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Council approves Golf Everywhere site plan after extended design debate; council sought changes to screening and materials
Summary
After lengthy discussion about materials, roof pitch and the visual relationship to adjacent buildings, the council unanimously approved the Golf Everywhere site plan and related design exceptions with guidance to reduce or refine metal screening and to preserve landscape buffers.
The Flower Mound Town Council unanimously approved the site plan and meritorious design exceptions for Golf Everywhere, an indoor golf and entertainment campus planned east of Long Prairie and north of Aberdeen, after extended council discussion about architectural materials, roof pitch and visual compatibility with adjacent development.
Planning staff presented the site plan that includes a main 37,000+ square‑foot building for simulators and driving range, plus a teaching center, restaurant with patio and a health and wellness building. The project is located in PD‑157 and includes requests for a unified design‑theme exception and a roof‑pitch exception for the smaller buildings; staff noted the main building already complied with previously approved SUP elevations.
Applicant representatives Peter Brown (project architect) and owner Miles Lejos described the campus concept as a “community country‑club campus” that blends golf, dining, wellness and instruction. They said the campus aims for an open, light‑filled main building with design elements that tie the four buildings together.
Council focused debate on two items: (1) a metal screening element that exceeds the town’s 20% allowance on 1 elevation (staff cited 32% on a south elevation of the main building), and (2) whether the smaller ancillary buildings should incorporate a pitched roof to better match nearby retail and garden‑office buildings. Councilmembers said the screening initially read as an industrial element in renderings; the applicant explained the screens are a punched‑metal mesh intended as a sunshade and that the screening will help mask mechanical and electrical equipment behind the building. The applicant agreed to consider reducing the screening to the 20% standard or revising the pattern (for example, alternative perforation patterns) and to explore additional masonry banding to visually tie the buildings to nearby development.
Councilmember Drew moved approval of the site plan as presented; after the applicant agreed to refine the screening approach and further coordinate materials with staff, the motion passed by unanimous roll call.
Staff noted the development meets the PD landscape standards, provides enhanced detention landscaping and meets required parking with a 3%–20% allowable deviation. The applicant confirmed future signage and final elevations will be reviewed under separate approvals.
