City planners are recommending approval of Savannah Oaks, a master-planned community that would turn about 1,266 acres of vacant land wedged between the Pebble Creek and Southern Pointe neighborhoods into single-family streets, townhomes, apartments and commercial space along State Highway 6.
The Planning & Zoning Commission holds public hearings on the project at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave. The City Council is scheduled to take final action Oct. 22, according to the agenda.
What is proposed
The applicant, Silverfin Land Development LLC, wants the land, now zoned Rural with a commercial-industrial piece, split into two districts. About 1,104 acres would become a Planned Development District for single-family homes and townhouses, with natural areas protected. The remaining 163 acres closest to the highway would become a Planned Mixed-Use District for multifamily housing, offices and general commercial uses.
The development document caps detached single-family building at eight homes per gross acre and townhouse development at 14 units per acre. The packet does not give a total number of homes.
Silverfin's documents say the project would set aside nearly 300 acres for parks, greenways and open space, a trail link to Lick Creek Park and an 11.59-acre site set aside for an elementary school.
In exchange for changes to city standards on street design, parking, lot dimensions and parkland credit, the developer lists benefits such as wider and more heavily planted landscape buffers, native canopy trees, smart irrigation controllers and extra bicycle parking.
