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Council approves rezoning of Caliterra parcel for private daycare with conditional overlay
Summary
Council rezoned a 4.98‑acre Caliterra parcel (ZA‑2025‑001) from Agriculture to General Retail with a conditional overlay to permit a private daycare; staff and Planning & Zoning recommended approval with a 30‑foot minimum rear landscape buffer.
The Dripping Springs City Council voted Oct. 21 to rezone a 4.98‑acre lot at the entrance to the Caliterra subdivision (26025 Ranch Road 12) from Agriculture to General Retail with a Conditional Overlay (GRCO) to allow a private daycare and associated neighborhood‑oriented uses.
Applicant Angie Mendenhall, representing MBAR Holdings, told the council the project would be a third local location for The PREP daycare chain, placed at the Caliterra entrance and designed with two ingress/egress points. “We have made sure that all of the selected, permitted uses are applicable with early childhood development,” Mendenhall said, and she told council the site plan minimizes tree removal and places traffic and parking toward Ranch Road 12 to limit neighborhood impacts.
Senior Planner Sarah Varverigos presented staff’s analysis and recommendation, noting the request aligns with the Caliterra development agreement and Dripping Springs’ comprehensive plan. Staff recommended approval of the GRCO to limit permitted uses to 16 specified, compatible uses (instead of the larger set that a straight GR zoning would allow), and to require a 30‑foot minimum landscape buffer along the rear of the property adjacent to residences.
The Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval (5–0) at its Sept. 23 meeting, according to staff. Council members asked for clarification on the conditional‑use list (which staff said appears in the packet’s draft ordinance attachment) and on how a GIS layer will flag conditional overlays and ordinance references for future buyers and applicants.
After questions and applicant clarifications — including confirmation that three onsite oaks under 8 inches in diameter would be removed and that most native oaks would remain — a council member moved and the council approved rezoning ordinance ZA‑2025‑001 as recommended by staff.
Next steps noted by staff include site‑development review and any necessary TxDOT approval for the grandfathered curb cut; those engineering and access approvals will be handled administratively during site development review.
