zoning and planned-development provisions.

Planner Ryan said the amendment's purpose is clarity: to list and define front-entry, recessed front entry (20 feet behind the front…

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