Planning Commission Approves Rezoning for 54-acre Mixed-Use Development Anchored by Tennis Academy

The Prosper Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 on June 2 to approve a rezoning request that would convert a 54.2-acre agricultural parcel near Parvin Road and FM 1385 into a planned development allowing a tennis academy, hotel, event center, retail, office and restaurant uses.

Town staff described the proposal and recommended approval, noting deviations from the Unified Development Code (UDC) including a 55-foot height allowance for hotels and proposed shared parking within 600 feet. After discussion, Commissioner Hamilton moved to approve the rezoning subject to staff comments and conditions requiring additional evergreen trees in the living screen along the eastern border and limiting stucco to a maximum of 20 percent; Commissioner Carson seconded and the motion carried 6-0.

Applicant Bill Dahlstrom framed the project as a destination mixed-use development "anchored by a world class tennis facility, Tennis Academy," and said the plan conforms to the town's comprehensive plan calling for retail and neighborhood services. The commission's approval covers the rezoning request (zoning case 26-003) at the planning-commission level; subsequent approvals (preliminary site plan, engineering, and any council actions) are separate steps in the process.

The approval directs staff to include the evergreen plantings in the living screen and to apply the 20 percent stucco cap in the development standards; the commission recorded no dissenting votes. The commission also emphasized that phase 1 of the project will be the tennis facility and the internal Street A extension.