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Staff recommends conditional approval of Cole Ranch final plat for Phase 1A; final county filing contingent on civil plan approval
Summary
Planning staff recommended conditional approval of the Phase 1A final plat for the 155‑acre Cole Ranch master‑planned community, which would create about 417 single‑family lots; the plat cannot be filed at the county until civil engineering plans receive final approval.
City of Denton planning staff recommended conditional approval for the Phase 1A final plat of the Cole Ranch master‑planned community, a 155‑acre development proposed about 2,800 feet west of Underwood Road north of FM 2499.
Angie Mangler, Development Review Manager, told the Planning and Zoning Commission the final plat is intended to establish approximately 417 single‑family lots plus common open‑space lots, rights‑of‑way and necessary easements. Staff is recommending a conditional approval that would allow the plat to progress but would require the applicant to obtain final civil engineering plan approval under the Denton Development Code before the plat could be returned to the commission for removal of the condition and filing at Denton County.
"This doesn't allow them to file the plat. It does allow them to continue to progress forward, but the plat will come back before you all once those conditions have been satisfied for final approval and filing at the county," Mangler said.
Why it matters: The Phase 1A plat establishes the initial lot and infrastructure layout for a large new subdivision that, if completed, would add several hundred single‑family lots to the western Denton growth area. Commissioners did not take a formal vote; staff's recommendation is for conditional approval contingent on compliance with the cited development code section requiring final civil engineering plan approval prior to plat filing.
Next steps: If the commission grants the conditional approval at the regular meeting, staff said the plat will return to the commission once civil engineering plans are approved so the conditional requirement can be removed and the plat may be filed at the county. No formal motion or vote on the final plat was recorded in the work session.
Ending: Staff indicated they satisfied other final‑plat comments and will return the plat for final commission action after civil engineering approval and when the condition can be cleared.
