CC MEETING: August 5, 2025
DATE: July 25, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Loren Shapiro, AICP, Planning Manager
Shannon Hicks, Assistant City Manager
Title
Hold A Public Hearing To Consider An Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Carrollton, Texas, Amending Ordinance Number 1470, Otherwise Known As The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, By Amending Article VII. Single-Family Residential District To Amend The Dimensions For Carports. Case No. PLZT 2025-108 CZO Carport Amendment.
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BACKGROUND:
This is a city-initiated request for approval to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) pertaining to the dimensions for carports.
During the public forum segment of the May 6, 2025, City Council meeting, a citizen expressed concerns to the limited dimensions for carports as currently written in the CZO as it adversely affects his proposal to add a carport to his 3-car driveway while trying to maintain aesthetics to his home. This request would accommodate 3-car carports not addressed by current regulations.
On June 17, 2025, the Re-Development Committee heard staff recommended text modifications to maximum carport dimensions and supported an amendment to the CZO to increase the size of carports. The committee also supported increasing carport dimensions further through Board of Adjustment review.
Carport regulations in the CZO were adopted by City Council on January 14, 2020 (Ord. 3943) but did not address 3-car garages.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
On July 3, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended APPROVAL of the request with stipulations.
Staff recommends APPROVAL with stipulations.
The attached ordinance reflects the action of the Commission.