Neighbors oppose replat that would combine golf-course parcel with residential lot in Sky Lakes

A public hearing at the Waller County Commissioner’s Court drew several Sky Lakes residents who urged the court to deny a replat that would combine a parcel of the former golf course, labeled Reserve B, with a neighboring residential lot (Lot 103, Block 6).

Residents’ concerns and what they told the court Multiple residents and the Sky Lakes Section 2 building committee said the replat could run afoul of recorded deed restrictions that were drafted when the subdivision was created and which the building committee said were intended to reserve the adjoining land for golf-course uses. Sky Lakes representatives said the restrictions include language that limits transfers or uses of golf-course parcels and that the parcel’s current use and improvements were inconsistent with subdivision bylaws.

Neighbors reported specific problems they said already existed on Reserve B and on the combined parcel: - A large metal shop-style building (described by the property owners as a nonresidential “shop”) that neighbors say was constructed without committee approval and that, they argued, does not meet Sky Lakes’ exterior and construction standards. - A porta-potty and what residents described as poor maintenance of the Reserve B land; neighbors said the lot’s…