Flower Mound Town Council approved a site plan for the Brookview development, an update to the town’s dangerous dog ordinance and a reimbursement resolution during the Oct. 6 meeting.

Dangerous dog ordinance

Council members approved action to extend the town’s definitions of serious bodily injury to include both injuries to humans and those to other animals. Council initially requested a review of the ordinance in July after a resident spoke about her two mini horses that were attacked by a dog.

A serious bodily injury to an animal can include:

• Severe bite wounds
• Fractures
• Severe ripping and tearing of muscles or tissues that would cause a prudent animal owner to seek veterinary or professional medical care

The process would be similar to an injury to a human and includes a report filed with the town’s municipal court, a seizure of the animal using a warrant while animal control investigates, a municipal court hearing within 10 days and a determination by the court on if an animal caused serious bodily injury. Based on the findings of the case, the court can determine if the animal can be released back to the owner or if it must be euthanized, if it causes serious bodily injury.

“The situation that prompted this ordinance change was horrific,” council member Janvier Werner said.

Brookview site plan

Flower Mound Town Council unanimously approved a site plan for Phase 1A, which included a landscape buffer and sign face area exception. The planning and zoning commission recommended approval for the landscape buffer and provided feedback that a smaller sign face area would fit better at its Sept. 22 meeting.

The revised sign face is 80 square feet, a decrease from the 108 square feet from what was presented to the commission in September. The Phase 1A site plan covers 80.5 acres in the Brookview mixed-use development and includes:

• 313 single-family residential lots
• Four open spaces
• An amenity center
• One amenity lake lot

The landscape buffer exception allows for different tree placement around the amenity lake because of some existing utility easements on the property. The Phase 1A site plan also details two proposed entry sites off Cross Timbers Road.

In September, a separate site plan for Phase 1B was approved by the commission, but it did not head to council since there were no exceptions requested. Phase 1B’s site plan includes 140 proposed townhome lots on 22.64 undeveloped acres.



Bond project reimbursement resolution

A reimbursement resolution will allow the town to satisfy project funding requirements before debt is issued within the 2025-26 fiscal year, according to town documents. The reimbursement will cover nearly $79.33 million in projects, said Julie Taylor, Flower Mound’s director of treasury operations.

The reimbursement will cover the issuing of general obligation bonds approved in May, issuance costs and certificates of obligation the town plans to sell.

The reimbursement resolution will allow the town to begin work on the projects, including improvements to the Community Activity Center and street projects. Under federal tax law, the resolution can satisfy funding requirements for the projects, per town documents.