The Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Commission on July 24 unanimously approved final plats for two sections of the Ryhill master-planned development, clearing remaining technical corrections and adding proposed easements and right-of-way details ahead of recordation. The commission voted 6-0 to approve the final plat for Ryhill Section 2B and later voted 6-0 to approve the final plat for Ryhill Section 3.

The actions follow a development agreement between the city and Pulte Homes and advance portions of a roughly 960-acre mixed-use master plan in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction south of Greatwood. Staff presented both final plats as corrected versions of preliminaries that had been approved with conditions earlier in the year.

Staff member Jessica told commissioners the Section 2B final plat covers about 30.03 acres of single-family residential and reflects technical corrections to dimensions, match lines and the addition of proposed easements; lot widths will range from 45 to 60 feet, with corner lots receiving an additional 10 feet. For Section 3, staff said the final plat covers about 46.54 acres with 115 lots and includes two detention ponds and an amenity center shown as reserves; lots in that section range from 40 to 45 feet in width, with corner lots receiving an additional 10 feet.

Commission discussion focused on confirming that the preliminary-plat conditions had been satisfied. Jessica explained that some numerical values on the preliminary sheets were adjusted by hundredths to make dimensions total correctly, and that match-line discrepancies between sheets had been corrected and are shown on the final plats. She also noted that, unlike preliminary plats, final plats show proposed easements and right-of-way and that dimensions on final plats are reported to the hundredth.

Vice Chairman Lundin moved to approve the Section 2B final plat; Commissioner Brown seconded and the motion passed 6-0. For Section 3 the chair moved to approve; Commissioner Dalwoud seconded and that vote also passed 6-0. Staff recommended approval for both final plats.

Next steps: the commission’s approvals permit staff to coordinate signature and recordation of the final plats; staff asked applicants to notify the chair when the plats are ready for signature so the city can process them promptly.