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4.0 LAND USE PLAN
Based on the existing character, previously adopted plans, and Southlake 2025 Plan Vision,
Goals, & Objectives, the following general land use recommendations and site specific
recommendations are proposed for the West Southlake Blvd./Pearson Area (Plan Area B), the
West Highland/North Peytonville Area (Plan Area E), and the North Side Area (Plan Area F).
4.1 West Southlake Blvd./Pearson Plan Area (Plan Area B)
The following are the general land use and character recommendations and site specific
recommendations for the W. Southlake Blvd./Pearson Lane plan area:
4.1.1 General Land Use & Character Recommendations
• Evaluate the application of the T-1 and T-2 transition land use categories as
alternative land use tools on properties with environmental limitations that abut
residential neighborhoods and arterial streets.
• Evaluate the application of the Rural Conservation (RC) land use category as an
alternative to the Low Density Residential land use category on properties with
unique rural character and/or significant environmental features.
• Limit retail development to the intersection of Pearson Lane and F.M 1709
• Evaluate and adopt changes to the Land Use Plan which reflect the current and
desired future development patterns in the plan areas.
• Consider enhancements to develop the intersection of F.M. 1709 and Pearson
Lane as an entry portal into the city.
• Evaluate the potential to keep or relocate the old water tower as an
interpretive/art exhibit at one of the city’s parks.
4.1.2 Site Specific Recommendations
No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area in
Acres
Issues Site Specific
Recommendations
1. Low Density
Residential and
Retail
Commercial/R-
PUD
40.9 • Existing medium
intensity residential
uses on most of the site
(Chesapeake Place).
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential and Retail
Commercial to Medium
Density Residential.
1a. Low Density
Residential/R-
PUD
11.5 • Existing public park
(Chesapeake Park).
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Public
Parks/Open Space.
1b. Low Density
Residential/Mi
xed Use
0.88 • Boundary correction.
• Part of St. Martin’s-in-
the-Fields property.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential and Mixed
Use to Public/Semi-
Public to reflect the
current use on the site.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area in
Acres
Issues Site Specific
Recommendations
1c. Low Density
Residential/AG
3.1 • Adjacent to
Chesapeake Park.
• Limited potential for
low intensity residential
uses.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Medium
Density Residential.
2. Low Density
Residential/SF
1-A and SF20-
A
32.7 • Existing medium
intensity residential
uses on most of the site
(Siena subdivision).
• Adjacent to non-
conforming industrial
uses to the northeast
(on Michael Dr.)
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Medium
Density Residential.
2a. Low Density
Residential/AG
, SF1-A, and
SP-2
87.3 • Portion of the property
adjacent to Keller ISD
property.
• Portion of the property
with frontage on F.M.
1709.
• Existing industrial uses
to the east.
• Existing medium
intensity residential
uses to the southeast.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Medium
Density Residential.
2b. Public/Semi-
Public/CS and
SP-2
16.2 • Undeveloped property.
• Recommending
Medium Density
Residential designation
on surrounding
properties.
• Recommend changing
from Public/Semi-
Public to Medium
Density Residential.
3. Low Density
Residential and
Retail
Commercial/A
G
7.9 • Frontage on F.M. 1709.
• Mature trees.
• Existing retail
commercial use on the
western portion of the
site.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Medium
Density Residential (on
eastern portion of site).
• Recommend T-1
alternative designation.
4. Low Density
Residential and
Retail
Commercial/A
G
6.7 • Adjacent to medium
intensity residential
uses and retail
commercial uses.
• Mature trees.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Medium
Density Residential (on
eastern portion of site).
• Recommend T-2
alternative designation.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area in
Acres
Issues Site Specific
Recommendations
5. Low Density
Residential/SF
1-A
9.3 • Adjacent to ground
water storage tanks to
the south.
• Water tanks and pumps
to the south may create
noise issues.
• Adjacent to planned
retail and office uses to
the south.
• Low intensity
residential to the north.
• City-owned property.
• Recommend T-2
alternative designation.
• Any residential
development proposed
should address the issue
of noise abatement in
its construction
standards.
6. Low Density
Residential/O-1
and SF1-A
7.2 • Frontage on F.M. 1709.
• Proposed office uses on
a portion of the site
(Vermilion frontage)
and to the west.
• Adjacent to low
intensity residential
uses.
• Significant tree cover.
• Limited potential for
low intensity residential
development due to
frontage on F.M. 1709.
• Recommend T-1
alternative designation.
6a. Retail
Commercial/SP
-1
2.4 • Planned office
commercial uses on
site.
• Recommend changing
land use designation
from Retail
Commercial to Office
Commercial.
8. Low Density
Residential and
100 Year Flood
Plain/SF1-A
and AG
23.5 • Adjacent to Royal and
Annie Smith Park.
