{"id":66592,"date":"2025-11-26T22:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66592\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:53:14","slug":"austin-ranch-townhomes-get-green-light-from-plano-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66592\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Ranch townhomes get green light from Plano council"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA new housing development off Windhaven Parkway is moving forward following council approval.<\/p>\n

The 3-acre plot will include 15 single-family attached townhome units.<\/p>\n

What happened<\/p>\n

At their Nov. 24 meeting<\/a>, Plano City Council members voted to approve a zoning change for the development, with several recommended conditions.<\/p>\n

The decision comes after Plano Planning and Zoning commissioners voted 5-1 at an Oct. 20 meeting to recommend approval<\/a> of the zoning change and associated concept plan.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Sean Lingenfelter voted against both items due to remaining concerns about traffic, screening and fire access limitations.<\/p>\n

What you need to know<\/p>\n

The developer asked for a zoning change that would rezone 3.2 acres from agricultural to single-family residential.<\/p>\n

The property, located at the southwest corner of Windhaven Parkway and Midway Road, will include 15 single-family attached townhome units with detached garages, according to city documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Planning Director Christina Day said the city received 89 responses<\/a> in opposition to the zoning change and three in support.<\/p>\n

Day said the main complaints the city has received about the zoning change have been about the project\u2019s density and potential traffic impacts.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

The zoning change also included a specific use permit for a private street subdivision. Access to the property is planned to use a one-way slip road that will run parallel to Windhaven Parkway, according to city documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the development was tabled<\/a> by commissioners Aug. 18, the developer made several changes, including:<\/p>\n

Requiring minimum setbacks and landscape buffers from the southern property lineAdding screening from the alleywayRemoving access to Red Wolf Lane from the proposed complexReducing proposed townhome units from 16 to 15What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n

Christy Davidson, a resident of the Red Wolf Estates, said despite restricting access through the complex, Red Wolf Lane will likely become a \u201ccut through\u201d road for traffic, increasing traffic and safety concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, this property is Plano and it needs to reflect Plano … and not The Colony,\u201d Davidson said.<\/p>\n

Lucy Billingsley, partner with the Billingsley Company and developer of Austin Ranch, said the project is designed to fit with the rest of Austin Ranch as it will serve as a new entry point.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur interests are the same as the city\u2019s,\u201d Billingsley said. \u201cWe need this to be wonderful. … We\u2019re here for the long-term, so we care a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quote of note<\/p>\n

Council member Rick Horne said the addition of single-family attached will help meet a \u201chousing need that we need in the area,\u201d particularly for newer residents coming in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes a great transition from The Colony into the rest of [Plano] heading east to Windhaven,\u201d Horne said.<\/p>\n

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