Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Preliminary-Final Plat for Painted Tree East Addition, Located on the South Side of County Road 943 (Future Wilmeth Road) and on the East and West Sides of Hardin Boulevard
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong city economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential, and open space)
MEETING DATE: March 16, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
Caitlyn Strickland, Planning Manager
Kaitlin Gibbon, Planner II
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: March 2, 2021 (Original Application)
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed preliminary-final plat with the following conditions and variances:
1. The items currently marked as “not met” on the attached Conditions of Approval Summary be satisfied prior to issuing final plat approval; and
2. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Preliminary-Final Plat Approval Checklist, attached.
3. The applicant receive a variance to Section 142-99 (Lots) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to front 90 single family lots directly onto a proposed street.
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 488.5 acres into 1404 lots and 38 common areas for single family uses and 2 lots for commercial uses.
Under the requirements of Section 142-99 (Lots) of the Subdivision Ordinance, all single family lots are required to have frontage on a public street. The applicant is requesting a variance from this requirement to allow for 90 lots (Lots 23-41, Block Z, Lots 21-28, Block T, Lots 1-2, Block D1, Lots 30-44, Block E1, Lots 6-25, Block H1, Lots 5-15, Block M1, Lots 1-7, Block Q1, Lots 14-18, Block O1, and Lots 11-15, Block P1) to front on a common area. As shown on the attached preliminary-final plat, these lots would front onto a common area that is separating the lots from the proposed rights-of-ways. Staff is comfortable with supporting this request given that these lots would still look and feel as if they were directly fronting on the proposed streets and would have adequate access to the lots through the proposed alleys.
APPROVAL PROCESS: The City Council is the approval authority for the proposed plat. In order to receive final approval of the plat, the applicant has the opportunity to make one resubmittal which addresses all items listed above.
OPPOSITION TO OR SUPPORT OF REQUEST: Staff has received no comments in support of or opposition to this request.