• Significant tree cover.
• Low intensity
residential uses to the
south and east.
• Flood plain borders the
site on the east.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation
alternative designation.
• Preserve the flood plain
and maximize its
potential as a
greenway.
9. Medium
Density
Residential/SF
1-A
16.9 • Significant tree cover.
• Adjacent to medium
intensity residential
uses and low intensity
residential uses.
• Recommend changing
underlying land use
designation from
Medium Density
Residential to Low
Density Residential.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation
alternative.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area in
Acres
Issues Site Specific
Recommendations
9a. Low Density
Residential/SF
1-A, AG, and
SF1-B
32.7 • Significant tree cover.
• Adjacent to medium
intensity residential
uses and low intensity
residential uses.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation
alternative designation.
10. Low Density
Residential and
100 Year Flood
Plain/SF1-A,
SF1-B, AG
47.5 • Portion of site lies in
the 100 Year Flood
Plain.
• Water tower located to
the southwest to
become obsolete with
plans for a new
overhead water tower
immediately west of
existing tower.
• Adjacent to medium
intensity residential
uses to the south and
west.
• Adjacent to low
intensity residential
uses to the east.
• Preserve the flood plain
and maximize its
potential as a
greenway.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation
alternative.
• Evaluate a portion of
the neighboring water
tower site for future
uses.
• Evaluate the potential
to keep or relocate the
old water tower as a
historic art exhibit at
one of the city’s parks.
Note: Numbers in the above table may not be exactly sequential due to changes made during the
planning process and the originally assigned numbers were retained for consistency.
4.2 West Highland/North Peytonville Plan Area (Area E)
The following are the general land use and character recommendations and site specific
recommendations for the W. Highland/N. Peytonville plan area:
4.2.1 General Land Use & Character Recommendations
• Evaluate the application of the T-1 and T-2 transition land use categories as
alternative land use tools on properties with environmental limitations that abut
residential neighborhoods and arterial streets.
• Evaluate the application of the Rural Conservation (RC) land use category as an
alternative to the Low Density Residential land use category on properties with
unique rural character and/or significant environmental features.
• Evaluate and adopt changes to the Land Use Plan which reflect the current and
desired future development patterns in the plan areas.
• Preserve the rural character of Dove Street, Shady Oaks Drive, and Highland
Street.
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4.2.2 Site Specific Recommendations
No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area
in
Acres
Issues Site Specific Recommendations
1. Low Density
Residential/AG
14.1 • Existing retail,
industrial, and
residential uses on
site.
• Adjacent to low
intensity residential
uses to the south.
• Low Density
Residential/T-2
alternative land use
designation to the east.
• Mixed use designation
to the northeast.
• Unique rural character
of Dove Street.
• Recommend T-1
alternative designation to
encourage the
redevelopment of the site.
• All the properties under
#1 should be master-
planned together to apply
the T-1 designation.
• Preserve the rural, two-
lane character of Dove
Street by requiring a 50 to
100 foot buffer along
Dove Street.
2. Low Density
Residential and
100 Year Flood
Plain/SF1-A and
RE
103.5 • Existing low intensity
residential uses.
• Creek runs along the
eastern edge of the
site; another creek
runs through the
western portion of the
site.
• Significant tree cover.
• Unique rural character
of Dove Street.
• Preserve the rural, two-
lane character of Dove
Street west of Shady
Oaks.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation alternative
designation.
3. Low Density
Residential/SF1-
A, RE, AG, SF1-
B, C-1
142.9 • Existing low intensity
uses along both Shady
Oaks and Highland
Street.
• Creek runs along
Shady Lane.
• Unique rural character
along both streets.
• Adjacent to CISD
property to the south.
• Recommend the Rural
Conservation alternative
designation.
4. Medium Density
Residential and
Low Density
Residential/AG
and SF-1A
72.0 • Adjacent to low
intensity residential
uses.
• Existing low intensity
residential uses and
agricultural uses
(pasture) on site.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation alternative.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area
in
Acres
Issues Site Specific Recommendations
5. Medium Density
Residential and
Public/Semi-
Public/AG
5.8 • Medium intensity
residential uses to the
east.
• Church property to the
south.
• Proposed T-1
designation across
Highland Street (see
S.H. 114 Corridor
Plan).
• Recommend T-2
alternative designation as
a transition from the T-1
designation to the north
along the highway to the
residential uses to the
south.
6. Public/Semi-
Public/CS
10.8 • Existing church
(Southlake Assembly
of God).
• Medium intensity
residential uses to the
south.
• Potential for future
redevelopment of this
site exists.
• Recommend changing
from Public/Semi-Public
to Medium Density
Residential.
