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Prosper council approves planned development for tennis center after phasing, material limits added
Summary
The council unanimously approved rezoning roughly 54.2 acres near Parvin Road and FM 1385 to a planned development to allow a tennis center, hotel, event center and supporting retail, adding conditions on phasing, facade materials and special-use permits.
The Prosper Town Council voted unanimously June 23 to rezone about 54.2 acres on the south side of Parvin Road near FM 1385 to a planned-development district that will allow an event center, hotel, office, restaurant, retail and a tennis club. Mayor Pro Tem Amy Bartley moved the measure, which added conditions including additional evergreen screening along the eastern property line and limits on certain facade materials.
The council’s approval included several specific development standards: side-yard setbacks reduced from 40 to 30 feet, hotel height increased to 55 feet (from 40), a maximum lot-coverage change to 40% aggregate, shared parking rules within 600 feet, and a minimum of 5% open space per lot (20% aggregate across the development). The motion also excluded EIFS and cementitious fiberboard as primary facade materials and limited stucco to 20% as an ancillary material. “I move to approve the request for rezoning… subject to the addition of evergreen trees within the living screen,” Amy Bartley said when making the motion.
Council debate focused principally on phasing and how to ensure the tennis center — described by the applicant as the project’s primary draw — is actually built rather than only the ancillary pad sites. Planning staff and the applicant discussed several enforcement triggers; the motion adopted a phasing condition requiring the tennis center (Block A Lot 1) and Street A to have an accepted foundation and permits to go vertical before subsequent blocks to the west and north may begin. The applicant, Bill Dahlstrom, had emphasized the community and economic benefits of the plan, saying the team was "proposing to bring in a world class tennis facility" with indoor and outdoor courts, an academy and complementary hotels and retail.
The planning staff recommended approval and said the Planning & Zoning Commission had recommended the rezoning unanimously (6–0) with the additional evergreen screening requirement. The council’s vote was unanimous; the mayor declared the motion passed.
