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Developer proposes three custom lots at 2530 Johnson Road; neighbors press access, maintenance and tree concerns
Summary
An applicant told Southlake's SPIN meeting it plans a three-lot subdivision at 2530 Johnson Road. Neighbors questioned access through the Johnson Place cul-de-sac, maintenance responsibilities for easements, tree preservation and construction impacts. No city approvals were requested or granted at the informational meeting.
Curtis Young, the designer and applicant representing the Sage Group, presented a proposal to subdivide about 1.97 acres at 2530 Johnson Road into three custom residential lots at the City of Southlake's SPIN meeting.
The proposal would create three lots averaging roughly 27,000 square feet each after a small right-of-way dedication, Young said. “We are planning on subdividing this into 3 lots,” he said. The applicants said Lot 1 would take access from Johnson Road and Lots 2 and 3 would use a shared access easement from the end of the existing cul-de-sac at Bermuda (remote) Court.
Neighbors pressed the applicants on several operational and legal points. A longtime Johnson Place resident and former HOA board member asked whether any portion of the rear open space or floodplain would become HOA responsibility; Young said the developer will place about 10% of the western edge in a landscape easement and that “it will be the responsibility of each 1 of these individual homeowners to take care of” that area, not the city. He also said the developer will discuss HOA membership and dues with the association but that any annexation would require an HOA vote.
Several residents said they have maintained a strip of land near the end of the cul-de-sac for years and doubted whether a city right-of-way actually extends to the property boundary. Young and his team offered to share the plat and said they would follow up; he said the city's right-of-way extends to the property boundary as shown on the plans they have.
Concerns about construction impacts were frequent. A Ramuda Court resident worried about daily construction vehicle traffic and parking; the applicant said construction crews could park on-site and that the developer would follow Southlake's ordinances on hours and construction controls. The applicant said utility relocations such as fire hydrants or gas lines would be arranged by the developer and brought to city standards.
On trees and landscaping, the applicants said they had completed a tree survey and will submit a tree conservation plan; Willow Tree Custom Homes, the builder involved, said it expects to save the majority of trees on the site. Residents asked whether homes would be as large as neighboring custom houses; the applicant said the homes will be high-end custom houses and that alternative configurations (one or two houses instead of three) are technically possible but that the owner prefers three lots.
No city approvals were sought or taken at the SPIN meeting; applicants and residents were reminded that formal review and votes occur at Planning and Zoning and then City Council. The applicant said it would provide contact information to the HOA and follow up with residents about plats, easements and any engineering details.
Neighbors asked for additional documentation and asked the developer to coordinate directly with the HOA on access, maintenance and potential annexation. The SPIN meeting is an informational, pre-application step and does not bind the city or the applicant to any outcome.
