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Council approves Caliber Collision zoning amendment after runoff and screening debate
Summary
Rowlett City Council approved a plan amendment allowing a Caliber Collision repair shop with outdoor vehicle storage at Main Street and Lakeview Parkway after developer concessions on sidewalk placement and tree buffers; the measure passed 5–2 amid resident concerns about stormwater runoff and environmental protections.
Rowlett City Council voted 5–2 on April 7 to amend a plan‑development district to allow a 16,000‑square‑foot Caliber Collision passenger vehicle repair facility with outdoor vehicle storage at 2801 Main Street / 2700 Lakeview Parkway.
Senior planner Liliana Morihon told council the applicant revised the site plan to move the sidewalk into the public right‑of‑way and restore required right‑of‑way trees, and staff said the project otherwise complies with parking and landscape standards. The developer’s proposal retains up to 30 days for outside vehicle storage and includes a privacy fence to screen vehicles from Main Street.
David Norris of the Foursight Group, presenting for the applicant, said the chain’s operations are primarily interior body work and that “All work on the vehicles is done interior to the building here.” He also described spill prevention plans, sand‑oil separators and routing captured fluids to the sanitary sewer rather than the storm system.
Several residents and council members pressed the applicant on stormwater handling, curbing, containment and TCEQ oversight. Dan Apt warned of runoff reaching local creeks and Lake Ray Hubbard, saying, “Runoff will go to the creek and it will run into Lake Ray Hubbard.” Caliber and its consultants said parking areas will be curbed and routed to inlet/catch basins, that interior work limits on‑lot fluid loss, and that hazardous waste removal and sand‑oil separators would be used when needed.
After council questions and a resumed public hearing, Councilmember Lisa Bowers moved to approve the ordinance as presented; the motion passed 5–2, with Councilmembers Reeves and Gibbs voting in opposition. The approved ordinance reflects the applicant’s ROW sidewalk relocation, the proposed landscape plan and the extended outside‑storage limit of up to 30 days.
Next steps: the applicant will proceed toward final permits and building‑permit review, where engineering calculations (including sizing of separators and inlets) will be verified by city permit review and the applicant will be responsible for state compliance where required.
