Plano

As Plano Growth Declines, Parents Worry the Effect School Closures Will Have on Kids, Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / May 23, 2024 /

Word spread quickly Tuesday night as the proposed list of closing Plano ISD schools became public for the first time — a first, too, for the district as Plano has never had the difficult task of closing down a school for low enrollment. Now Plano residents are seeing the cold hard truth of what happens…

DEA-Led Operation Results in 3 Arrests for Suspected Counterfeit Pill Drug Bust in Plano

By Shelby Skrhak / April 30, 2024 /

A Tuesday morning drug bust in Plano River Bend neighborhood startled neighbors as federal agents found pill pressing materials.

Plano Says No to New Short-Term Rentals in Residential Neighborhoods

By April Towery / April 25, 2024 /

Amid complaints of gun violence, sex trafficking, and raucous parties, the Plano City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance banning new short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.  The permanent ban on new STRs follows a temporary measure approved in May 2023 that halted new residential Airbnbs until an ordinance could be deliberated and approved.  The…

Homeowners Hope Proposed Legislation Will Curb Boarding Home Rentals in Single-Family Neighborhoods

By April Towery / March 22, 2024 /

Private equity companies purchased 44 percent of single-family homes in the U.S. last year and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants to address the market distortion in the 2025 legislative session.  “I strongly support free markets,” Abbott wrote on X after reposting comments alleging that the investor rush into the single-family market is driving…

Resident Says Boarding Houses Violate Plano Zoning But Enforcement is Nonexistent

By April Towery / November 11, 2023 /

Boarding houses with multiple unrelated renters aren’t allowed under single-family zoning in Plano, but a resident of Briar Meadow near Coit and Legacy says they’re operating in full force in multiple locations throughout the city.  Plano imposed a temporary one-year ban on new short-term rentals within the city limits, so we know the neighbors are…