ZA23-0065
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
ZA23-0065
• Specific Use Permit for a Mass Gathering for Springfest, to be held in a portion
of Southlake Town Square, generally located between E. Southlake Blvd.,
Carroll Ave., Prospect St., Federal Way, and Central Ave. Neighborhood #8.
• Current Zoning: “DT” Downtown District
• The purpose of this request is to consider a Specific Use Permit for a Mass
Gathering titled Southlake Spring Festival (Springfest), to be held in Southlake
Town Square in February.
Dear Property Owner,
Your property has been identified as being within 300 feet of the above referenced application.
If you wish to register your opposition or support to this case, you may complete the attached
Notification Response Form and either mail to the Planning & Development Services Department
(address listed at the top of notice), email a copy to the project case planner (e-mail listed at the
bottom of the notice) or fax a copy to the department (fax number listed at the top of the notice).
You are encouraged to follow the requested action through final approval because changes
are often made during the review process.
Please contact the Planning Department at (817)748-8621 if you have any questions. Thank you.
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
1400 Main St.; Suite 310
Southlake, TX 76092
Phone: (817)748-8621
www.cityofsouthlake.com Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, December 07, 2023
6:30 PM
Town Hall Council Chambers
1400 Main Street
Southlake, Texas
Notification Response Form
ZA23-0065:
Specific Use Permit for Southlake Spring
Festival (Springfest)
Meeting Date: December 07, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Fill out:
Owner: _____________________________
Address: ____________________________
City, State, Zip Code: __________________
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BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING.
Being the owner(s) of the property so noted above, are hereby
in favor of opposed to undecided about
(circle or underline one)
the proposed Plat Revision referenced above.
Space for comments regarding your position:
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Direct questions and mail responses to:
City of Southlake
Planning & Development Services
Notification Response
1400 Main St; Ste 310
Southlake, TX 76092
Phone: (817) 748-8621
The 3rd Annual Southlake Spring Festival (Springfest)
●Music,performance,foods,crafting,parade
●Saturday,February 10,2024,11:00am -4:00pm
●Rustin &Family Park
●Expected attendance:3,000 -5,000 people
Background:
Southlake Springfest was first created in 2022 jointly by the ideas of Mayor John Huffman and the
local community to showcase the diversity &hospitality of Southlake.It ’s a festival to celebrate East
&Southeast Asian cultures,with the day generally correlating with the Lunar New Year ’s Day.In the
last 2 years,we had booths &performances representing cultures from Japan,Korea,China,Vietnam,
Thailand,Malaysia,etc.We plan to invite &accommodate more cultures as the festival grows.
Planning:
●We will have a committee to coordinate the event planning
o A general coordinator,&about 10 different subcommittees
●Food truck /Food booth:about 10 (similar to last time)
o We will centrally manage the permit application process
●Vendor booth (10 x 10 tent):about 25 (similar to last time)
●Culture booth (10 x 10 tent):about 12 (similar to last time)
●Stage Performances (music,dance,fashion show,martial art,etc.):about 25
●Parades:dragon &lion to dance and parade on the streets surrounding the park
o There will be no motor vehicles in the parade,only performers.
●Possibly looking to include fireworks and beer/wine -No this time
Security:
●Up to 8 DPS Officers will be requested and stationed around the park
●We will have a team of volunteers scattered across the park to provide info &direct traffic
o There is a general information booth
o Each bouncing house will have one adult &one youth volunteer to maintain order
Site Map:
●The streets to be blocked off are marked by the 4 orange circles
o Dragons &lions will parade from Fountain Pl ->State St ->Main St ->Grand Ave (a few
times),&the route is marked by green lines on the map.
●Tents will be secured by concrete block or water tanks
o Tents are 10 x 10 feet in size,won’t be enclosed,&will be placed 12 feet from each other.
o Tents will not be in places that obstruct /block fire lanes,and no stakes to the ground.
o Inspection by the Fire Marshall will be requested after tents are installed.
o In inclement weather or when the grass area runs out of spaces,tents may be placed on
the concrete streets (along parking lots on the opposite sides from food trucks).
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●Food trucks,vendors,&culture booths:marked locations
o They will not be in places that obstruct /block fire lanes.
●Generators will be provided for those booths needing electricity:marked locations
o Will be 20-feet away from tents,&will be isolated from public contact.
●Stage:in marked location
●Heaters /Warmers will be provided (depending on weather)
●Portable toilets:up to 4 will be rented and put in the marked location
●Below is the planned site map,largely based on actual arrangement from the last event.
Post Event Cleanup:
●A team of volunteers will walk the entire ground to remove any trash,debris,etc.
o Dumpster:garbage bags will be collected periodically by a team of volunteers
o Make every effort to restore the place to pre-event condition.
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Event Timeline:
●Below is our planned event timeline,based on actual programming from the last event
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