Minutes P&Z 06/20/2013Trophy Club Entities
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Meeting Minutes
Planning & Zoning Commission
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262
Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:00 PM Svore Municipal Building Boardroom
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM
Chairman Senelly called the June 20, 2013, Planning and Zoning Commission
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and announced a quorum present (7 members).
COMMISSION MEMBERS:
Present: 7 - Commissioner Garrett Reed, Vice Chair Larry Vowell, Chairman Richard
Senelly, Commissioner Fred Allen, Commissioner Dale Forest,
Commissioner Mark Sadley, and Commissioner Dennis Sheridan
STAFF PRESENT.
Carolyn Huggins, Community Development Director
Karen Moore, Recording Secretary
GUESTS PRESENT.
Jaison Stephen, Jacobs Engineering
REGULAR SESSION
1. 2013-234-T Review and approve the minutes of the March 21, 2013, Planning and
Zoning Commission Meeting.
Attachments: MeetinpMinutes 032113.pdf
Chairman Senelly.- We have minutes from the March 21, 2013 meeting that we need
to approve. I'll ask the three Commissioners who were Commissioners then to
consider this and give us any discussion, and give us a motion.
A motion was made by Commissioner Forest, seconded by Commissioner
Sheridan, that this agenda item be Approved. The motion carried by the
following vote.
Aye: 3 - Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner
Sheridan
Abstain: 4 - Commissioner Reed, Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, and
Commissioner Allen
2. 2013-366-T Discussion and Recommendation regarding a request for approval of a Final
Plat for Neighborhood 8, Phase 213, consisting of 65 residential lots and 4
open space lots for a total of 14.421 acres located in The Highlands at
Trophy Club at the southeast corner of Trophy Club Drive and Trophy Park
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Drive. Applicant: Jacobs on behalf of Lennar Homes of Texas. (FP -13-054)
Attachments: Staff Report - PZ 062013 - NH 8 Ph 2B.pdf
Application.pdf
Town Engineer Approval. pdf
Chairman Senelly.- This is the first official meeting for four new Commissioners. We
have really just one item on our agenda for the Commission to consider and it is a
Final Plat for a portion of Planned Development No. 27.
Before we do that, for the information of those who are here, including me, PD -27 is a
significant portion of our community. It is almost seven hundred acres of land. A lot
of it has already been developed, and more to go. Tonight we have for consideration
agenda item 2013-366-T, discussion and recommendation regarding a request for
approval of a Final Plat for Neighborhood 8, Phase 2B, consisting of sixty-five
residential lots and four open space lots for a total of 14.421 acres located in The
Highlands at Trophy Club at the southeast corner of Trophy Club Drive and Trophy
Park Drive. The applicant is Jacobs on behalf of Lennar Homes of Texas
(FP -13-054).
I've asked Staff to not only provide comments, but also to provide us a context for the
consideration of this Final Plat. PD -27 is up on the screen in its entirety. Do we need
any explanation, Carolyn?
Ms. Huggins: Yes sir, thank you. All of you have in front of you the PD 27 zoning
document. Chairman Senelly asked me to provide this to you for reference this
evening. As Chairman Senelly stated, this is a 697 acre, mostly residential,
development. There is a small section of it that is commercial, and the commercial
section is Village Center shown on the map in pink on the south side of Bobcat
Boulevard. All of the rest of it, the neighborhoods, are residential. They go from
neighborhood one through nine -- nine different neighborhoods. In those nine
different neighborhoods there are five different lot types, lot type one, two, three, four,
and five. Lots type one are the largest down to lot type five, which is the smallest.
Lot type one is a minimum 12,000 square foot lot, lot type two is a minimum of 10,000
square foot lot, lot type three is a minimum 8,400 square foot lot, lot type four is a
minimum 7,200 square foot lot, and lot type five is a minimum 5,250 square foot lot.
On the final plat you are considering this evening, all of the lots are Lot Type 5 lots. A
summary of the lot types are on Page 31 in the PD document.
Tonight you are considering a final plat of the final phase of Neighborhood 8. In your
packet you have a copy of the 24 x 36 plat. There have been two previous phases.
