Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on a preliminary plat for Karis Addition Phase 2A, an approximately 39.6 acre development located in the F. Wells Survey, Abstract Number 1683, the T. Toler Survey, Abstract No. 1536, and the M. Walters Survey, Abstract No. 1598, City of Crowley, Tarrant County, Texas. <strong>Case # PPLT-2026-005.</strong>

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left: -12.6pt;" data-pasted="true"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: top;"><strong>BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 36.25%; vertical-align: top;"><strong>Request</strong></td><td style="width: 63.75%; vertical-align: top;"><p style="margin-left:1.3pt;">Preliminary plat for Karis Phase 2A – this would replace the previously-approved preliminary plat for 2A</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 36.25%; vertical-align: top;"><strong>Surrounding Zoning</strong></td><td style="width: 63.75%; vertical-align: top;">Planned development district</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 36.25%; vertical-align: top;"><strong>Future Land Use Plan Designation</strong></td><td style="width: 63.75%; vertical-align: top;">Medium Density Single Family Residential</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 36.25%; vertical-align: top;"><strong>Staff Recommendation</strong></td><td style="width: 63.75%; vertical-align: top;">To be provided at the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-left:-.25in;"><br></p><strong>BACKGROUND  & CURRENT STATUS OF PROPERTY</strong><br>The city conditionally approved a preliminary plat for Karis Addition phases 2A & 2B in 2024 and conditionally approved a final plat for Phase 2A in June last year. The applicant decided not move forward with filing the final plat because they wanted to amend the lot types included in the plat and to request a code amendment to allow some of the additional lot types to be included. That code amendment was approved this past February. Because the developer is proposing several substantive changes from the previous plat, so a new preliminary plat is required.<br><br><strong>STAFF REVIEW</strong><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="648" style="margin-left:-13.5pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 100%; vertical-align: top;"><em>Comprehensive Land Use Plan</em></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 100%; vertical-align: top;"><p style="margin-left:.05in;">The Future Land Use Plan classifies this property as <strong>Medium Density Single Family Residential</strong>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong> </strong><br>Staff consider this plat to conform to the comprehensive land use plan.<br><br><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="642" style="margin-left: -13.5pt; height: 69px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 34px;"><td style="width: 100%; vertical-align: top;"><em>Development Requirements​</em></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 100%; vertical-align: top;">In addition to conformance with the comprehensive land use plan, plats must also comply with applicable ci​ty regulations in order to be approved.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong><u>The review below is based on the first submittal from the applicant. The applicant has submitted revisions in response to staff comments, and those revisions are still under review.</u></strong><br><br>

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).