Plano Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting – October 19, 2026

The Plano Planning and Zoning Commission met at 6:00 p.m. on October 19, 2026, and adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Seven commissioners were present; Commissioner Lingfelter was absent due to illness. The commission unanimously approved the consent agenda and two public hearing items, including a sign ordinance overhaul and a PD 184 amendment.

Consent Calendar

• The consent agenda was approved 7-0 as recommended by staff, with no items removed.

Public Comments & Testimony

• No speakers registered on the park easement item or the sign ordinance item.
• On the PD 184 item, applicant Alan Hinckley, a long-term owner of the Preston and Parker center, supported the request, describing it as cleaning up a definitional "scrivener's error" and providing flexibility to lease a vacant 3,500-square-foot former title company space without new construction.
• Michelle Giles, a neighboring resident directly behind the property, opposed the 3,500-square-foot retail increase. She said service tenants had been quiet but retail would increase trash, light pollution, and neighborhood disruption; she also cited landscaping and buffering concerns and asked that the property owners be better neighbors.

Discussion Items

Agenda Item 1 – Park Easement Modification

• Staff presented an administrative request from the City of Plano to modify an easement necessary for park improvements on four lots totaling 70.8 acres at the southeast corner of Independence Parkway and Mao Mule Drive (as transcribed), within Single Family Residence 9 with Specific Use Permit 66 for a governmental service yard.
• Staff recommended approval as submitted. The public hearing was closed with no speakers, and the commission approved the item 7-0.

Agenda Item 2 – PD 184 Amendment at Preston Road and Parker Road

• The petitioner, 3516 Preston LP, requested two amendments to Planned Development 184 on 31.3 acres at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Parker Road. Request A would allow retail and service uses permitted in the retail zoning district, excluding uses subject to residential adjacency standards. Request B would increase the allowed retail and service square footage in Tract 2 from 10,000 to 13,500 square feet.
• Staff explained that Request A was consistent with the comprehensive plan and supported. Request B did not meet the community corners designation's priority to reduce excess retail zoning and would increase the retail share of the Preston/Parker measurement area above the recommended range; approval would require findings that the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan and beneficial to the community.
• Staff received 10 signed letters of support within the subject property, four letters in opposition within 200 feet, and 17 total letters and online responses.
• During discussion, commissioners noted the existing center was a well-occupied mixed-use retail center, that the change would not add buildings, and that the request resolved confusion about past certificates of occupancy. Some commissioners expressed concern about Plano's oversupply of retail but ultimately viewed the request as consistent with the center's actual use.
• The commission approved both Request A and Request B 7-0, with findings required for the nonconforming square footage increase. Due to the electronic system being down, findings forms were to be completed on paper during a break.

Agenda Item 3 – Sign Ordinance Update (Article 22)

• Staff presented a legislative ordinance update requested by the City of Plano to revise sign regulations, following federal court decisions restricting content-based sign rules and changes in state law, including Chapter 216.
• The update consolidates sign regulations into Article 22, reorganizes rules by time, place, and manner, removes content-based categories, and adds definitions.
• Proposed changes include prohibiting new pole signs citywide, making existing pole signs non-conforming; allowing temporary signs to remain pole signs only if the commission adopted an amendment under paragraph Q; changing sign area measurement to an eight-line enclosure without a size penalty; excluding monument sign bases from sign area while including them in height; and adding a 300-foot residential adjacency restriction for illuminated signs unless fully screened or at a primary business entrance.
• Staff also noted that gas station canopies may have sign copy on any side visible from the street and that price signs on poles would be considered non-conforming pole signs.
• No public speakers registered. The commission approved the ordinance update 7-0, including the amended paragraph Q language exempting temporary signs from the pole sign prohibition.

Key Outcomes

• Consent agenda approved 7-0.
• Agenda Item 1 approved 7-0.
• Agenda Item 2 approved 7-0, including both requested amendments and required findings.
• Agenda Item 3 approved 7-0, with the temporary-sign amendment.
• Commissioner Michael Brunoff received a token of appreciation for four years of service on the commission.
• Deputy City Attorney Michelle D'Andrea received a certificate of appreciation for 10 years of service to the commission.