TOWN STAFF REPORT RECCOMENDATIONS
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Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of Ordinance 982 authorizing a zoning change on Lot 1R1-1, Block 2, Westlake/Southlake Park Addition Number One, from the PD1-1 zoning district to the PD10 zoning district in order to construct a single-family residential development. The subject property contains approximately 32.88 acres and is located between Sam School Road and State Highway 114 just north of the boundary with the city of Southlake; and take appropriate action (Ron Ruthven, Director of Planning and Development)
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STAFF: Ron Ruthven, Director of Development and Planning
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (INCLUDING APPLICABLE ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY)
Lovett, on behalf of the property owner, Sage Westpark, Ltd., is requesting to rezone 32.88 acres located between Sam School Road and State Highway 114 just north of the boundary with the city of Southlake from the Planned Development District Number One, Planning Area One (PD1-1) district to Planned Development District Number 10 (PD10) district in order to develop the property for 55 single-family detached lots with average lot sizes varying between 17,598 square feet and 3,750 square feet. The proposed development would be called "Solana Hills". The current zoning of the property contains the entirety of the Solana development and only allows for commercial uses.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
The property is currently platted and is zoned "PD1-1". The property is largely undeveloped. However, an abandoned gas well pad site exists on the east side of the property. The abandoned pad site contains approximately 2.4 acres and is connected to Sam School Road via a dirt drive. The well head on the site has been plugged and capped per the requirements of the Town and the Texas Railroad Commission and use of the site for future natural resource extraction has expired and is now prohibited.
The property contains significant changes in topography with 72 feet of elevation change...
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