10.14.25 Town Council Meeting Presentation Work SessionWelcome to the October 14, 2025,
Prosper Town Council
Work Session
Call to Order/Roll Call
Agenda Item 1.
Discussion regarding the Unified Development Code (UDC). (DH)
PROSPERUnified Development Code Update
TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 14, 2025
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THE Best Practice
Unified
Development
Code
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Development Codes 101
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Legislative Authority
In Texas, the Texas Local Government Code (TLGC) provides cities with the authority to manage
land development.
Chapter 211
ZONING
Chapter 212
SUBDIVISIONS
Chapter 213
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS
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Substantive Changes
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Chapter 3 – Building Regulation
Substantive Changes
•Added two alternate members to the Construction Board of Appeals
•Added rental housing inspections & regulation for individual room rentals
•Updated graphic illustrations for signs
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Chapter 4 – Business Regulations
Substantive Changes
•Unlawful solicitation prohibited; permit required from the Town
•Prohibited transient rentals of single-family, townhomes, patio-homes,
and condos
•Police Chief approval required for Special Events
•Definitions moved to a consolidated chapter
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Chapter 5 – Fire Prevention and Protection
Substantive Changes
•Prosper Volunteer Fire Department Prosper Fire Department
•Town Administrator Town Manager
•Prosper Fire Department Prosper Fire Rescue
•Civil Service Commission wording was removed
•Swearing in of Officers Mayor Fire Chief
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Chapter 6 – Health & Sanitation
Substantive Changes
•Definitions and titles have been updated
•E-cigarettes has been defined; allows the possibility of enforcement like other
tobacco products
•Swimming pools and Spas have been relocated to the Building Regulations
Chapter
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Chapter 10 – Subdivision Regulation
Substantive Changes
•Final Plat recorded before construction plan approval, must be recorded prior to Site Plan approval
•PZC reviews and makes final decision on plat vacation
•PZC’s plat extensions are final, not appealable to Town Council
•Director of Development Services approves: Conveyance Plats, small Replats (≤4 lots, no public improvements)
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Chapter 13 – Utilities
Substantive Changes
•A new Enforcement and Penalties section added
•Subsections related to the Coronavirus pandemic were removed
•Centralized penalties in one section
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Chapter 14 – Zoning
Substantive Changes
•Non-owners/occupants must submit a Public
Records Request to the Town Secretary to
obtain a Certificate of Occupancy record
•All uses now require a building permit,
including nonconforming uses
•PZC/Council may table if applicant absent;
Council needs supermajority to overrule PZC
denial; Council denials default 'with
prejudice' (1-yr resubmission ban)
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Chapter 14 – Zoning Continued
Substantive Changes
•Established one-year expiration provision
for incomplete applications
•Eliminated the SF-22, SF-17.5, SF-12.5,
DTSF, 2F, MH, DTO, NS, DTR, R, and CC
districts
•Proposed districts: A, SF-E, SF-15, SF-10,
TH, MF, O, C, I, PD, SUP
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Chapter 14 – Zoning Continued
Substantive Changes
•Replaced old land use matrix with a master
table that includes parking & conditional use
standards
•Added a 9-month expiration provision for Site
Plans
•Added requirements for conceptual façade,
open space, tree survey at the Site Plan stage
•Supermajority vote required at Council to
overrule a PZC decision on a Site Plan
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Chapter 14 – Zoning Continued
Substantive Changes
•Stronger planting & tree standards
•Prohibited “jellyfish” style outdoor lighting
•Accessory buildings exclude short-term rentals and commercial uses
•Accessory buildings and carports must be similar in appearance and character to the primary building
•Point -based design standards
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Next Steps
•Combining all the Chapters into
a Unified Development Code
(UDC)
•Adoption of the UDC
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Questions
Any Questions?
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Thank you!
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Executive Session
•Section 551.087 – To discuss and consider economic development incentives and all matters
incident and related thereto.
•Section 551.072 – To discuss and consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real
property for municipal purposes and all matters incident and related thereto.
•Section 551.074 – To discuss and consider personnel matters and all matters incident and
related thereto.
•Section 551.074 - To discuss appointments to the Board of Adjustment/Construction Board of
Appeals, Parks & Recreation Board, Library Board, Prosper Economic Development
Corporation Board, Planning & Zoning Commission, Community Engagement Committee, and
the Downtown Advisory Committee, and all matters incident and related thereto.
•Section 551.071 – Consultation with the Town Attorney to discuss legal issues associated with
any agenda item.
The Town Council will reconvene after Executive
Session.
Reconvene into Work Session
Adjourn