Department of Community Development
Reference: Kestrel Subdivision Plan
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council?
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Summer McCann, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: March 17, 2025
INTRODUCTION / PURPOSE
The subdivision plan application (the "Subdivision Plan" or the "Application") before the City Council is for an approximately 25.83-acre property (the "Property"), generally located to the north of East 120th Avenue, south of East 124th Avenue, east of Peoria Street and west of Prairie View High School. Mike Cooper with Boulder Creek is the project contact working on behalf of the Property owner and applicant, The Orchard Church (the "Applicant").
The Kestrel Subdivision Plan envisions fee-simple residential development, integrated with parks and open spaces. The proposal also includes the construction of adjacent and internal roadways, along with the installation of water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure.
PROCESSES
Platting is necessary as it results in the creation of lots and/or tracts for future uses, easements, and rights-of-way for streets within a proposed subdivision. Platting is the third step in the land development process with the City (Annexation > Rezoning > Platting - Subdivision Plan > Platting - Final Plat > Permits). The Land Use & Development Code (the "Code") requires two steps in the subdivision process. It begins with a subdivision plan, where staff and the Applicant work together to design a conceptual layout of a future subdivision, as well as provide general development obligations of a developer. Subdivision plans submitted before the Code change in November 2024 follow the previous process. This Application was submitted prior to the Code amendment. This includes a public hearing with the Planning Commission to approve the plan, followed by another public hearing with the City Council for the acceptance of public improvements. The subdivision process ...
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