Brandon Strain / Grapevine Historic Districts

Historic Grapevine Township

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The big orange boundary on the Historic Districts Map — the umbrella heritage area established by Ord. 98-41 (1998), extended by Ord. 2011-62 (2011), wrapping the original town: Main Street, the residential streets around it (including all of College Street Historic District), from roughly Northwest Hwy down past Dallas Road.

Regulatory significance

Being "in the Township" triggers rules even without an HL overlay:

  • CA required for any single-family residential construction/expansion anywhere in the Township (Appendix G §7(b)) — but for non-HL properties, review covers only §7(c)-(e) submittals + dimensional/design rules, not the Secretary of the Interior Standards
  • Grapevine Pattern Book (2025) compliance is mandatory for all Township residential
  • The §7(d) hard caps (35 ft height, 3,400 sq ft, 40% coverage, lot-width rules, garage placement) apply Township-wide
  • Demolition protection (§9) explicitly covers "the Grapevine township district" in addition to overlay districts
  • Zoning Sec 28A - HGT Township District provides the underlying zoning regime for much of the area
  • Pre-construction meeting requirement before any building permit

Your College Street property is in both regimes — Township rules plus HL-overlay rules; where they differ, most-restrictive controls.

Institutional context

The Township is the focus of the Grapevine Township Revitalization Project (GTRP) — the grant-making arm (GTRP Grant Program) — and the Grapevine Heritage Foundation's programming.

Sources: Source Index §Municode App-G §7, §City-districts-page, §Districts-map.

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