The City Council of Liberty Hill approved the site plan for Lot 3, Block A of the Mansions At Liberty Hill but postponed two other related multifamily site‑development permits after developers and staff raised competing positions about water availability and utility evaluations. The council voted unanimously on the Mansions site plan and voted to postpone the Cottages at Liberty Hill and The Luxe at Liberty Hill site plans to the first council meeting in October.

The Mansions approval came with a requirement that the developer submit "an updated request for a current utility evaluation and confirmation of utility availability by the city engineer," and the city waived applicable fees for that utility evaluation, the motion said. Council made the motion and voted 7-0 to approve the site plan "subject to compliance with section 6.04(e) of the Unified Development Code."

Developers said the postponements and newly proposed conditions were unexpected and not supported by the city code. Attorney Will Thompson of Lechowski Keller Cone, who said he represents the projects' developers, told the council the projects met the Unified Development Code criteria and urged immediate approval. "The city staff has written letters explaining that all the comments have been cleared, all the criteria have been met," Thompson said. He warned that his clients would seek judicial enforcement if the permits were delayed, saying, "If we can't get these projects approved in extremely short order, then you're going to force us into litigation."

Matt Hiles, who identified himself as part of the Mansions ownership and development team, objected to new conditions staff and council considered late in the process. Hiles said the projects already accounted for multifamily land‑use equivalents, clubhouse and pool locations, and fire flow in prior submissions. He asked council to approve all three SDPs "with no newly created and unsubstantiated conditions" and opposed a new utility evaluation because, he said, fees had already been paid.

City staff and the council said the utility-evaluation requirement and confirmation of utility availability were needed before final approvals could proceed to later permitting steps such as certificates of occupancy. Staff also noted in the council packet that certificates of occupancy would not be issued until water issues were resolved.

The council voted 7‑0 to postpone the site plans for the Cottages at Liberty Hill and The Luxe at Liberty Hill to the first council meeting in October; the Mansions site plan was approved 7‑0 with the utility-evaluation condition. The transcript records the council explicitly separating the procedural SDP approval from later determinations needed for certificates of occupancy.

The session included public comment from the developers and their attorney and several references to the Unified Development Code in support of opposing positions. The council's actions leave the Mansions site plan approved pending the city engineer's confirmation of utility availability; two related SDPs will return for council consideration in October.