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Project Manager: Crissy Hart! Report Date: December 28, 2006
Email: chartl(&.cstx.gov Meeting Date: January 4, 2007
Project Number: 06-00500281
Item: Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Master Plan for Great Oaks
consisting of 224.5 acres located at Rock Prairie Road West and Great Oaks Drive in
the City's Extra-territorial Jurisdiction.
Applicant: Steve Arden, Project Manager
Staff Recommendations: This Master Plan meets all minimum requirements of the
City's Subdivision Regulations and the Unified Development Ordinance. The Master
Plan is a part of the platting process. The Commission's role is to verify that the plat's
technical requirements have been met, and approval is considered to be ministerial in
nature. Staff recommends approval of the Master Plan.
ETJ Plats - Brazos County's comments and recommendations: None
Item Summary: This item is for consideration of a Master Plan for a single family
residential development of 224.5 acres. The plan includes fifteen phases of
development, including one developed phase. Master Plans are intended to be
conceptual in nature and serve to show the general layout of land uses, streets, utilities,
and other public facilities.
Based on the Master Plan, upon buildout the development would have seven external
connections, with provisions for possibly two additional connections. Of these nine
possible connections, three are to existing roadways and six are to undeveloped
property. The three existing connections include Rock Prairie Road West via Great Oaks
Drive, Walnut Road via Arboleda Drive, and Feather Run via an unnamed minor
collector to be built with the development. Rock Prairie Road West is shown as a minor
arterial on the City's Thoroughfare Plan, and Walnut Road and Feather Run are rural
residential streets. The four future connections include two into the Abbate tract, one to
the Borski tract that will connect to Jones-Butler Road, one to the Kavanaugh tract, and
two to the Kemp tract that could also connect to Jones-Butler Road.
The applicant is proposing a minor collector through the development connecting
between Great Oaks Drive and the Kemp tract. The capacity of a minor collector is 5,000
vehicles per day.
The applicant will be required to request variances to all applicable development
standards, including block length at the preliminary plat stage.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan projects Rural Density
Residential for this area, but the City has no authority over land use in the ETJ. This
portion of Rock Prairie Road West is shown as a future minor arterial on the
Thoroughfare Plan.
Item Background: A Master Preliminary Plat was approved for this development in
June 2000. Phase I received final plat approval in September 2000, and was developed
shortly after. At the time that the Master Preliminary Plat was approved, they had a shelf
life of one year, and could be extended with the approval of each final plat. The last
action taken on this development was the approval of the Phase I Final Plat; therefore,
the Master Preliminary Plat has expired.
Since that time, the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was adopted in 2003 and
now requires all major subdivisions that will be developed in more than one phase and
contain more than 50 acres, or more than 100 residential units to have an approved
Master Plan. This request is in compliance with the City's Subdivision Regulations and
UDO. The Planning & Zoning Commission has been presented with three Master Plans
for Great Oaks this year, and all were denied because of density and connectivity
concerns.
Budgetary & Financial Summary: NA
Related Advisory Board Recommendations: Since the property is in the ETJ, the
Parks and Recreation Board does not review this Master Plan.
Commission Action Options: The Commission has final authority over the Master
Plan. The options regarding the Master Plan are:
■ Approval
■ Denial
Supporting Materials:
1. Small Area Map (SAM) and Aerial Map
2. Application
3. Copy of Master Plan (provided in packet)