Conduct a public hearing and consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance and map, the North Shore South Framework Plan, the Comprehensive Plan and the Master Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Rowlett, all as previously amended, by amending the zoning from Form Based Commercial Center (FB-CC), Single-Family  Residential - 40/24 (SF-40), Form Based Rural Neighbor

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

<p style="margin-left:0in;" data-pasted="true">The applicant is requesting to rezone the subject property from Form Based Commercial Center (FB-CC) District, Single-Family (SF-40) District, Form Based Rural Neighborhood (FB-RN) District, and Form Based Urban Neighborhood (FB-UN) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Single-Family Residential (SF-5) District to facilitate the development of 226 single-family homes. In order to realize the PD, the applicant will also be required to: </p><div style="margin-left:0in;"><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin-left:0in;">Amendment the North Shore South Framework Plan</li><li style="margin-left:0in;">Amend the Comprehensive Plan</li><li style="margin-left:0in;">Amend the Master Thoroughfare Plan</li></ul></div><p style="margin-left:.5in;"><br></p><p style="margin-left:0in;">In support of the request, the applicant has submitted a concept plan and development conditions. </p><p style="margin-left:0in;"><br></p>

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).