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Haslet board debates future land‑use near new parkway as staff urges measured approach to attract restaurants and retail
Summary
Haslet planning staff reviewed master land‑use options and concept schematics showing commercial, mixed‑use and industrial scenarios for tracts near I‑35 and the proposed Haslet Parkway. Board members pressed on zoning, annexation limits and what the city can do to attract retailers and restaurants.
Haslet HCDC Type B board members spent the bulk of their March 26 meeting reviewing the city’s adopted master land‑use map and optional concept plans for large undeveloped tracts north of Haslet Parkway and adjacent to I‑35.
Mr. Swanky, who presented the land‑use materials, said the maps are intended as ideas rather than fixed plans and noted technical layers the board should consider, including floodplain boundaries and engineering constraints. “If McDonald’s locates there, it’ll trigger more things,” Mr.…
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