Council rezones 10.56-acre tract to P5 after developer agrees to larger detention capacity

The Bastrop City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request to change 10.56 acres west of Farm Road 96 from P2 (rural) to P5 (core) for a proposed Sendero development.

At the prior meeting council postponed action to reconcile impervious-cover allowances; on Monday the developer presented additional mitigation measures. Civil engineer Mirza Big, representing the developer, said the project would use detention sized under Atlas 14 standards and offered to increase detention volume by 10 percent to address runoff concerns raised by council and neighbors.

City staff said the rezoning would be subject to standard public-improvement plan requirements, including a detention pond sized to current Atlas 14 rainfall assumptions. City staff noted that Atlas 14 has the effect of raising rainfall design intensities, and the developer27s commitment to a larger detention pond reduced council27s reservations about approving P5 at this location.

Councilmembers said they were satisfied the engineering approach — deeper or larger detention and standard permitting review — would mitigate downstream flood risk. The motion to approve carried unanimously.

Next steps are final platting, submission of construction drawings and issuance of public-improvement permits; staff said the developer27s performance bond and construction of improvements will be verified before acceptance.

The vote does not change the citywide impervious-cover amendments the council advanced in other agenda items; the Sendero application was considered on its own merits with a project-specific drainage solution.

Actions recorded: council approved the rezoning, and the developer agreed to enlarge detention capacity; city staff will continue permit review under the P5 standards and Atlas 14 stormwater guidance.