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Commission backs large driving-range and recreation site plan, flags tree mitigation for council
Summary
A proposed golf driving range and commercial recreation complex with multiple variances won the commission’s recommendation; staff reported the project provides 333 parking spaces (required 289) and requested council consideration of an alternative tree mitigation plan and lighting variances.
The commission recommended approval of a site plan for a 39.525-acre golf driving range and commercial-amusement facility at the intersection of SIDs Road and South Goliad (SH 205), forwarding the matter to City Council with specific items (notably an alternative tree mitigation plan) flagged for council review.
Staff said the project meets or exceeds parking requirements (333 spaces proposed vs. 289 required) and described ten variances the applicant sought, including building articulation, stone percentages, artificial turf allowance, landscape buffer adjustments near residential adjacency, and light-fixture height and photometric levels. "They had asked for changes on the east elevation...to add some more windows to match the west elevation to bring in the four-sided architecture," staff said, noting ARB recommended approval at a previous meeting.
Applicant Tony Winkler (speaker 17) described the project as a regional destination with dining and vendor spaces and said high fixtures would be roof-mounted and turned off when the facility closes. Commissioners approved the site plan and will forward a recommendation to council specifically for the tree-mitigation alternative and the identified variances.
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