529-lot subdivision on septic systems along FM 455 west of Weston heads to county commissioners Oct. 26

A subdivision of 529 home lots planned along FM 455 in unincorporated Collin County is set to go before the Commissioners Court on Oct. 26 for final plat approval, county records show.

Long Branch Estates-Hillside sits along County Road 133 and FM 455, about 2.2 miles west of the city of Weston, according to a location map in the agenda packet. The owners and developer are Long Branch Cattle Company LLC and Jersey Development Company LLC.

What the plat shows

A memo from Tracy Homfeld, the county's assistant director of engineering, lays out the basics:

529 residential lots and three lots for a homeowners association
on-site sewage facilities, meaning septic systems, which the memo calls suitable for the subdivision
water from Mustang Special Utility District
no 100-year floodplain on the property
new road construction required, because the lots do not front an existing county road

Engineering staff recommend that commissioners give the plat conditional approval. If they do, the county sends the developer a list of conditions it must meet under the county's subdivision regulations.

The conditions

That list, attached to the agenda item, includes adding a car wash lot that was part of the original tract to the plat, adding the county's standard plat notes and the special notes required for private roads, and adding notes from the subdivision's septic approval letter.

County Road 133 is on the county's future thoroughfare plan, so the developer must dedicate 60 feet of right-of-way from the road's centerline, the conditions say. Right-of-way along FM 455 must be labeled as a dedication, and the plat must show the distance from the entrance to the nearest intersection, with 500 feet as the minimum spacing along a future thoroughfare.

Engineers also want a drainage easement along the back of the lots on the eastern edge, citing the county's ban on lot-to-lot drainage, and 25-foot front building setbacks on every lot. The application was filed Sept. 22 and deemed complete Sept. 28.

The plat is a consent item for the Oct. 26 session, which starts at 1:30 p.m. in McKinney.

Sources

eagenda.collincountytx.gov

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