Planning commission approves final plats for Colony MUD Sections 4 and 5

The Bastrop Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve final plats for Sections 4 and 5 of the Colony Municipal Utility District, parcels located north of Sam Houston Drive within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Planning staff said Section 4 is a 31.564-acre final plat and “again, it’s 31.56 acres, 89 residential lots, 2 non residential lots” as presented to the commission. Staff described Section 5 as a separate final plat of 29.413 acres with “106 residential lots and 4 non residential lots,” and recommended approval because the plats complied with the city’s standards and the project’s consent agreement.

The commission made and seconded motions to approve each plat and then conducted roll-call votes. Commissioners voting in favor were Keith Alborn, Gary Moss, Jeffrey Estes, Jordan Scott and David Burrow. Both plats were approved.

The plats were presented as extensions of the existing Colony development and as part of the Colony Municipal Utility District (MUD) — the district that will provide utilities for the new lots. Staff said the plats conform to the adopted lot standards and to the consent agreement as amended; no amendments or conditions were recorded in the meeting minutes.

Next steps discussed in the presentation included recording the final plats and moving forward with permitting and construction under the MUD’s public improvement plans; staff did not provide a construction schedule during the meeting.

The commission took the approvals as formal actions on the agenda and did not solicit further public comment on these items.