PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVES PDD

  

The Brenham Planning and Zoning Commission approved recommending to the Brenham Council the Planned Development District proposed by Stylecraft Builders.  The item was tabled last week during a joint meeting of the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission after members stated they needed more time to get questions answered about the development.

Stylecraft Builders has asked that the property, located on the Highway 36 Loop between Dixie Road and the U.S. 290 cloverleaf, be annexed into the city as a Planned Development District (PDD).  The city council and zoning commission were scheduled to discuss and possibly act on the request last Thursday to change zoning for the development from single-family residential to a PDD.

As a PDD, developers agree to make certain concessions, like more greenspace, in exchange for design flexibility. The PDD variance in the subdivision would include:

◾Minimum lot widths reduced from the required 60 feet to 55 feet.

◾Minimum lot depths are increased to 120 feet from the required 115 feet.

◾The applicants are requesting 7.5-foot side building setbacks (current requirement is 10 feet), a rear setback of 20 feet (current requirement is 25 feet) and a front setback of 20 feet (requirement is 25 feet).

◾Minimum lot size would be reduced to 6,600 square-feet. The current minimum is 7,000.

The zoning change recommendation will now go back before the City Council.  The Council could not legally act on the zoning change until they received the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission.