Feb 17, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission

[Call to Order and Determination of Quorum. ]

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>> IT'S 6:00 O'CLOCK, I CALL THE MEETING OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER OF MIDLOTHIAN TO ORDER. ITEM 00 -- EXCUSE ME, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

FORGOT THAT. YEAH. DETERMINE A QUORUM 001 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY TOPIC NOT

[002 Staff review of the cases that were heard by City Council in the last thirty (30) days. ]

TO THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED? >> ITEM 2, STAFF REVIEW OF THE CASES THAT WERE HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE LAST 30 D DAYS.

>> CHAIRMAN. >> COMMISSIONERS, AT THE JANUARL MEETING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF VERTICAL MIX USE AND TOWNHOMES THAT IS LOCATED MAIN SOUTH OF 14TH STREET APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL 7-0. AT THE FEBRUARY 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MULTIPLE FAMILY STU VOTE BY 6 TO 0. ALSO ON THE FEBRUARY 10TH MEETING THE UVPD REQUEST FOR 215 WEST AB WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL 6 TO 0.

THE CREST VIEW DAY CARE AND RETAIL AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WALNUT GROVE AND 13FM87 TABLED BY CITY COUNCIL THE ARCA DAY CARE APPROVED 6 TO 0. MAIN STREET TOWN CROSSING PD AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH CONDITIONS 6 TO 10 AND THE MIDTOWN PD AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL 7 TO 0. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS?

>> ON THE WALNUT GROVE THAT WAS TABLED, WHAT WAS THE REASONING ON THAT?

>> COUNCIL HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THE COMMISSION OF LONG-TERM IMPACT OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND THEY ASKED THEM TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO CHANGE UP THEIR APPLICATION

TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CON CONCERNS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[003 Discussion on possible Lighting Standards for new development. ]

LIGHTING STANDARDS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. >> SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY BRIEFLY. IN 2025 THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS GRANTED TO ALLOW ILLUMINATED SIGNS FOR TOM THUMB DEVELOPMENT IN 1387 WALNUT GROVE. THE CITY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED STAFF AT THAT TIME TO RESEARCH THE LIGHTING STANDARDS AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025 MEETING, THAT WAS A VERY BROAD LOOK AT LIGHTING IN GENERAL SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO ADDRESS THE SIGN LIGHTING STANDARDS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE UDC UPDATE SO THAT WOULD BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE. SO WITH THE EXISTING REGULATIONS LIMITED SIGNAGE IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE CBD OR NORTH EIGHTH DISTRICT. THE -- THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS WITH REGARDS TO ILLUMINATED SIGNAGE WITH SIGNS AND PYLONS.

SAYS THAT CABINET SIGNS THAT ARE MADE OF PLASTIC ARE NOT PERMITTED IN MONUMENT SIGNS AND THEN ALSO HAD LANGUAGE THAT TAKES ABOUT THE LIGHTING BEING DIRECTED AWAY FROM RIGHT OF WAY, SO WHAT COUNSEL HAD ASKED WHEN IT CAME UP, THIS CAME UP AGAIN WITH THE RECENT CASES IS, YOU

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THESE AREN'T THE ONES ADOPTED BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM CEILING ON LUMENS WHERE YOU WOULD MEASURE IT, THE PROPERTY LINE, WHAT THE MEASURE WOULD BE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL PROBABLY NARROW DOWN WHEN WE COME BACK AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERY COMMON ARE METRIC PLANS THAT SHOW HOW THE LIGHT IS DISTRIBUTED ON THE PROPERTY AND MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW LIGHT IS GENERATED BY THE SIGNAGE AND THEN THERE'S ALSO LIGHTING PLANS AND IF FOR SOME REASON A SIGN MALFUNCTION OR IT WAS ON LONGER THAN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU CAN CONTACT SOMEONE, YOU COULD CHECK ILLUMINATION LEVELS FOR THE SITE AND IF THEY ARE HIGHER THAN THEY SHOULD BE, YOU CAN CRACK IT AND THEN HOURS OF OPERATION IS ANOTHER VERY COMMON ASPECT OF THE LIGHTING PLAN. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY FOR LIGHTING FROM MONUMENT SIGNS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

>> THANK YOU. >> NOW TO CONSENT AGENDA. >> TWO ITEMS ON HERE, CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING DATED JANUARY 20, 2026 AND ITEM 004 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON REQUEST OF REPLAT OF LOTS 25A, 26A, BLOCK D.

HONEYSUCKLE ESTATES GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE TERMINUS OF MORNING LIGHT DRIVE, SOUTH OF ROE ROW WAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ALTMAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES 7-0.

[005 Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the regulations relating to the use and development of 215.466+ acres out of the John Smith Survey, Abstract No. 971, the B.F. Cherry Survey, Abstract 1341, the Jourdan Powers Survey, Abstract No. 838, the Joe T. Powers Survey, Abstract No. 877, and the Elbert Newton Survey, Abstract No. 971, by changing the zoning from Agricultural (A) District to Planned Development District No. 187 (PD-187) for single family uses. The property is generally located on the north side of FM 1387 at Hayes Road. (Z29-2025-075) ]

>> WE WOULD U HAVE TO READVERTISE IT. WE HAVE TO READVERTISE IT?

WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE

[006 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon an ordinance amending the development regulations of Planned Development District No. 185 (PD-185) for Single Family Four (SF-4) uses by changing the development regulations relating to single family residential uses. The property is generally located north of US Highway 287, west of State Highway 67, and south of Auger Road. (Z01-2026-002) ]

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AND SOUTH OF AUGER ROAD. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER.

SENIOR PLANNER TO PRESENT ITEM 6. THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND PD187 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, ROOF REQUIREMENTS OF 6 TO 12 TO 4 TO 12 ON MAXIMUM 35% ARCHITECTURALLY HOMES. THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT CONSISTS OF 1,072 FAMILY LOTS SO THAT WOULD BE 375 LOTS FOR THE 35%. THIS IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OUTLINING PD185 IN YELLOW. AND THE FIVE SLIDES ARE OF RENDERINGS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT AS POINT OF REFERENCE. BULLET POINTS PD185 FROM THE PROPERTY ANNEXATION INITIAL ZONING AS WELL AS AMENDMENTS IN 2007 AND 2025. THE SLIDE SHOWS HOW CHANGE IN ROOF PITCH WILL NOT CHANGE LAND USES, THE COMP PLAN AND FUTURE USE LAND MAP CONSISTENCY.

PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200-FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO OBJECTION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO PD185 AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

>> QUESTIONS OF STAFF IN DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK? QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT?

YOU CAN COME FORWARD THEN. >> STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.

>> TYE YOUNG, I DO NOT LIVE IN MIDLOTHIAN, WE OWN PROPERTY, SUBJECT PROPERTY PRESENTED

TONIGHT. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN PLANS, SO WE SAW SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS, IS THIS COMING FROM THE BUIL OWNER OR BUILDER?

>> IT'S COMING FROM THE BUILDERMENT THEY SENT US THE RENDERINGS, THESE WERE ELEVATIONS FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY DESIGNING NEW PRODUCT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND NOT ALL THEIR HOMES ARE GOING TO HAVE THE UNIVE UTILIZE 412 PITCT CONTEMPORARY OR MODERATE HOMES AND BE BUILDING ON LARGER LOTS THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION SO THEY REQUESTED THAT WE OPEN UP PD TO ACCOMMODATE THESE PLANS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

>> HAVE THEY BUILT THE STYLE OF HOME ANYWHERE ELSE PREVIOUSLY? >> THEY HAVE.

THE ELEVATIONS YOU SEE IN OUR HOMES WITHIN DFW METROPLEX. I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMMUNITIES THEY ARE. BUT, YES, SIR, THEY BUILD THESE HOUSES BEFORE.

>> AND ARE THEY GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED? >> ABSOLUTELY.

