Tyler council approves five zoning items for small commercial and single-family infill

The Tyler City Council on June 24 approved five zoning items covering a planned commercial district amendment at West Side Place, a thoroughfare closure on Rose Street and several residential zone changes intended to facilitate infill single-family construction.

Planning Director Kyle Kingman said the West Side Place site-plan amendment (Bellwood 323) removes a proposed roundabout, reduces the retail component by one building and adds a quick-serve restaurant along Robertson Road; the amendment was consistent with the future land use map and had a unanimous Planning & Zoning recommendation. The council approved the amendment on a motion by Councilwoman Hawkins and a second by Nicholls.

Kingman described a second item to close an unimproved section of Rose Street at Boyd Avenue so the adjacent owner can include the right-of-way in a lot to increase buildable area for a single-family home. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval and council approved the closure.

Three additional zone changes were presented for properties on Rose Street, West Oakwood and a north-end infill lot; each request aimed to increase buildable area for single-family development or allow attached/detached single-family forms consistent with the future land-use map. Notices returned no substantive opposition and Planning & Zoning recommended approval for each request; the council approved all three items by similar motions and voice votes.

Council votes on these items were recorded in the meeting as voice approvals; the transcript did not include roll-call tallies for yes/no or abstain votes on these motions.