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Commission split over UDC zoning map; parks designation fuels stalemate
Summary
Commissioners debated how to treat town-owned parks while adopting a new zoning map to implement the Unified Development Code; motions to table or partially adopt the map failed to reach the four-vote threshold, leaving the commission unable to make a recommendation and passing the matter to Town Council without a P&Z recommendation.
The Addison Planning & Zoning Commission's longest discussion on June 17 centered on whether and how to apply the new Unified Development Code (UDC) zoning map to town-owned parks and public properties.
Leslie Knipe, Director of Development Neighborhood Services, presented the zoning-map conversions staff recommends to implement the UDC (adopted by City Council on March 25, 2025 and effective Sept. 1, 2025). Knipe said staff consolidated several industrial districts, proposed Commercial General for many office properties, and recommended R1 or R2 for a collection of town-owned parks and facilities including Beltway Park ("Sam's Club Park"), Addison Athletic Club, Dome Park, Rawhide Park and Trail, Quorum Park, Addison Circle Park and the…
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