Consider and take appropriate action on Ordinance O-12-26, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Kaufman, Texas, amending Ordinance O-32-23, Exhibit 9A, “Zoning Ordinance” of the City of Kaufman Code of Ordinances, and the official Zoning Map to amend Planned Development-26 (PD-26), an approximate 10.00-acre tract of land (Property ID 225369) out of the D. Falcon Survey, Abstract No. 151, City of Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas. The subject property is located on the south side of Kings

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See the attached July 7, 2026, Planning and Zoning Commission Report and attachments. Based on the discussion with City Council at the July 27th City Council meeting , the applicant revised the façade material requirements to provide greater flexibility in how masonry is distributed across the elevations of the exclusively residential buildings, rather than requiring the majority of the masonry to be concentrated on the first floor. The original language required exclusively residential buildings to provide a minimum of 20% masonry per building elevation, an aggregate of 20% masonry, and a minimum of 80% masonry on the first floor of each building elevation . The revised language now requires exclusively residential buildings to provide a minimum of 20% masonry per building elevation , while removing the 80% first-floor masonry requirement and the additional aggregate masonry language . This change allows the required masonry to be distributed throughout each building elevation while maintaining the minimum 20% masonry requirement on every elevation. The masonry requirements for buildings with commercial components remain unchanged , including the 80% first-floor masonry requirement, and accessory structures will continue to require a minimum two-foot-tall masonry base .

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.0/10). 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).