Work Session - Staff Report - Consolidated Future Land Use Plan1
Future Land Use Plan Update
STAFF REPORT – DRAFT CONSOLIDATED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN
November 11, 2022
SUMMARY:
The draft Consolidated Future Land Use Plan is now available for review. Staff will be available
to accept comments and answer any questions during the November 17, 2022 Planning & Zoning
Commission work session. The draft plan is also tentatively scheduled for an open house and
SPIN meeting on December 13, 2022 to solicit public input.
BACKGROUND:
The Future Land Use Plan is a component of the city’s comprehensive plan. The comprehensive
plan is a reflection of the community’s values and serves as a blueprint for Southlake’s future.
Further, the comprehensive plan establishes a framework to coordinate the city’s activities and to
guide the city’s decision-making for the next 20 years. As such, the comprehensive plan and its
components are updated on a regular basis. The Land Use Plan is Southlake’s vision for future
development that serves as a guide for land use decisions and as a foundation for Southlake’s
zoning and subdivision regulations. The plan is a policy document that allocates the general
location, concentration, and intensity of future development within the City by land use categories.
The current Land Use Plan, the Southlake 2035 Consolidated Future Land Use Plan, was adopted
on June 19, 2018. The Planning & Zoning Commission began the 2022/2023 review and update
of the Future Land Use Plan at their work session on September 8, 2022.
The City of Southlake approaches land use planning through sector planning, a method which
divides the City into sectors to identify development issues and to develop recommendations for
each individual area. This approach recognizes that planning issues are numerous and complex
and may vary from area to area or even site to site. Sector planning allows for the identification
of development constraints and issues, the identification of features, resources, and areas to be
protected or improved, and the exploration of development opportunities. The schedule for review
of the sectors was as follows:
S.H. 114 Corridor - September 22, 2022
F.M. 1709 and F.M. 1938 Corridor - October 6, 2022
North, Central, West, and Southeast Sectors – October 20, 2022
The revisions from the corridor and sector plan review process have been incorporated into the
draft Consolidated Future Land Use Plan and the document is now available for review. Changes
to the recommendations from the existing Southlake 2035 Consolidated Future Land Use Plan
are indicated with underline and strikethrough text. The following maps highlight the areas with
underlying land use changes and optional land use changes. Please refer to the draft
Consolidated Future Land Use Plan to review all proposed changes.
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FM - LU11
Expanded boundary
and changed from
Medium Density
Residential to Office
FM - LU3
Changed from Medium
Density Residential to
Mixed Use
FM - LU4
Changed from
Public/Semi-Public to
Mixed Use
114 – LU1 and LU1a
Expanded boundary of LU1 and
added recommendations for LU1a
114 - LU10
Added site specific
recommendation
SE – LU3
Added site specific
recommendation
114 – LU11
Added site specific
recommendation
Deletions:
Removed FM – LU2
and SE – LU1
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For additional information, please contact Jenny Crosby, Principal Planner, at 817-748-8195
or jcrosby@ci.southlake.tx.us.
114 – LU2
Changed from Mixed
Medical and Office
Overlay to Multi-
Tenant Office Overlay
114 – LU2
Removed Restaurant
and Specialty Retail
Overlay
114 – LU6
Changed from Mixed
Medical and Office
Overlay to Campus
Office Overlay
114 – LU7
Added Mixed Medical
and Office Overlay
114 – LU11
Added Restaurant and
Specialty Retail Overlay