{"id":387749,"date":"2026-07-27T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387749\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:52:39","slug":"allen-officials-begin-land-development-code-review-process-to-align-with-2045-comprehensive-plan-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387749\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen officials begin land development code review process to align with 2045 Comprehensive Plan | Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allen<\/a> officials are planning to dive deeper into the 2045 Comprehensive Plan<\/a> as they review the city\u2019s land development code.<\/p>\n

Community Development Director Haley Angel gave a presentation to council on the role of a comprehensive plan and the process for updating the Allen Land Development Code, or ALDC, during a special called July 23 workshop.<\/a><\/p>\n

The big picture<\/p>\n

The Allen 2045 Comprehensive Plan was adopted in April 2025<\/a> and serves as a guide for the city\u2019s long-term growth, Angel said.<\/p>\n

There are five categories covered in the city\u2019s comprehensive plan including:<\/p>\n

Land useTransportation and mobilityCommunity character and healthHousing and neighborhoodsEconomic development\u201cIt is intended to be kind of a guiding light as we set out some programs and policies,\u201d Angel said.<\/p>\n

The ALDC<\/a>, which regulates building construction, zoning, floodplains, parkland dedication, development standards and more, was most recently updated in 2000, according to Angel\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in 2000, we were a population of 43,000, and only 43% of our land was developed,\u201d Angel said.<\/p>\n

As Allen\u2019s population growth starts to slow down and the city approaches build-out, it’s time to reevaluate the city\u2019s codes and how they serve the community, Angel said.<\/p>\n

Diving deeper<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s 2045 Comprehensive Plan contains 141 action items, and 16 of those could be addressed by an amendment to the ALDC, Angel said.<\/p>\n

For example, the economic development section of the comprehensive plan states that one of the city\u2019s goals is to to \u201creduce regulatory burden on small businesses and provide outreach to navigate the zoning and permitting processes,\u201d according to Angel\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n

One way of achieving this goal would be to update the ALDC, making it more user-friendly by adding graphics that clearly explain what requirements applicants need to meet for their zoning request to be recommended for approval. A code update process is highly technical and can take 18-24 months, according to Angel\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

Angel said she will give another presentation and staff will continue this conversation at the city\u2019s annual budget workshop this August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen officials are planning to dive deeper into the 2045 Comprehensive Plan as they review the city\u2019s land…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[136663,55589,136670,136667,136666,136665,136669,136668,121817,136664,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-387749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-2045-comprehensive-plan","tag-allen-city-council","tag-allen-city-planning","tag-allen-community-development","tag-allen-comprehensive-plan","tag-allen-development-regulations","tag-allen-economic-development","tag-allen-growth-planning","tag-allen-land-development-code","tag-allen-zoning-update","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387749","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=387749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}