32 acres on North Custer Rd zoned for townhomes and retail
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What's proposed
Initial city zoning, paired with annexation case ANNEX2025-0014 on the same Council agenda. About 5 acres along Custer would be "C2" Local Commercial, and about 26.95 acres behind it "TR1.8" Townhome Residential. TR1.8 allows attached single-family, duplex, triplex and quadplex homes. At typical townhome densities that could mean a few hundred units.
Staff recommendation
"Approval" of the C2 and TR1.8 zoning. Staff says it matches the Suburban Living placetype for the Northridge District, and that the commercial strip buffers the homes from Custer.
Who it helps or hurts
Neighbors are mostly undeveloped ETJ land, with commercial uses to the north. Rural owners nearby would see a dense townhome neighborhood plus more traffic on Custer Road, which is planned as a four-lane arterial.
Annexation brings utilities and a commercial frontage on a growing corridor that serves McKinney and Celina. It also sets a townhome-density precedent for nearby ETJ tracts.
Within about 1,000 feet
Celina to the west across Custer; undeveloped ETJ land to the south and east.
Watch for
- The Planning and Zoning Commission heard this on Sep 22, 2026. Its vote is not published in the city's agenda data yet.
- The annexation is voted the same night. If Council denies the annexation, the zoning cannot take effect.
- No letters of support or opposition and no online comments so far.
- The application has been pending since Dec 30, 2025, with two revisions.
Next step
City Council decides the annexation and zoning on Oct 20, 2026.
Source
City staff report on the McKinney Legistar file, case 25-0175Z (source PDF)
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