After trial and error, city council approves Shell Road development

  • An initial plan for the NOVA mixed-use project — which spans two tracts of land — shows C3 commercial zoning along Shell Road, as well as high- and low-density multi-family. However, the commercial zoning was changed to C1 and the residential was changed to all low-density multi-family with a maximum of 10 units per acre after a city council vote April 14. This plan shows tract one. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)
    An initial plan for the NOVA mixed-use project — which spans two tracts of land — shows C3 commercial zoning along Shell Road, as well as high- and low-density multi-family. However, the commercial zoning was changed to C1 and the residential was changed to all low-density multi-family with a maximum of 10 units per acre after a city council vote April 14. This plan shows tract one. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)
  • In the second tract of land, the property will include low-density multi-family with a maximum of 10 units per acre. Falling Leaf Lane will also end in a cul-de-sac to prevent additional traffic into the already-developed neighborhoods in the area. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)
    In the second tract of land, the property will include low-density multi-family with a maximum of 10 units per acre. Falling Leaf Lane will also end in a cul-de-sac to prevent additional traffic into the already-developed neighborhoods in the area. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)

    After three years of planning and proposals submitted to city council and Planning & Zoning, developer NOVA 368 earned Georgetown City Council approval on April 14 for a 43.13 acre development located at 2200 Shell Road and Shell Spur near Grace Bible Church. 

    The project will include about 37 acres of various-sized multi-family housing across two tracts, as well as about 5.5 acres of comm…