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Commission approves preliminary plat for seven small-lot homes on South Broadway Street
Summary
Commission approved a preliminary subdivision plat to replace two existing houses with seven street-loaded single-family lots (~2.2 acres) in TN zoning, granting a sidewalk waiver on one side and finding sewer and utility capacity sufficient pending final verification before recording.
The Planning Commission approved a preliminary subdivision plat to replace two existing homes with seven single-family, street-loaded lots on roughly 2.2 acres south of South Broadway Street and west of Hardwood Street. Staff recommended approval after addressing prior sewer-transmission concerns and detailing required conditions and exhibits.
Staff said the subject property was rezoned to TN in 2022 to implement the downtown small-area plan and that the proposed lot dimensions meet TN dimensional standards. The staff presentation noted the applicant requested a waiver to omit sidewalk construction on the west side of the new public street; staff recommended granting that waiver because sidewalks on the east side would serve six of the seven lots and connect to existing sidewalks on South Rowlett.
Staff and the public discussed sewer capacity and serviceability. Tim Beers, public utilities assistant director, said that prior inflow-and-infiltration issues were addressed through coordinated visual manhole inspections, smoke testing, replacement of 200'300 missing cleanouts and planned cured-in-place lining; he stated the utilities group expects capacity to be available when the project proceeds and that final verification will occur before the final plat is recorded. "With the coordination of all this, the capacity will be there when this project goes through," Tim Beers said.
Commissioners probed street width, hammerhead turnaround requirements for the dead-end street between Lots 5 and 6, where the turnaround will split into individual driveways, and how street-tree plantings will be accommodated given narrow front setbacks. Staff said detailed construction drawings and exhibit labeling will be refined in the VMA and design-review stages and that the applicant agreed to the recommended conditions.
A motion to approve the preliminary subdivision plat and the requested sidewalk waiver passed on roll-call vote of attending commissioners. Staff noted next steps include VMA/development-agreement review and final verification of utilities prior to plat recordation.
