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Planning and Zoning Commission approves Watermere Phase 2 site plan for age‑restricted high‑density residential
Summary
Commission voted to approve the Watermere Phase 2 site plan (SP24-0020), a nine‑building, age‑restricted residential development east of an existing Watermere Phase 1, with required parking, landscape and elevation plans complying with an earlier PD amendment.
The Flower Mound Planning & Zoning Commission approved the site plan for Watermere Phase 2 (SP24-0020), a proposed age‑restricted, high‑density residential development west of Weyburn Drive and south of Dixon Lane.
Cody, planning staff, presented the site plan and told the commission the plan complies with the previously approved Planned Development (PD) amendment that established age‑restricted high‑density residential uses for Planned Development District No. 167. “What you're seeing here is just the site plan that is, in compliance with that original concept plan that was approved last year,” Cody said.
Staff said the proposal includes nine residential buildings (identified in staff materials as three fourplexes and six duplex/villa buildings under four elevation concepts), meets parking requirements established by the PD (1.5 parking spaces per residential unit, for a total requirement of 36 spaces), and proposes access from Dixon Lane and Weyburn Drive plus a mutual access easement with the adjacent south property. According to staff, 30 parking spaces are inside garages and six are surface guest spaces. The proposed landscape plan and small modifications to street buffer tree locations were presented as consistent with the approved concept plan.
Cody showed elevation concepts that were part of the approved PD amendment and described retaining walls and screening along the north property line. “They are having a 6 foot masonry screening wall, underneath the retaining wall,” Cody said, and staff packet renderings show proposed masonry and wrought‑iron fence treatments.
A commissioner motion to approve SP24‑0020 was moved and seconded. The roll call recorded ayes from the commissioners on the dais and the motion passed. The commission closed deliberation after members said they had no concerns; one commissioner said, “I think it looks great.”
No exceptions to the concept plan were requested for this site plan; staff told the commission there were only minor adjustments from earlier concept documents, including grading and a small change in garage parking counts. The applicant did not present separately; staff indicated the applicant was present to answer questions.
The action by the Planning & Zoning Commission was the approval of the site plan at the meeting; staff indicated the plan is in compliance with the previously approved PD and that construction plans will reflect the elevations and landscape shown in the packet.
Details recorded in the staff presentation and commission action are limited to the materials shown at the meeting; no additional variances, conditions or effective dates were introduced on the record.
