Keller City Council approved a detailed site plan and changes to tree replacement regulations for a 21 single-family residential development that will include a commercial property.
The new site plan was approved 5-1 at a council meeting Feb. 3, with Tag Green voting against the amendment. The tree replacement regulation change was approved 5-1, with Shannon Dubberly voting against it.
What’s new
The new site plan for the Rosebury development, which is being spearheaded by Sage Group, Inc., changes the neighborhood layout from having two entry points into one.
While the development was originally proposed with one access point off Johnson Road and another off North Main Street, a Sage Group representative said the North Main Street access point was removed after discussions with the Texas Department of Transportation. He said with the new layout, two commercial lots were also changed into one.
The Rosebury development has 8,400-square-foot minimum lots for its 21 single-family homes, a commercial development lot and 1.33 acres of open space, according to city documents.
Community Development Director Sarah Hensley said that while some cul-de-sac homes are required to have fire sprinklers if dead-end streets exceed 600 feet, the city has determined the lots on this development are small enough not to require them.
During the meeting, Green shared concerns about a difference in size for one of the lots on the development.
“I don’t know a city that would approve a blank piece of land coming in with one single lot that’s three times as big as everything else,” he said.
Mayor Armin Mizani said changing the development to add larger lots would be difficult at the intersection the development is located.
“I do think you got to start somewhere and I think this is comparable to what’s surrounding it,” Mizani said.
Also of note
The development was also approved to remove trees within the building pads of individual lots at the same time as tree removals within street rights-of-ways and easements of the development.
Trees in individual lots are typically required to have a building permit for the individual lot, according to city documents.
The background
The development was first approved by Keller City Council May 2025, according to previous reporting. At the time, Mizani said while much of the city is developed, pockets like this piece of land still allow for more development.
The developer will be required to submit another application to council in the future for the commercial portion of the development, according to city documents.
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