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Cedar Park planners reject North Fork plan development after commissioners cite mismatch with comprehensive plan
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 6–1 to recommend denial of the North Fork plan development, siding with staff concerns that the proposal’s large residential footprint and industrial components conflict with the city’s ‘missing places’ vision for the Whitestone/Palmer corridor.
Amy Lang, director of Development Services, told the Planning and Zoning Commission that the North Fork plan development covers roughly 233 acres along East Whitestone Boulevard and West Palmer Lane and proposes rezoning the entire property to a plan development with a general business base district. The proposal would allow as many as 1,500 residential units, with 500 units allowed “by right,” and includes seven distinct land areas allowing a mix of nonresidential uses and residential components. Lang said the developers added a 250-foot building setback from the centerline of Brushy Creek for certain industrial uses in Land Area B, committed to at least 10 acres of open space, and allocated a minimum of $250,000 for park improvements but did not specify locations.
The commission’s staff recommendation was to deny. Lang said…
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