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Willow Lakes phase 5 brings mixed‑use plan and traffic concerns; planning commission backs conditional review
Summary
Developers and city staff reviewed a mixed‑use Plan Development Overlay for Willow Lakes phase 5 on Sept. 2 that would add a clubhouse, short‑term rentals, single‑family lots, multiunit “mansion homes” and a 60‑bed assisted‑living building while triggering traffic‑calming and design‑review conditions.
Developers and city planning staff returned to the council’s workshop on Sept. 2 with a proposed Plan Development Overlay (PDO) for phase 5 of the Willow Lakes community, a lakeside subdivision that would add mixed‑use elements and require several design reviews and traffic mitigations.
City planning staff summarized the proposal as five distinct subareas: a lakeside clubhouse/boathouse (commercial use up to 40,000 square feet and up to three stories with rooftop decks), up to five purpose‑built short‑term rentals, 11 single‑family detached lots on the central west side, a cluster of up to five “mansion homes” (multiunit buildings designed to read as large single houses) to the east of Slalom Lake, and a 60‑bed assisted‑living facility designed under the proposed MR‑12 standards.
Staff told the council the project has been under review for months and that four of five…
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