SUBJECT
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Consideration of a revision to the Village South Subdivision Masterplan. The intent is residential and commercial. The purpose of this revision is to renumber phases and reconfigure lot layout.
PL-098-2026
District I - Cm. Gilbert Gonzalez
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BACKGROUND
APPLICANT: Village 83 South, Ltd.
ENGINEER: Porras Nance Engineering
PROPERTY INFORMATION:
Location: Northwest of Cuatro Vientos Road and Cielito Lindo Boulevard
Size: Approximately 136.48 acres, more or less
Proposed Development: 818 lots
Current Zoning: R-1MH (Single Family Manufactured Housing), R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area), R-1B (Single Family High Density), B-1 (Limited Business), and B-3 (Community Business)
Council District: District I - Cm. Gilbert Gonzalez
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
Planning:
1. Submit a masterplan revision to the City of Laredo Building Services GIS Division within 10 days of commission approval in a geo-referenced CAD file in accordance with Section 2-3.2 (a) 4 - Subdivision Ordinance.
2. All improvements as per the Subdivision Ordinance.
Traffic Safety:
1. Show access easement to phase 13. Access easements intended for primary access to a proposed lot or building shall be 50’ wide with a 30’ paving section. (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2).
C. Each lot shall be provided with adequate access to an existing public street by frontage along such street or through connection of a new street or a permanent easement to an existing street (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-3, C).
2. Check sight distance (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook Section 3-2).
3. Block lengths shall not exceed one thousand two hundred feet (1,200) or be less than three hundred (300) feet, except as may be required by the Commission in the proper projection of existing major thoroughfares, and on existing platted blocks. (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook Section 3-2).
a. Block lengths and street lengths may be waived by the Planning and Zoning Commission provided that the waiver is requested in writing, incorporates traffic impact mitigation measures into a site plan, which is then submitted in conjunction with a preliminary plat/replat application.
b. No block length waiver may be granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission unless traffic impact mitigation measures comply with standards (herein adopted as minimum standards) of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (Latest Edition) and as set out in the "Transportation and Land Development Manual (Latest Edition)".
c. No block length waiver may be granted which modifies the City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan or the Thoroughfare Plan of the Comprehensive Plan addressing thoroughfares, highways, arterials, and collectors, or of the proper extension of any street.
d. A block length waiver shall not compromise safety.
4. “L-shaped” type intersection shall have an interior angle not less than 72 degrees and not greater than 120 degrees (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Chapter III).
5. Ensure that proposed curves can handle a speed of 30 mph (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2)
6. AASHTO (Street curves should be design with as large radius curve as practical, with a minimum radius of 100 feet).
7. Ejido ROW shall be from 100 to 120 feet being that it is designated on the Thoroughfare Plan as a principal arterial (As per Viva Laredo Future Thoroughfare Plan, Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2: Streets and Alleys)
A. The arrangement, character, extent, width, grade, access to, and location of all streets shall conform to the City Comprehensive Plan and shall be considered in their relation to existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions, to public convenience and safety, and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2: Streets and Alleys)
8. Submit a TIA (As per Land Development Code Section 24.62.8)
9. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect at right angle (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2 H).
10. There are two exiting access on Cuatro Vientos. Connect the proposed streets to these 2 access
Subdivision Ordinance Handbook Section 3-2: Streets and Alleys
Streets in a subdivision shall:
(a) Provide for the continuation of appropriate projection of existing principal streets in surrounding areas; or
(b) Conform to a plan for the neighborhood to meet a particular situation where topographical or other conditions make continuance or conformance to existing streets impracticable.
C. Local streets on which single family housing is the majority use shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic will be discouraged, and that significant amounts of internal traffic will not be generated.
L. The system of streets designated for the subdivision, except in unusual cases, must connect with streets already dedicated in adjacent subdivisions; and where adjacent connections are not platted, must in general be the reasonable projection of streets in the nearest subdivided tracts, and must be continued to the boundaries of the tract subdivided, so that other sub-dividers may connect therewith. Reserve strips of land controlling access to or egress from other property from any street or alley or having the effect of restricting or damaging the adjoining property for subdivision purposes or which will not be taxable or accessible for special improvements shall not be permitted in any subdivision unless such reserve strips are conveyed to the City in fee simple.
Continue street Bradford to connect to Cuatro Vientos as previously proposed in old Master Plan
11. Street Curuba will work as a collector, increase the ROW to 60 feet. Follow functional hierarchy of roads (As per AASHTO Chapter 1)
Fire: No comments submitted.
Engineering: No comments submitted.
Environmental: No comments submitted.
Water & Utilities: No comments submitted.
WEBB County App: No comments submitted.
AEP Engineers: No comments submitted.
U.I.S.D.: No comments submitted.
L.I.S.D.: No comments submitted.
AT&T: No comments submitted.
NOTICE TO THE DEVELOPER:
Planning:
1. Only the utility easements within the plat boundaries are subject to change prior to plat recordation due to revisions by the utility companies.
2. All comments set forth are preliminary comments and not an exhaustive list. Additional comments may be added prior to final plat approval.
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