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Commission backs 126-townhome subdivision at Crow Road and Oak Hill Boulevard; neighbors cite traffic concerns
Summary
The commission approved a rezoning to Planned Multifamily for a two‑phase, 126-unit townhome development at the southeast intersection of Crow Road and Oak Hill Boulevard. Neighbors raised traffic and left‑turn concerns; developer said two gated entrances and roadway improvements will be provided.
The Tyler Planning and Zoning Commission approved a zone change to Planned Multifamily to allow a two‑phase townhome subdivision proposing 126 attached units at the southeast intersection of Crow Road and Oak Hill Boulevard, city staff said.
City staff described the property as previously agricultural and explained the future land use would be amended from single‑family to townhouse/garden apartments. The proposed subdivision would be built in two phases and proposes 126 attached townhomes at a density of roughly 5.4 units per acre, with setbacks and building heights consistent with Unified Development Code standards. Staff reported one notice in favor and two in opposition among 11 mailed notices and recommended approval after technical review.
A nearby resident, David Dixon of 6187 Hamilton Meadows Way, told commissioners he is concerned about aggregate traffic using Crow Road and Old Jacksonville Highway and said existing left‑turn delays at peak times can be several minutes. "If you add ... another 126 homes, that's 287 homes accessing and utilizing Crow Road... I don't think there's gonna be an acceptable way to get in and out of there if there's not some kind of traffic control," Dixon said.
Developer Sam Mosaic (spelled variously in the record) said the project will have two gated entrances, one on Crow Road and one on Oak Hill Boulevard, and that the Crow Road entrance will be built in phase 1 while the Oak Hill entrance is planned for phase 2. "We do have 2 entrances. 1 on proposed on Crow, another 1 on Oak Hill," he said. Mosaic said the team expects to widen Crow Road and improve Oak Hill similar to a nearby development, and that the project team had just received an Army Corps permit that affects a small piping portion of a creek on the site.
City staff answered that no independent traffic study was submitted to the planning packet because the development likely did not meet the ordinance threshold that would require a traffic impact analysis; staff said mitigation and improvement recommendations would be considered where applicable.
The commission moved, seconded and voted to approve the rezoning request (PDU25‑014). The approval allows the developer to proceed with preliminary engineering, final platting and permitting consistent with the approved site plan and applicable engineering requirements.
