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Wylie council gives staff direction on zoning changes and lists bond priorities including parks, public safety and Ballard drainage
Summary
In work sessions, staff outlined proposed zoning ordinance updates (drive-throughs as SUPs, event centers, home-occupation changes) and presented a menu of potential bond projects. Council expressed priorities: infrastructure (Sandon Boulevard/Saxe Road), East Fork park work, public safety generators, and downtown Ballard drainage, and asked staff for cost breakdowns and phasing.
At a pair of work sessions after regular business on April 14, Wylie staff briefed the council on proposed zoning ordinance amendments and a broad menu of possible bond-funded capital projects; council offered direction on priorities and asked staff for more detailed cost and phasing information.
Mr. Haskins presented proposed ordinance language that would treat any use with a drive-through as a special use permit (SUP) in certain districts to reduce stacking and pedestrian/vehicle conflicts. "What we're proposing is a special use permits in CR and CC... and then it would be allowed by right in light industrial and it would be allowed by right in downtown, but that is with some extra provisions," Mr. Haskins said. He also proposed…
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