Plan Commission backs final PUD for 580 Caton Farm Road to permit daycare and retail

The Plan Commission voted to recommend that City Council approve PUD-4-26, a final planned unit development proposal for 580 Caton Farm Road that would establish a three-lot commercial subdivision including a 10,000-square-foot daycare facility on a five-acre site.

Staff said the final PUD substantially matches the previously approved preliminary PUD and annexation approvals, and that the petitioners have provided required landscape buffering, parking and a layout that allows future cross-access to adjacent parcels. The final plan calls for a 10,000-square-foot daycare with a 5,000-square-foot outdoor play area and 60 parking spaces; two additional commercial lots (approximately 12,000 and 2,000 square feet) would be reserved for future retail and restaurant tenants.

Why it matters: The PUD includes variations from standard right-of-way width (requesting 60 ft vs. the standard 66 ft) and reduced perimeter landscaping widths in constrained areas; staff supported those variations as necessary to accommodate parking and circulation given the new public street alignment. The development also requires a 10-foot bike path along Caton Farm Road and other public improvements required by subdivision regulations.

Nate Washburn, attorney for the applicant, said the petitioner seeks final approval so it can proceed to City Council and prepare a record plat; he noted that the daycare is the immediate development priority while tenants for the other two commercial lots are not yet identified and will return for PUD amendments when users are selected.

The commission approved a motion recommending the final PUD to City Council by roll call (ayes). The matter will next appear before City Council for final action and the petitioner must return with any building elevations for the other commercial lots and any drive-thru proposals that would require PUD amendments.