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Council reviews Home2 Suites architectural design at Landley; site plan to be filed by early June
Summary
City planning staff and a project representative presented architectural designs for a proposed four‑story Home2 Suites at the Landley/Camden Branch site and said the developer's final site plan is expected by the end of the month or in June.
City planning staff and the project representative presented the architectural design for a proposed Home2 Suites hotel at the Landley/Camden Branch development and asked council for preliminary approval of the design elements the city retained the right to review when it rezoned the property.
Staff said the hotel parcel is part of an overall development that originally reserved architectural review to the city; that review authority was later delegated to the full council. The plans in the packet are illustrative; staff said final site plan documents will determine precise property lines, access and parking.
The developer’s representative told council the facility will be roughly four stories and approximately 100 rooms with limited meeting space and no full-service restaurant. The hotel’s proposed footprint in the packet overlaps a portion of the former DMV lot; staff said that overlap does not prevent future redevelopment of the DMV property but will require a separate council subdivision action because that parcel was left out of the original development agreement.
Council members raised circulation and parking questions, including whether the existing DMV building would remain while the hotel is built and how the shared parking and access would function in the short term. Staff answered that short-term access and parking for the DMV parcel should remain sufficient and that the preliminary site plan is still under review; planners expect the developer’s site plan filing by the end of the month or in June.
Council asked about landscaping, streetscape standards, and airport bird‑hazard concerns; staff said the applicant must follow the adopted streetscape plan for the site and will go through normal site-plan review for landscaping and sign packages. Staff noted the city’s sign review process discourages large pole signs in favor of ground-level monument signs.
No final council vote or formal approval was recorded at the work session; staff said they will bring the final site plan and any required subdivision/resolution back to council for formal action.
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