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Council denies Verbena Ranch annexation and PUD application after traffic, density and compatibility concerns
Summary
City Council voted to deny Toll Brothers’ 282‑acre Verbena Ranch annexation, master PUD and six preliminary plats after second reading of staff, applicant and public testimony citing compatibility, water and traffic concerns.
The Council denied an application to annex about 282.5 acres for a master planned community called Verbena Ranch, rejectin g requests for R‑1 zoning, a planned unit development (PUD) and six preliminary plats covering 1,039 dwelling units.
Senior planner Joseph Dodson presented the staff review. The project proposed 1,039 dwelling units across 282 acres (about 3.68 units per acre) arranged as six planning areas (Meadows, Regency, Heights, Reserve, Trails and Place). The plan included clustered single‑family housing, 56 lots that would hold four‑plexes (224 units), gated private streets on the west half, multiple ponds, pools, clubhouses, pathways and about 45 acres of open space (roughly 16% of the site). The developer proposed a well to serve Zone 3 pressure needs and agreed to construct a traffic signal at Tenth Avenue and Holmdale when phases trigger the work; city engineering said those proposals could meet infrastructure requirements if conditions are met.
Toll Brothers representatives said the plan was a master‑planned approach to provide…
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