The Planning Commission approved the Villas at Sunset revised master plan and related preliminary plat reconsideration (project formerly known as Legacy Creek) subject to a condition that the intersection modifications required by staff be approved by the City of Laredo Traffic Safety Department.

Staff and the applicant said the revised master plan is intended for residential use. An engineer representing the applicant identified concurrence with staff comments except for planning comment number 3, which involved a requested realignment of a road to align with Esperanza Loop. The applicant explained that limited frontage prevented them from meeting fire‑code spacing for two entrances and that the project had previously received a verbal variance from the fire department for a slightly reduced separation.

Traffic staff cautioned about on‑street parking near the subdivision throat and said that parking there “makes it difficult to get in and out of that subdivision.” Albert Quintanilla, assistant director of traffic safety, explained that on‑street parking and closely spaced driveways could produce unsafe turning and queuing conditions and asked for additional throat distance or design changes to reduce conflict at the intersection.

Commissioners discussed the 30‑day automatic approval clock that applies to plats and master plans, and staff recommended an action that would approve the plan but make the approval contingent on traffic department concurrence with the intersection modification, thereby avoiding an automatic approval without technical sign‑off. The motion to approve was made subject to staff recommendations and modifying comment 3 so that approval is conditional on traffic approving the intersection modifications; the motion passed.

The transcript records the following clarifications and conditions: the master plan covers a 162‑lot development in the record and the preliminary plat reconsideration described a 67‑lot phase; the applicant will meet with traffic and fire to reconcile driveway spacing and intersection alignment; and, if traffic does not approve required intersection modifications, the conditional approval could result in denial.