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Commission approves rezoning of 21.3 acres near Lewis Lane despite neighbor drainage concerns
Summary
The Lucas Planning & Zoning Commission approved rezoning 21.3 acres of a 39.715-acre tract from agriculture to R-1.5 after a public hearing in which multiple residents urged hydrological studies, retention ponds and screening; the motion passed 5-0.
The Lucas Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 Sept. 12 to approve a request to rezone 21.3 acres of a 39.715-acre tract near Shepherds Creek and Lewis Lane from agriculture to residential R‑1.5.
Development services staff described the northern portion of the parcel as the area proposed for rezoning and noted the site lies under high‑tension power lines and is otherwise consistent with the City of Lucas comprehensive plan. Doug Mosul of Land Plan Development asked for approval and outlined the company's experience building single‑family projects in the region.
Neighbors raised several engineering and livability concerns during the public hearing. A resident who lives “at 1355 Shepherds Creek Drive” urged the developer to include a stormwater retention pond and privacy plantings to keep runoff from inundating adjacent yards. Amin Bata, who said he has lived on the northern, pie‑shaped lot since 1999, urged berming and a living screen along Lewis Lane and the northern perimeter, citing repeated flooding in prior storms and asking the city and developer to keep neighbors informed of engineering plans.
Scott Harvey, speaking for Kirkland Estates, listed five concerns — Lewis Lane’s poor surface and lack of markings, water‑pressure capacity for additional homes and fire service, drainage and runoff, wildlife displacement and public safety — and asked that the builder or city address those issues as part of any approval. “I would request that there be a hydrological study for stormwater management,” Harvey said.
Developer Doug Mosul told the commission he expects drainage patterns will carry runoff southeast and that the project will comply with required city detention requirements once civil construction plans are prepared. He stopped short of promising a berm but committed to “doing a landscape buffer along the back of those” lots to create a living screen between new houses and existing yards.
The commission discussed the application’s alignment with the comprehensive plan before Chair moved to approve the rezoning. The motion passed on a voice vote, 5‑0.
