Z2025-024 — Golf Driving Range and Family Entertainment Center (Outdoor Commercial Amusement/Recreation) in Rockwall, TX
The applicant seeks approval of a Specific Use Permit for a golf driving range and family entertainment center with structures exceeding 60 feet (up to 200 feet maximum height for netting and support structures) in a Commercial zoning district. Staff recommends approval as the regional entertainment venue aligns with the Comprehensive Plan and is surrounded by commercial and heavy commercial uses; however, the application has received 5 notices of opposition and 2 in favor from nearby property owners.
| Case number | Z2025-024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Specific Use Permit |
| Location | northwest corner of the intersection of Sids Road and S. Goliad Street (SH-205), Rockwall, TX |
| Parcel / legal | Lot 1, Block A, Rockwall Hospital Addition and Tract 18 of the J. D. McFarland Survey, Abstract No. 145, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas |
| Acreage | 39.525 |
| Current zoning | Commercial (C) District |
| Proposed use | Golf Driving Range and Family Entertainment Center (Outdoor Commercial Amusement/Recreation) |
| Petitioner | Anthony Winkler of Calabrese & Winkler Holdings on behalf of David Naylor of Rayburn Electric |
| Hearing | 2026-05-12 |
| Hearing body | Planning and Zoning Commission |
| Status | new |
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