At Monday’s City Council meeting, City staff led a discussion regarding the Council’s development priorities for Richardson and a possible update of the City’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO), originally adopted in 1956. Holding the development priorities discussion is one of the Council’s Tactics for 2025-27, and updating the CZO is a high priority action item in the recently adopted Envision Richardson Comprehensive Plan.
The CZO has not been significantly changed to address land uses and development standards since its inception, thus not supporting certain development trends, evolution of uses, and today’s market realities. A revision would add or update parameters for certain allowed land uses, reducing the number of Special Permits and Planned Development Districts that the Council and City Plan Commission consider each year, while streamlining and improving City processes.
Further discussion is planned for the March 9 City Council meeting, where staff will present a possible timeline and other components of a CZO update process.
Monday’s presentation: Video
