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Wylie council directs staff to draft PDLI ordinance for Wylie Tech Park, limits data‑center and storage footprints
Summary
After a public hearing on a proposed 59.769‑acre St. John Properties development, the Wylie City Council directed staff to draft an ordinance with conditions that limit data‑center/server activity to the development’s smallest flex building and cap mini‑storage/warehouse uses at 10,000 sq ft before requiring an SUP; the motion passed 6‑1.
St. John Properties presented plans April 28 for a roughly 59.8‑acre planned development (PDLI) at 611 Sandin Boulevard and portions of FM‑544, a project the applicant called the Wylie Tech Park that would build six flex R&D/industrial buildings and retail pads along FM‑544.
The project team described the plan as a flex‑space business park intended for a mix of light industrial, small manufacturing, research/lab, limited data/server rooms, and retail frontage. The council’s planning staff said P&Z recommended approval (5‑0) with conditions and noted two mailed comments in the packet.
Why it matters: the project would add substantial square‑footage and potential daytime employment near Sandin Boulevard, but council members said they wanted to limit uses that produce limited local jobs or create heavy infrastructure impacts — specifically larger data centers and extensive mini‑storage footprints — and require additional review where those uses would…
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