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Northlake staff outlines annexation timetable for five development projects, including 900,000 sq. ft. industrial site
Summary
Planning staff updated council on pending annexations: Hawthorne Estates (≈29 lots), Iron Head/Alliance Industrial (56 acres, four industrial buildings totaling ~900,000 sq. ft.), Northlake Business Park (68 acres), North Lake Corner (11.4 acres with a potential digital billboard), and Pinnacle Montessori School (2-acre daycare); public hearings are scheduled in coming meetings.
Nathan, a town staff planner, briefed the council on multiple pending annexations tied to development agreements and service plans. He described Hawthorne Estates (about 34 acres, now 29 lots after drainage and pipeline constraints) and said the development agreement acts as a petition for voluntary annexation and includes a service plan to be effective after final plat and construction-plan approvals.
On the Iron Head Development, Nathan said the property is a 56-acre industrial project with four buildings totaling just over 900,000 square feet and that developer Alliance Industrial is scheduled to close next month; staff plans to call public hearings on Sept. 12 and Oct. 10 in anticipation of annexation and zoning actions. He also reviewed Northlake Business Park (68 acres), North Lake Corner (11.4 acres with a grandfathered fireworks use and a digital-billboard-linked phased annexation), and Pinnacle Montessori School (2-acre daycare and commercial building). Council members asked about benefits to the town, and staff pointed to jurisdictional control, property taxes, utility access and first-responder service as primary reasons to annex. Public hearings and zoning items are scheduled on upcoming agendas.
