{"id":263016,"date":"2026-04-23T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263016\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:24:07","slug":"council-approves-ag-barn-zoning-despite-traffic-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263016\/","title":{"rendered":"Council approves ag barn zoning despite traffic concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By John Kanelis<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sachsenews.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#731d160400330012101b00161d1604005d101c1e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sachse City Council on Monday approved a zoning change allowing Garland ISD to move forward with construction of an agricultural barn where students can care for farm animals.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance changes a four-acre tract from residential zoning to an agricultural district. Council members voted unanimously, following a motion by Mayor pro tem Brett Franks, to approve the request.<\/p>\n<p>Before the vote, several residents voiced opposition, describing the project as a \u201cbus barn\u201d that could create traffic hazards for nearby neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story, stay informed and support your local community newspaper \u2014 subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publisher1.etype.services\/Sachse-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sachse News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By John Kanelis[email\u00a0protected] The Sachse City Council on Monday approved a zoning change allowing Garland ISD to move&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-263016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}