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Planning commission approves final plat returning former Rock Road right-of-way to adjacent owner
Summary
The Keller Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a final plat that abandons a previously dedicated right‑of‑way for a Rock Road extension and returns the strip to the original property owner; the matter will proceed to city council for the required right‑of‑way abandonment decision.
The Keller Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval Tuesday of a final plat for Lot 4, Block A of the Martin Subdivision that abandons just under an acre of city‑held right‑of‑way originally dedicated for a planned Rock Road extension.
The commission's recommendation forwards the plat to the City Council because the abandoned right‑of‑way must be approved by council before staff can finalize the replat. Planning staff said the right‑of‑way was originally dedicated when the parcel was platted in February 2005 and that state law and city practice require returned right‑of‑way to go back to the original property owner.
Sarah Hensley, planning staff, told commissioners the city removed the Rock Road extension from the city's major thoroughfare plan in 2022, and this abandonment simply aligns the record with that policy change. “This plat is abandoning right‑of‑way that the city acquired in 02/2005 for that extension,” Hensley said, adding the replat increases the property owner's lot size by almost an acre and increases the property's developable area.
Commissioner Ross Brentsinger moved approval; Vice Chair John Baker seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Staff said the plat otherwise complies with the Unified Development Code and that the applicant had submitted preliminary drainage and utility plans that meet UDC requirements; additional permits and civil plans will be required if the owner later develops the site.
Because right‑of‑way abandonment requires a separate council action, the commission's approval is only a recommendation. The item is scheduled to go before the City Council for the abandonment decision at a future meeting.
Details to watch: the plat increases the owner's lot area by nearly an acre and preserves the city's requirement that former right‑of‑way be returned to the original owner when no longer needed. The commission's approval was taken as a single motion and recorded as unanimous.
