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Commission tables Sandavista Way concept plan, preliminary plat over incomplete application materials and missing applicant
Summary
Planning commissioners voted to table the concept plan and preliminary plat for a proposed 15-lot single-family subdivision (Sandavista Way) after finding outstanding items, missing correspondence from emergency services, and because the applicant was not present to address deficiencies.
The Lago Vista Planning and Zoning Commission voted to table both the concept plan and the preliminary plat for Sandavista Way (Project 23-2628 (concept) and 23-2770-FL-PLA (preliminary plat)), a proposed 15-lot single-family subdivision on about 32.42 acres located on the south side of Highland Lake Drive.
Staff and several commissioners said the application packet lacks key materials required by the city’s concept-plan ordinance, including outstanding responses from Emergency Services District (ESD) regarding street length and turnaround/cul‑de‑sac design, questions about finished-floor elevations relative to an 18-foot height limit, and other items on a staff checklist of 20–21 deficiencies prepared during an earlier hearing cycle.
Commissioners expressed concern the applicant did not attend the hearing to answer technical questions. City staff reviewed the file and said they could not locate a sufficiency-letter that previous staff reportedly mailed; commissioners noted the development services office recently experienced personnel turnover and that correspondence may have been missed. Legal counsel advised the commission that the city’s code (section 2.15) requires a sufficiency review and a 60-day cure period after a written noncompliance determination, and that failure to meet deadlines can lead to denial—but that tabling is appropriate where outstanding items are beyond the applicant’s control.
After discussion the commission voted to table the concept plan and the preliminary plat and asked staff to reissue the list of required items to the developer and to confirm delivery. Commissioners said staff should ensure ESD, city engineer and fire marshal responses are in the file before the application returns; one commissioner said if the required items are not completed when the applicant returns, the commission will move to deny the application.
Votes at a glance: The motion to table the concept plan carried with one dissent (Commissioner Rachel Rich opposed); the companion motion to table the preliminary plat likewise carried with one dissent. The commission directed staff to reissue the detailed staff checklist and to notify the applicant.