MORE LUCKSLY HOME BUILDER. SEMI CUSTOM PRODUCT SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT. IN FACT, ALL THREE OF THE BUILDERS THAT WE HAVE ARE PRIVATE HOME BUILDERS THAT HAVE A GREAT REPUTATIONS, OUR OTHER BUILDERS DAVID WEEKLY AND HISTORY MAKING HOMES AND GRAHAM GARDEN OUR LATEST EDITION. SO THEY ARE BUILDING 60, 70, 80

80-FOOT LOTS. >> SO WHEN IT CAME APPROVED HILLS WAS GOING TO BE PRICE POINT STARTED 300,000 BUT WEEKLY MUCH HIGHER END BUILDER AND SO THEY ARE ALSO LUXURY, SO ARE THESE HOMES GOING TO BE, IN FACT, PORTABLE HOMES OR HAS THE PLAN CHANGED AND THEY'RE NOW

GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE? >> SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT LOT SIZES, RANGE FROM 4 FEET TO 80 FEET SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A VARIETY FOR THE CUSTOMERS TO CHOOSE FROM, 40-FOOT LOTS WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE 300 TO I GUESS LEVEL 3'S TO HIGH 3'S AND THEN AS YOU GET TO THE 50-FOOT LOTS TO 80-FOOT LOTS THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL SEE PRICE POINTS 450 TO 550.

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>> PERCENTAGE WISE 300 RANGE. >> I WOULD SAY THE 4-FOOT LOTS WE HAVE ABOUT 30% OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN YOUR 50-FOOT LOTS 10-FOOT WIDER, THAT MAKES UP 20 TO 30% OF THE COMMUNITY SO ABOUT HALF OF THE LOTS WILL PROBABLY BE AROUND 300 TO 450 PRICE RANGE.

AND THEN WHAT WE ARE CALLING MARIGOLD BOULEVARD, THAT'S MORE PREMIER PRODUCT OR HIGHER PRICE

POINT PRODUCT. SEE MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES. >> I'M JUST NERVOUS IN APPROVING THIS FOR THE STANDPOINT THAT WE ARE REACHING THAT PRICE POINT UP.

SO EXCITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT TO HEAR WE ARE GETTING IN

MORE LUXURY IT JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS. >> ALONG THE STREETS, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST -- I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST USED ROADS IN MIDLOTHIAN CONNECTING 287 TO 67. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WORK WITH STAFF TO PLAN OUR LARGER LOTS AND JUST PURPOSES OF ESTHETICS AND GIVE BUYERS AN OPTION AND HAVE HIGHER PRICE HOMES BUT HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOME OPTIONS. I THINK THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY PROBABLY 25 TO 30% OF THE HOMES, 80-FOOT HOMES, I'D SAY THAT I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK BACK AT ELEVATIONS ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT, 412, PREDOMINANTLY STRUCTURE AND IT'S NOT OVERALL

THE HOME. WE ARE ASKING 35%. >> MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION FROM THE BUILDING STANDPOINT, WHAT STAFF PROVIDED THERE IS, TENDS TO BE SLOWER MELT ON ROOF, IS THERE ANY DIFFERENT HOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT?

>> I CAN SPEAK ON THE BUILDING MATERIALS ALTHOUGH THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS JUST FOR THE PRIMARY ROOF STRUCTURE SO IF YOU GO BACK TO SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS, THEY HAVE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT PITCHES ON THE ROOF SO IF IT'S LITTLE BIT SHALLOWER ON THE PRIMARY ONE THERE'S GOING TO BE

OPTIONS. >> DID YOU SAY -- >> GRAND HEART.

LARGER LOTS. 70-FOOT, 80-FOOT LOTS. >> SO THESE ELEVATION CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR HOUSES THAT ARE FACING THIS MAJOR -- IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SOUNDS LIKE HIGHER QUALITY BUILDER IN THIS AREA.

SOUNDS LIKE PORCHES AND OTHER FRONT AMENITIES? >> EXACTLY.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT THESE HOMES WILL BE MORE OF A LUXURY QUALITY RELATIVE TO THE MARKET OVER

HERE. >> SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT CHANGE. >> ANYONE ELSE? ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MOTION TO CLOSE.

MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. >> I WILL SECOND.

A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COMMISSIONER ALTMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL.

PLEASE VOTE. 7-0. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

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I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I WILL SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER AL

ALTMAN. 7-0. >> NEVER MIND.

[007 Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the regulations of Planned Development District No. 179 (PD-179) to revise the Concept Plan, modify the Development Standards, and modify the Sign Plan. The property is generally located at the southwest corner of West Main Street and US Highway 67 Southbound Service Road. (Z35-2025-088) ]

[MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION ]

ANYTHING -- MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND ANYBODY?

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KILLIER, S

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.