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The City of Rowlett is beginning a major new project that will result in a comprehensive rewrite of the City’s land use regulations. These regulations include: 

• The Form-Based Code (FBC), which applies to specific parts of the city such as Downtown, North Shore, and Sapphire Bay; and

• The Rowlett Development Code (RDC), which applies in all other parts of the city.

 

Taken together, the regulations guide how development should occur in the community. They are also the primary tools used to implement the Realize Rowlett comprehensive plan, which was updated in 2019. 
Overarching goals for the update of these regulations include: 

• Establishing a simpler and more consistent set of development procedures.

• Restructuring and unifying the two sets of land use regulations.

• Identifying opportunities to achieve City goals related to future development, such as housing and economic development.

• Making the new development regulations more user-friendly, searchable, and easy to understand.

• Creating more predictable development outcomes.

 

The update of the land use regulations is being managed by a project team comprised of City staff from the Community Development and Engineering Departments, with support from Clarion Associates, a national land-use consulting firm.