Josephine holds joint hearing on draft Unified Development Code; consultants outline timeline and public comment process
June 01, 2026 | Josephine, Collin County, Texas
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City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission of Josephine met in a joint work session and public hearing to consider a draft Unified Development Code (UDC). Consultants from Kimley Horn presented the draft, explained that it primarily reorganizes existing zoning and subdivision regulations rather than creating new rules, and described the next steps for public comment and legal review.
“This has been a long time coming. We're finally at a draft stage where there's something for us to talk about,” a Kimley Horn presenter told the assembly, summarizing the team’s work and the plan for next steps. The presenter said the UDC is intended to align the city’s development regulations with the 2023 comprehensive plan and state statutory requirements and to consolidate duplicate provisions into a single, accessible code.
The consultant team reported that the online survey for the UDC had 269 participants, of which 196 were complete; two community open-house events (May 12 and May 14) drew one and zero participants respectively. The formal public-comment period remains open through June 7; the presenter said three formal comment sets had been received so far. At the hearing itself, no members of the public offered oral testimony and the chair closed the hearing at 6:14 p.m.
Consultants highlighted a code-comparison table that maps existing ordinance provisions to sections of the proposed UDC; they said the table will be used to verify that material from the current zoning and subdivision chapters is preserved in the new structure. They emphasized the project scope is primarily organizational—repeal and replace of the existing chapters with the same substantive content—while “parking lot” items that would change policy (for example, commercial design standards, impact fees, or annexation policy) were cataloged for later deliberation.
The presentation also called out legal context: because Josephine is a general-law city, the consultants said the UDC must comply with chapters governing zoning and subdivision (referred to in the presentation as chapter 211 and chapter 212 of state law). Consultants noted a September adoption target, subject to completion of the public-comment period, city-attorney review, and any final edits city leadership requires.
The presenters said respondents will receive written responses to their comments and that the next draft will include redline edits and the updated code-comparison table to show where comments were addressed. The consultants recommended deliberate, phased consideration of substantive changes rather than bundling numerous policy changes into the initial adoption.
The hearing closed without public testimony and the meeting proceeded to the joint workshop portion of the session.
“This has been a long time coming. We're finally at a draft stage where there's something for us to talk about,” a Kimley Horn presenter told the assembly, summarizing the team’s work and the plan for next steps. The presenter said the UDC is intended to align the city’s development regulations with the 2023 comprehensive plan and state statutory requirements and to consolidate duplicate provisions into a single, accessible code.
The consultant team reported that the online survey for the UDC had 269 participants, of which 196 were complete; two community open-house events (May 12 and May 14) drew one and zero participants respectively. The formal public-comment period remains open through June 7; the presenter said three formal comment sets had been received so far. At the hearing itself, no members of the public offered oral testimony and the chair closed the hearing at 6:14 p.m.
Consultants highlighted a code-comparison table that maps existing ordinance provisions to sections of the proposed UDC; they said the table will be used to verify that material from the current zoning and subdivision chapters is preserved in the new structure. They emphasized the project scope is primarily organizational—repeal and replace of the existing chapters with the same substantive content—while “parking lot” items that would change policy (for example, commercial design standards, impact fees, or annexation policy) were cataloged for later deliberation.
The presentation also called out legal context: because Josephine is a general-law city, the consultants said the UDC must comply with chapters governing zoning and subdivision (referred to in the presentation as chapter 211 and chapter 212 of state law). Consultants noted a September adoption target, subject to completion of the public-comment period, city-attorney review, and any final edits city leadership requires.
The presenters said respondents will receive written responses to their comments and that the next draft will include redline edits and the updated code-comparison table to show where comments were addressed. The consultants recommended deliberate, phased consideration of substantive changes rather than bundling numerous policy changes into the initial adoption.
The hearing closed without public testimony and the meeting proceeded to the joint workshop portion of the session.
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