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Planning commission recommends approval of final plat for Steel Creek Unit 4A, 59 lots
Summary
The commission voted Aug. 13 to recommend approval of the final plat for Steel Creek Unit 4A, a 15.586‑acre phase that adds 59 residential lots and three open‑space drainage lots; staff said construction plans and required letters of certification have been submitted and reviewed.
The Cibolo City Planning & Zoning Commission on Aug. 13 recommended approval of the final plat for Steel Creek Unit 4A, a 15.586‑acre subdivision phase that would create 59 residential lots and three open‑space drainage lots.
Staff told commissioners the Steel Creek subdivision has an approved amended Public Improvements Agreement (PIA) and an amended land study covering 396.55 acres and 919 total residential lots; Unit 4A contains 59 lots. Utilities for the plat will be provided by the City of Cibolo (water and sewer) and Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GBEC) for electricity, and letters of certification (LOCs) from both GBEC and the Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority were submitted for this phase.
Why it matters: The developer, Continental Homes of Texas LP, agreed in the PIA to construct a series of public improvements that the city will use to ensure infrastructure is completed, including toll‑road improvements, a traffic signal at FM 1103 and Knights Crossing, sanitary sewer oversizing and an eventual north–south connector right‑of‑way. Staff reported that the stormwater plan, required construction plans and a CLOMR (conditional letter of map revision) were reviewed and approved by the city engineer and that the 100‑year FEMA floodplain runs just outside the southern boundary of Unit 4A.
Staff recommended approval because the plat and accompanying documents addressed comments required by the city's subdivision regulations and the Texas Local Government Code. Commissioners expressed resident‑oriented concerns about current neighborhood ingress/egress, recurring flooding on Tully Road and longer‑term traffic capacity on FM 1103; staff and commissioners said the PIA and future construction plans are the mechanisms to address those concerns.
Formal action: Commissioner (motion) moved to recommend approval of the final plat as written; a second was recorded and the commission approved the recommendation. Staff said the city's review found the plat consistent with the subdivision regulations and the amended PIA; construction plans were approved in the weeks before the hearing, after an earlier conditional review.
Looking ahead: The recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for final approval. If council approves the final plat, the developer must complete the public‑improvement work per the PIA and the construction plans before lots can be recorded or homes built.
