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Council approves Mira Lago Phase 2 zoning amendment allowing 265-unit multifamily project
Summary
The Farmers Branch City Council adopted Ordinance No. 3963 to amend PD-81 for a 265-unit multifamily development at 11775 Mira Lago Boulevard. The project includes a 4-story building, 5-story parking garage, a half-acre publicly accessible pocket park, and changes to prior phase conditions; planning commission recommended unanimous approval.
Farmers Branch City Council on Wednesday adopted Ordinance No. 3963, amending Planned Development District No. 81 to allow a 265-unit multifamily development known as Dominion Phase 2 at 11775 Mira Lago Boulevard.
Brett Mangum, lead planner with the city's planning department, presented the zoning amendment and supporting materials. He said the proposal would increase the previously entitled unit count by 41 units to a total of 265 and would consist of a single four-story residential building plus a five-story parking garage with capacity for approximately 440 vehicles. The developer proposes 14 surface visitor spaces in addition to garage parking.
Mangum described the bedroom mix as 28 studio units, 143 one-bedroom units and 94 two-bedroom units, and said the application includes building elevations, a landscape plan and a condition requiring a roughly half-acre pocket park open to the public. Mangum said three conditions imposed in the original PD-81 ordinance (passed in 2014) would be waived for this phase: (1) a required hotel on an adjacent tract, (2) a 10-foot walking path encircling the interior block, and (3) an additional connector street to the I-635 frontage — the park condition would remain but be private-maintained under the current proposal.
Mangum told council the Farmers Branch comprehensive plan (adopted 2023) designates the site as future mixed-use, which staff concluded is consistent with the proposed multifamily use. He said property owners within 300 feet were notified as required by state law; the planning commission recommended approval unanimously, 7–0, and the city had received one letter of support from the adjacent Dominion Phase 1 property owner and no letters of opposition.
Maxwell Fisher, the developer's representative, answered council questions about parking, security and guest parking. Fisher said the project will include guest parking spaces within the first floor of the garage and on-street parallel spaces on the east and north sides. He said the garage would not have a gated entrance on the east side to preserve guest access but noted gates would be used internally for courtyards and other resident amenities; security features will include cameras and access controls.
Council members pressed the developer on visitor parking and the effect of removing the previously required hotel, walking path and connector street; representatives said the developer would construct the new pocket park and provide enhanced sidewalks and surface guest parking, and that the project had about 72 parking spaces in excess of the required code minimum (staff: required 398, proposed 456 plus 16 accessible spaces totaling 470).
After public hearing and comments, the council moved to approve Ordinance No. 3963. A motion and second were recorded and the ordinance passed; the transcript does not record an explicit roll-call tally.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance No. 3963 — Amend PD-81 to allow Dominion Phase 2 multifamily project at 11775 Mira Lago Boulevard — Outcome: approved (motion and second recorded; vote tally not specified in meeting record).
