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Commission forwards Leon Reserve Phase 2 final plat and exception request to council after intensive entrance‑standard debate
Summary
The commission heard a lengthy debate over entrance‑access standards for Leon Reserve Phase 2, including differing legal interpretations between the developer and staff, and voted unanimously to forward the final plat and the developer’s exception request to City Council consistent with staff recommendation.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on May 5 took up the final plat for Leon Reserve Phase 2 (FY25‑20‑PLT), a 40.11‑acre, 169‑lot portion of a larger planned development. The meeting featured a prolonged technical debate between city staff and the developer over how subdivision entrance and access standards apply once a development exceeds 300 lots.
Principal planner Cheryl Maxwell told the commission the applicant is requesting an exception to the Unified Development Code’s subdivision entrance standards so the entire two‑phase development (386 lots total at full buildout) could rely on two “alternate design” entrances instead of meeting the staff’s interpretation that three alternate entrances are required for developments above 300 lots. Maxwell said staff reviewed the Traffic…
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