7. Office
Commercial and
100 Year Flood
Plain/AG
5.6 • Frontage on S.H. 114
• Low intensity
residential uses to the
west.
• Creek borders
property on the west.
• Significant tree cover.
• Retain existing Office
Commercial designation.
• Recommend preservation
of some tree cover as a
buffer to adjoining
residential uses to the
west and south.
• Primary access to this
property to be from S.H.
114.
8. Low Density
Residential/SF-
20 & SF-30
5.4 • Existing medium
density residential
development (High
Point)
• Recommend changing the
land use designation to
Medium Density
Residential.
Note: Numbers in the above table may not be exactly sequential due to changes made during the
planning process and the originally assigned numbers were retained for consistency.
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4.3 North Side Area Plan (Area F)
The following are the general land use and character recommendations and site specific
recommendations for the North Side plan area:
4.3.1 General Land Use and Character Recommendations
• Evaluate the application of the T-1 and T-2 transition land use categories as
alternative land use tools on properties with environmental limitations that abut
residential neighborhoods and arterial streets.
• Evaluate the application of the Rural Conservation (RC) land use category as an
alternative to the Low Density Residential land use category on properties with
unique rural character and/or significant environmental features.
• Evaluate and adopt changes to the Land Use Plan which reflect the current and
desired future development patterns in the plan areas.
• Preserve view sheds.
• Protect the city’s remaining agricultural/equestrian and environmental areas in the
North Side by requiring residential development to occur in a manner that has the
minimum impact on these resources.
4.3.2 Site Specific Recommendations
No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area
in
Acres
Issues Site Specific Recommendations
1. Low Density
Residential/AG
58.0 • Former gravel mining
site on portion of
property.
• Significant
topography.
• Development on the
site is unlikely in its
current state.
• Adjacent to the Corps
of Engineers site.
• Identify environmentally
sensitive areas.
• Consider options for
reclamation.
• Evaluate trail
opportunities through
Corps property.
• Recommend T-2
alternative land use
designation due to the
environmental sensitivity
required to redevelop the
site. Limit the T-2
designation to residential
uses only.
• Evaluate connectivity
through the site between
White Chapel Blvd. and
T.W. King at the time any
development is proposed.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area
in
Acres
Issues Site Specific Recommendations
2. &
3.
Low Density
Residential and
Industrial/AG,
SF1-A, and RE
140.9
(2)
47.0
(3)
• Large estate lots.
• Equestrian facilities
located on White
Chapel & T.W. King.
• Existing
equestrian/hike trails
on adjacent Corps
property.
• Mature trees.
• Unique rural
character.
• Adjacency to Bob
Jones Park and low
intensity residential
uses.
• Existing view shed
south along White
Chapel Blvd.
• Recommend Rural
Conservation alternative
designation.
4. Low Density
Residential/AG
61.8 • Former Tucker
property.
• City owned property
– designated for
expansion of Bob
Jones Park.
• Rolling savannah that
is representative of
Southlake’s native
landscape.
• Change land use
designation to Public
Parks/Open Space.
• Evaluate acquisition of
land between Tucker
property and Farhat
property.
• Retain the Farhat
property for future park
uses.
5. Low Density
Residential/SP-1
22.0 • Existing Clariden
School site.
• Recommend changing the
land use designation to
Public/Semi-Public to
better reflect the scale
and use of existing
school.
7. Industrial/SP-1 6.7 • Existing industrial
use at northeast
corner of T.W. King
and Bob Jones
(Dalden Corp.).
• Recommend changing
from Industrial to Low
Density Residential with
Rural Conservation
alternative designation if
the property is developed
in conjunction with #2.
8. Low Density
Residential/ SF1-
A
6.8
(entire
site is
31
acres)
• City owned property
• Future site of DPS
North facility on a
portion of the site.
• Recommend changing the
land use designation to
Public/Semi-Public.
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No. 1998 LUP/
Zoning
Area
in
Acres
Issues Site Specific Recommendations
9. Low Density
Residential/SF1-A
17.0 • City owned property.
• Dedicated for a
public park facility
(Liberty Park at
Sheltonwood).
• Recommend changing the
land use designation to
Public Parks/Open Space.
9a. Low Density
Residential/R-
PUD
7.4 • Dedicated to the city
from the developer of
Oak Pointe for a
public park.
• Recommend changing
from Low Density
Residential to Public
Parks/Open Space.
10. Medium Density
Residential/SF1-
A, AG, SF-30
12.4 • Existing low density
development (Lakes
on Dove).
• Frontage on Dove
Street.
• Recommend changing the
land use designation to
Low Density Residential
to reflect the current
residential pattern and to
protect the character
along Dove Street.
Note: Numbers in the above table may not be exactly sequential due to changes made during the
planning process. The originally assigned numbers were retained for consistency.