SUBJECT
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Consideration of a revision to the Ponderosa Masterplan. The intent is residential, commercial, multifamily, and industrial. The purpose of the revision is to reconfigure lots within Unit 3A and Unit 6.
PL-087-2026
District III - Cm. Melissa R. Cigarroa
District IV - Cm. Ricardo “Rick” Garza
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
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BACKGROUND
APPLICANT: Killam Development Ltd.
ENGINEER: Mesquite Engineering
SITE: This 605-acre tract of land is located south of E. Saunders, U.S. Highway 59, and east and west of Bob Bullock Loop (Loop 20). The zoning for this development is R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District), R-1 (Single Family Residential District), R-2 (Multi-Family District), B-3 (Community Business District), B-4 (Highway Commercial District), and M-1 (Light Manufacturing District). This tract is located in District III - Cm. Melissa R. Cigarroa & District IV - Cm. Ricardo “Rick” Garza.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
Planning:
1. Identify the lots of Ponderosa Commercial Subdivision, Unit 3A, Phase 1.
2. Provide a vicinity map.
3. Access to Loop 20 is subject to the review and approval by Texas Department of Transportation (TX-DOT).
4. Submit a master plan revision to the City of Laredo Building Development Services GIS Division within 10 days of Planning and Zoning Commission approval in a geo-referenced CAD file (Section 2-3.2 (a) 4 - Subdivision Ordinance).
5. All improvements as per the Subdivision Ordinance.
Traffic Safety:
1. Identify existing and proposed streets, units and phases to provide better comments (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Chapter II).
2. Show configuration of Lots of Ponderosa Commercial Subdivision,- Ph. 1 (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Chapter II, Section 2-3.2).
3. Show access easements. 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).
4. Check sight distance (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook Section 3-2).
5. 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.
6. “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).
7. Ensure that proposed curves can handle a speed of 30 mph (as per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2)
8. AASHTO (Street curves should be design with as large radius curve as practical, with a minimum radius of 100 feet).
9. Show streets ROW (As per Viva Laredo Future Thoroughfare Plan, Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2: Streets and Alleys)
10. Submit a TIA (As per Land Development Code Section 24.62.8)
11. Avoid Street jogs with centerline effect of less than 300 feet (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Chapter III Section 3-2, F).
12. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect at right angle (As per Subdivision Ordinance Handbook, Section 3-2 H).
13. 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.
14. 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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