SUBJECT
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Review and consideration of the Vista Verde Subdivision Masterplan. The intent is residential.
PL-090-2025
District I - Cm. Gilbert Gonzalez
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
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BACKGROUND
APPLICANT: Rhodes Enterprise, Inc.
ENGINEER: Howland Engineering
SITE: This 98.89-acre tract of land is located northeast of Cuatro Vientos Road and Cielito Lindo Boulevard. The zoning for this 357-lot development is AG (Agricultural). This tract is located in District I - Cm. Gilbert Gonzalez.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
recommendation
APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
Planning:
1. Reconfigure Phase 1 and Phase 4 to accommodate the extension of Cielito Lindo Boulevard as per the Future Thoroughfare Plan, which identifies Cielito Lindo Boulevard east of Cuatro Vientos Road as a Multiway Boulevard with a minimum Right-of-Way (ROW) width of 140-150 feet. Developer to dedicate and construct their pro-rata share of the roadway.
2. Increase the 50-foot Right-of-Way (ROW) width of Hunter Loop to a 60-foot Right-of-Way (ROW) width as it serves as a local collector, providing circulation through and out of the subdivision. Said collector should be without frontage.
3. Reconfigure Archer Ct. in Phase 2 and the two (2) unnamed roadways in Phase 3, as they exceed the 500-foot threshold of dead-end streets and the most eastern roadway exceeds twenty-four (24) dwelling units (§ 3-2 J of the Subdivision Ordinance).
4. Identify the Right-of-Way (ROW) of the most eastern roadway in Phase 3.
5. Provide street names for the unnamed roadways.
6. Provide an alternative street name for Girasol CT as it is already existing in Las Flores Subdivision, Phase 2.
7. A zone change will be required for the intended use as it is currently zoned AG (Agricultural) (§ 24.77.1 - Land Development Code).
8. Access to Cuatro Vientos Road is subject to review and approval by the Texas Department of Transportation (TX-DOT).
9. Coordinate with the Parks Department for the development and maintenance of the green space areas.
10. Coordinate with the Environmental Department and comply with the vegetative buffering requirements of the Land Development Code (§ 24-57, Land Development Code).
11. Conform to section 24.56.2 of the Land Development Code (Parkland Dedication Requirements).
12. Submit a masterplan revision to the City of Laredo Building Department GIS Division within 10 days of Planning and Zoning Commission approval in a geo-referenced CAD file (§ 2-3.2 (a) 4 - Subdivision Ordinance).
Fire:
1. Fire hydrants required every 500 ft for residential development. (Ordinance 2012-O-183, IFC 2012 Section 507.5.1, where required. Fire hydrants shall be required along public and private streets at every 500 feet for residential development).
Parks & Leisure:
1. Please meet with parks staff to discuss this plat. This park needs to have at least 150 feet of frontage and placement is not ideal. Please work with Parks staff on placement. Park should face street not in the back of the lots.
WEBB County App:
1. Just a reminder to the developer that all green space areas are not dedicated to the City of Laredo. Unless dedication is accepted by City of Laredo.
Traffic Safety:
1. The "neighborhood" local collector's intersections are too close to the major arterial; some queuing is necessary between the major arterial and the first proximate intersection.
2.The significant intersections along the local collector should contain traffic control in the form of roundabouts.
3. Need to avoid offset intersections else access management is necessary.
4. The medians in the cul-de-sacs are not standard design. This is an emergency access concern.
5. Show access easements (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2).
6. Check sight distance (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2).
7. Block length shall not be less than 300 feet (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2).
8. Ensure that proposed curves can handle a speed of 30 mph (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2).
9 AASHTO (Street curves should be design with as large radius curve as practical, with a minimum radius of 100 feet, if not, please present a different alternative on your design.
10. ROW on Cielito Lindo (As per Viva Laredo Future Thoroughfare Plan, Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2: Streets and Alleys).
11. Submit a TIA (As per Land Development Code Section 24.62.8).
12. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect at right angle (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2 H).
13. As per 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 laid out that their use by through traffic will be discouraged, and that significant amounts of
internal traffic will not be generated.
Engineering: No comments submitted.
Environmental: No comments submitted.
Water & Utilities: 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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