Keller council OKs Roseberry mixed‑use plan with conditions after residents raise drainage, privacy and commercial concerns

Keller City Council on Tuesday approved a mixed‑use plan development and accompanying future‑land‑use change for a 9.2‑acre property at North Main Street and Johnson Road known as Roseberry, but added two conditions intended to preserve compatibility with nearby homes and the elementary school.

Council members voted to require that any commercial project on the site return to council as a special‑use permit and that subdivision entry signage be provided at both access points to the new neighborhood. Developers said the conditions will help ensure higher‑quality commercial development at the 377 corridor.

The Roseberry plan calls for 21 residential lots (20 new lots plus one existing home), two commercial lots fronting North Main Street and roughly 1.33 acres of open space. The developer, David Washington, said he reworked earlier, denser proposals after outreach and now plans to build single‑family lots averaging about 10,000 square feet. "Our average home size in Roseberry will be about 3,500 square…