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Developers seek comprehensive-plan change for 281-acre site; residents and commissioners press on traffic and infrastructure
Summary
The commission heard a developer presentation and staff analysis for a request to change a 281-acre tract from Industrial Innovation to Suburban Neighborhood (case 26, CPA 1), allowing up to 845 homes under a planned development; commissioners pressed on traffic impacts, sewer and road timing, and the role of an MMD to fund infrastructure.
Town staff introduced a comprehensive-plan amendment request for an approximately 281-acre tract east of FM 156 and south of Down Road (case 26, CPA 1). The application would change the future land use from Industrial Innovation to Suburban Neighborhood and is linked to a voluntary annexation (staff said roughly 87 acres of the tract are inside town limits and 199 acres are in the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction). The developer, 4 Star Group, presented a planned development concept that would cap density at a maximum of 3 units per gross acre and a development-agreement cap of up to 845 homes on the site.
“My name is Landry Stewart. I’m with 4 Star Group,” the developer said when introducing the company and its experience in the DFW market. Stewart told commissioners the proposal would preserve roughly 158 acres of open space and floodplain, provide a trail network and amenitized open space, and include a planned collector road and a bridge across Trail Creek. He also said the developer proposes a municipal management district (MMD) rather than a tax-increment reinvestment zone to fund infrastructure and that the project would require about two miles of off-site water main extension.
Commissioners repeatedly raised traffic concerns, noting that up to 845 homes could increase congestion on FM 407 and nearby intersections before the planned TxDOT extension of 1171 is completed. One commissioner asked whether the density calculation counted the entire property including floodplain when computing gross acres; staff replied the density is based on the entire boundary, including flood plain. Staff and the developer confirmed a traffic impact analysis (TIA) will be required and that required off-site improvements or turn lanes identified by the TIA must be addressed as conditions for development. Staff noted the Trinity River Authority regional sewer trunk-line plans along Denton Creek would increase sewer capacity for the area but said that is a separate regional project.
