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Council approves rezoning for 207 North White Street with amended conditions
Summary
Carrollton leaders approved rezoning of 207 North White Street from single‑family to office/institutional for administrative nonprofit use, removing a required landscape buffer and keeping limits on hours and rear‑yard parking; the applicant may return later for parking changes.
The Carrollton City Council voted to rezone 207 North White Street from R10 (single‑family residential) to O&I (office/institutional) to allow the existing house to be used for administrative nonprofit functions, approving the change with amended conditions.
Planning staff outlined conditions recommended by the planning commission: no backlit signage; use limited to administrative functions; office hours limited to 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; no on‑street parking on North White; a 10‑ft rear yard landscape buffer with fence adjacent to residential uses; no residential or overnight stays; and no parking in the rear yard. Staff noted a revision to the buffer condition to avoid requiring additional vegetation unless improvements are made in the backyard.
Applicant representatives Denise Swanson and Latty Carter said the nonprofit is largely volunteer run and asked the council to allow occasional after‑hours board meetings. "We're usually gone by 8:30 or 9," Swanson said when asked about typical hours; she and Carter asked that the council permit flexibility for occasional later meetings. They also discussed parking options and said they preferred not to add a concrete pad in front if possible.
Council clarified that the "office hours" condition would not restrict occasional board meetings after hours; staff said the applicant could return to planning and zoning for any future parking changes. A corrected deed was delivered to staff earlier in the day.
In the motion, the council removed condition 5 (the requirement to install a 10‑ft landscaped buffer with mandated vegetation) while retaining condition 7 (no rear‑yard parking) and added that the applicant may return to planning and zoning for future parking requests. The rezoning passed by voice vote.
The council and staff left the office‑hours condition in place for regular public access (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) while acknowledging occasional after‑hour board meetings would not be prohibited by that language. The applicant may pursue future parking or site adjustments through the planning process.
