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Burleson staff seeks to align comprehensive plan with I‑35 zoning to allow apartments; council raises traffic and school concerns
Summary
Staff proposed updates to Burleson’s comprehensive plan to reflect existing I‑35 overlay zoning that allows apartments by right, while councilors expressed concerns about traffic, school capacity and infrastructure and asked for targeted siting and stakeholder outreach.
Planning staff told council the comprehensive plan needs wording that reflects what current zoning already allows along the I‑35 overlay and Chisholm Trail corridor—and that updating plan language will guide where the city wants multi‑family development.
"In this, our zoning code in our I 35 overlay today, right now, if you came in to do ... an apartment complex, it's allowed to use by right," Planning staff said as part of…
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