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Topics getting the most attention in The Colony public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Auto parts and accessory sales SUP at 4177 Main Street
The commission took the first step toward allowing an auto parts and accessories shop (inside sales only) at the Lone Star Car Wash development near Main Street and Ridgepointe Drive. The actual business would still need a separate specific use permit hearing, where operating details will be set.
Gateway Centre North PD-30 amendments
The council amended the planned development rules for a 6.5-acre mixed commercial site at Standridge and Memorial, letting buildings in Tract B have roll-up doors facing Memorial Drive and dropping a required cross-access drive. Council members flagged concerns about counting door-front spaces as parking, which will be sorted out at the site-plan stage.
Data Center Regulations (SI26-0003)
The Colony now has rules on the books for data centers before any developer has asked. They're banned in every zoning district except Planned Development, with a 25-acre minimum, strict noise limits, a 1,000-foot buffer from homes, and required water and power studies. A resident warned these facilities can use up to a million gallons of water a day.
U-Haul Auto Rental at Colony Square Shopping Center
A new U-Haul neighborhood dealer would bring truck and trailer rentals to The Colony for the first time, saving residents trips to Plano or Dallas. Commissioners back the business but are worried customers returning trucks won't stay inside the small rear storage area next to single-family homes.
U-Haul auto rental at South Colony Blvd
A proposed U-Haul rental operation in a shopping center suite near South Colony Blvd was delayed after the applicant pulled the item for more study. The public hearing stays open until May 26.
Colony Commerce Center rezoning (PD-10 to PD-31)
A 72-acre, six-building, million-square-foot warehouse and office campus is proposed on long-vacant land near Grandscape. Supporters tout $175 million in private investment and roughly $800,000 a year in tax revenue with little strain on city services; the Billingsley Company argues warehouses would devalue surrounding land and spoil the gateway to Nebraska Furniture Mart.
P10P Headquarters Cross-Access Variance Request
The first development on Elm Street since the area left the Gateway Overlay District — two warehouse buildings for a promotional-products company. Council hopes it sparks more redevelopment in that corridor.
Gateway Standards Waiver Flexibility
New rules make it easier to redevelop small or awkward lots along 423 and SH 121 — shorter landscape buffers, alternative dumpster enclosures (but no wood fencing), and sign landscaping swaps — while keeping the Gateway district's high design bar.
The Colony Crossing Parking Reduction and Restaurant Conversion
The commission reviewed a site plan amendment to combine suites at Colony Crossing for a new restaurant, supported by a parking study requesting a parking reduction for the 100-space lot.
Gateway Overlay District Standards Waiver Procedures Amendment
The city wants to make it easier to redevelop tight or constrained properties along Main Street and Highway 423 without constant waiver requests. The changes trade rigid dimensional rules (buffer widths, masonry dumpster enclosures, sign landscaping) for performance-based alternatives like denser planting and better screening. City Council has the final say.
Chelsea Green Phase II at The Tribute
The final piece of the Chelsea Green development is now set for 14 single-family homes instead of the condos or townhomes once envisioned. It rounds out The Tribute at roughly 238 units in that area, matching the look and density of nearby Adeline and Chelsea Green Phase I.