Planning staff presented a rezoning application at the Colleyville Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Jan. 27 proposing to rezone several parcels at 7316 John McCain Road and 116 John McCain Road from agricultural to R-30 and R-40 to create 12 residential lots.

Staff said the applicant supplied a zoning exhibit, drainage plans, a utility plan and a tree preservation plan. The presentation identified which lots the applicant sought to designate as R-30 and which as R-40 and included street views and aerial imagery. Staff noted red-coded trees on the plan are proposed for removal; yellow-coded trees might be removed depending on utility placement.

The central issue raised by staff and commissioners was access: the subdivision layout as proposed would place 12 lots on a cul-de-sac, and the Land Development Code limits cul-de-sac developments to a maximum of 10 lots unless there is a secondary access point. A separate provision in the code appears to require secondary access only when a subdivision exceeds 12 lots, creating an internal conflict staff said they will research and resolve. The proposed emergency access easement would extend to John McCain Road across a long driveway and could cross private property, which staff said might not be acceptable to adjacent owners and would require a fire-lane design if used.

Commissioners asked whether the secondary-access arrangement was feasible; staff said property owners have been contacted and that work remains to secure legal easements and neighbor agreements. Staff said notices to surrounding property owners were mailed on the prior Friday and that a sign was posted on the property the same day.

A commissioner asked staff to provide the specific Land Development Code citations that govern maximum lots per cul-de-sac and the secondary access requirement; staff agreed to include those citations in the staff report. Staff also offered to prepare a slide with appraisal-district information showing sizes and build dates for adjoining lots to give commissioners additional context.

No formal vote or recommendation was taken at the Jan. 27 meeting. Staff said they will continue to accept written input from adjacent property owners and incorporate follow-up materials and code citations into the staff report before a future public hearing or decision.

The item remains under review pending resolution of the access issue and any objections raised by adjacent property owners.