As you know, platting is subdividing the property, but as Staff we go through and
make sure they also have met the zoning requirements so that the final plat can be
brought before you for consideration and approval. The zoning for this was approved
back in 2006. The first phase (plat) of Neighborhood 8 was approved in 2010, and
Phase 2A, the second phase (plat), was approved in 2012, and this is the third and
final phase. As part of the zoning, Staff has gone through and made sure that it does
abide by the zoning document for instance, the total number of lots should not
exceed 185, and the total number of lots for this neighborhood is 183. They are also
required to have a connector trail in this neighborhood. In your packet is a map of
the trail.
Chairman Senelly: When you say "Connector Trail" is there already a trail this is
connecting to?
Ms. Huggins: Yes, there is a sidewalk trail system throughout Trophy Club. For
instance, there are sidewalks all along Neighborhoods 3 and 4 (Turnberry) with a
connecting path through Country Club property into Neighborhood 6. The sidewalks
throughout Neighborhood 6 exit to Trophy Club Drive, across the street from
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Neighborhood 8, which then wind through Neighborhood 8 to Trophy Park Drive,
which is across the street from Neighborhoods 5 and 7. Part of the trail system also
goes through the open space of Neighborhood 8. The trail system throughout Trophy
Club is mostly sidewalks along streets, but in Neighborhood 8 there will also be a
concrete trail that goes through the open space. Some trees will need to be
removed, but the applicant has done a great job trying to keep as many trees as
possible in the open space in order to have a nice open space amenity for the
neighborhood.
Chairman Senelly: Now you all understand that we are not here to take any action on
the original zoning— that's all done —just the Final Plat. 1 have a couple of questions
for Staff; one is concerning the improvement plans for this development. When will
they be submitted?
Ms. Huggins: They are submitted with the final plat, and they go through staff review.
They are reviewed and approved by the Town Engineer, Tom Rutledge with Teague,
Nall & Perkins. Mr. Rutledge usually attends P&Z meetings when a final plat is being
considered, but he had a conflict this evening. Mr. Rutledge reviewed and approved
the engineering documents and that memo was included in your packet. Staff will not
place a final plat on a P&Z agenda until the Town Engineer has approved the
infrastructure plans, which are also called engineering plans, or as Chairman Senelly
is referring to them, the improvements.
Chairman Senelly: I've noticed that the trail doesn't go where it was originally
planned; so what's that about?
Ms. Huggins: Part of the reason was once we got out there and took a look at the
property we found it very heavily wooded. It's flowage easement. We had to be
realistic about what was possible and we had to move it from the original alignment
because oherwise, it would have taken quite a bit of clearing of that area, and we
really didn't want to remove more trees than necessary. Jaison Stephen, the
engineer with Jacobs, myself, the developer, and the Parks Director, Adam Adams,
spent a morning traipsing through all of that area. Parts of it are quite dense. Our
intent was to find the best place for the trail to go with the least amount of
environmental impact and yet still being accessible for residents to use.
Chairman Senelly: Lot Type 5 lots were originally for attached townhouses. Are we
going to see attached houses?
Ms. Huggins: No sir. There was a rezoning in 2010. On the first page of the PD -27
zoning document you will see an amendment for 2009-30 PZ where Council granted
approval in November 2009 for a Neighborhood 8 rezoning. It was rezoned from
townhomes to single family homes.
Chairman Senelly: Have you all had a chance to review the submittal? Anybody
care to make a motion?
A motion was made by Commissioner Sheridan, seconded by Commissioner
Reed, to recommend Approval to the Town Council of the Final Plat of
Neighborhood 8, Phase 2B. This item will be heard by the Town Council on
07/15/2013. The motion carried by the following vote.
Aye: 7 - Commissioner Reed, Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, Commissioner
Allen, Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner
Sheridan
3. 2013-25-T Future Agenda Items and questions or discussion of current and future items.
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ADJOURN
Ms. Huggins reviewed the following items under consideration by staff.*
PD -27 Veranda Avenue Bridge Final Plat
PD -27 Isle of Turnberry NH 4 Final Plat
PD -22 Villas of Hogan's Glen, Phase 2 Preliminary and Final Plat
PD -27 Village Center Medical Office Buildings Final Plat and Site Plan
PD -27 Neighborhood 7, Phase 3C Final Plat
Homewood Suites rezoning from CG to PD
Hillside Pointe rezoned from PD -26 to PD for single family residential
PD -25 Trophy Wood Business Center Site Plan
Medlin Middle School Replat and Site Plan
Meeting adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
Carolyn Huggin , Community De lopment Director
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