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Commission reviews Tyre Springs ‘Farmstead’ PUD, presses for traffic study and connectivity assurances
Summary
Planning commissioners reviewed the Farmstead on Tyre Springs NCR PUD concept — an application that would build several hundred homes and link to existing subdivisions — and asked developers and staff for further traffic analysis, signal/stop-control study and explicit connectivity commitments before final plan approval.
Commissioners scrutinized a preliminary PUD proposal called the Farmstead on Tyre Springs, raising traffic, buffering and connectivity concerns after developers described a mixed set of home types and off-site improvements.
In presenting the project, a developer identified as Toby DeMort of Safe Harbor Realtors said the proposal would include a mix of cottage-style and larger lots and that the subdivision plan expects to connect by walkway to a nearby approved Lennar property. “We build up on the garage,” DeMort said while discussing building types and internal layout. Staff described the submission as a preliminary master development plan; the commission received a traffic study that staff called "doable on the state highway" but asked for additional analysis that accounts for a nearby second subdivision.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the project could add substantial daily and peak-period traffic to South Palmer and nearby collector roads and insisted that the developer provide clearer signalization and stop-control analysis and that the Cedarbrook connector be pursued to distribute traffic more safely. One staff member summarized the traffic-study finding: "it may be warranted for a traffic signal at South Palmer's in the near future if there are increased volumes." The commission said that warrants based on one peak hour would not alone be sufficient justification to build permanent signals without further review.
Details and concerns: The developer and staff discussed driveway setbacks (consistently cited at 35 feet), internal collector-road widths and a proposed sidewalk along Tyre Springs to improve connections to the Lennar subdivision. During the presentation, figures about the number of homes varied in the record; participants mentioned a range and at one point referenced "439 total." Commissioners pressed the developer to show buffer widths, tree and landscape plans and parking management strategies that would preserve emergency access. A commissioner suggested an HOA rule limiting on-street parking to one side to keep fire and service vehicles clear.
Next steps: Staff and the developer agreed more intersection-level work was required. Commissioners requested the developer provide updated traffic counts and stop-control analysis for the South Palmer intersection and to show the buffer, landscape, and roadway tie-ins on the final master plan. No final action to approve the master plan was taken at this meeting; the item remains subject to future site-plan review and conditions.
