Road district flags sight-distance and access concerns for Selmore Road rezoning

An agency official representing the Sylmore Special Road District told the Planning and Zoning Commission the primary engineering concern for the proposed C-2 rezoning on Selmore Road is sight-distance and the location of driveway access.

"Only place we have is site distance," the agency official said, arguing the best place for an approach would be on the east side across from an existing drive. The road-district representative noted roadway standards and suggested the east side provided better sight distance than the north end of the parcel.

Participants also noted the roadway near the site is roughly 22 feet wide; staff described that width as "favorable." Staff explained that any new driveway or access point would need approval from the Sylmore Special Road District and that, during plan review, the district could require a traffic study or road improvements if the proposed use warrants them.

Although the Commission approved rezoning the parcel to C-2, the road-district representative's concerns remain a condition of future development: access, sight-distance mitigation and any required improvements must be resolved with the road district during the development-review process.