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Item 10 - Corridor Planning Committee Meeting Report Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Meeting Report Meeting 57 – April 22, 2026 MEETING LOCATION: 1400 Main St., Southlake, Texas 76092 City Council Chambers IN ATTENDANCE: • City Council Members: Randy Robbins, Frances Scharli, Kathy Talley • Planning & Zoning Commission Members: Daniel Kubiak, Michael Springer, David Cunnigham • City Staff: Dennis Killough, Jenny Crosby, Cyndi Cheng, Ryan Firestone AGENDA ITEMS: 1. Call to Order. 2. Administrative Comments. 3. Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a proposed subdivision of an approximately 1-acre lot into two residential lots on property located at 2320 Crawford Court. 4. Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a proposed mixed-use development consisting of office uses and 10 single-family residential lots on approximately 8-acres at 8850 Davis Boulevard. 5. Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a proposed 2,600 SF sanctuary addition to St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church on property located at 223 S. Pearson Lane. 6. Adjournment. MEETING OVERVIEW: On April 22, 2026, the Southlake Corridor Planning Committee held their 57th meeting. The Committee was sent a packet of materials prior to the meeting that were to be discussed during the session. A meeting agenda was posted, and the meeting time was advertised on the City’s website. The following meeting report focuses on discussion points made during the meeting by members of the Committee, public and City staff. This report is neither verbatim nor does it represent official meeting minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and appointed officials, City staff, and the public of the issues and questions raised by the Committee, City staff, and any attendees of the meeting. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to follow development cases through the process. Please visit CityofSouthlake.com/Planning for more information Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 3 ITEM #4 DISCUSSION – Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a proposed mixed-use development consisting of office uses and 10 single-family residential lots on approximately 8-acres at 8850 Davis Boulevard. Staff presentation: Cyndi Cheng • Future Land Use: Low-Density Residential • Zoning: SF-1A • Summary: The applicant is proposing a subdivision of an approximately 9.56- acre tract into 8 residential lots with SF-1A zoning Questions for Staff and Applicant Frank Viola: Here's some of the areas that our development is surrounding. By the way, Frank Viola. I recognize some of you guys from some other development I've done in the city off of 1709. So nice to see you guys again. All right, so it's pretty straightforward. We want to, our biggest ask is to try to get a gated entry, obviously meeting the requirement of getting it directly in front of Saddleback and mirroring that street and that ROW. Here's something that we were looking at getting done for putting a pond in front to keep that feel off of the Bob Jones. This is off of the Bob Jones side. The lots are all going to be one acre. All our houses are going to be at least 5,500 square feet. We have two frontage lots that are going to be estate lots to keep that corridor feel from Whitechapel. So right now. Daniel Kubiak: And really quickly, just to charge in there to maybe save time, I guess you heard the previous conversation. So all that will apply to these two lots in terms of just stacking. I mean, this has the stacking depth, but just the wrought iron fences, no big walls in front of them, enough driveway room to store cars, all that stuff. So staff can coach you up on this. But for these two lots, all those attributes will need to be baked in, which I think you've got the room to do it. Frank Viola: Yes, definitely. Daniel Kubiak: That's just the feedback this meeting's set up to provide, so staff can help with that. Frank Viola: Okay, great. Here's some other renderings. Here's the concept plan. Obviously, the frontage, one acre lots. They're going to actually be 135 on the top 130, but we're working on getting a, there's a pin, if you look on the left-hand corner by lot 13, there's some empty space, so that line will actually drop down. So those lots will actually be even. We're working on getting a quick survey done on that strip of no man's land. Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 4 And we're going back, my surveyor is going to go back and we're going to grab that line. So just give you guys a heads up when that does happen. Do you guys have any questions on this layout? Daniel Kubiak: Can you just tell me the development across the street on the north side, Saddleback, I guess, does that have a gate? Frank Viola: Yes. So most of that street on West Bob Jones is a lot of private houses that have gates. I talked to the neighbor to our West, and he was definitely very supportive in a gated neighborhood because he didn't want just random traffic to be just going through there to look at the properties or whatever. So he was extremely happy about that. Saddleback, I've talked to a couple of their neighbors. Daniel Kubiak: But no, Saddleback Lane today, is there a gate there today on Saddleback Lane? Frank Viola: Yeah, in and out gate. Frances Scharli: I was out there today though, it's wide open. It's not functional. I mean, right now they're not using it. So just FYI. Daniel Kubiak: Yeah. Frank Viola: What was that again? I'm so sorry. Frances Scharli: I was out looking at this property today and it was at Saddleback and their gates were wide open so I could have driven in there and there was nothing restricting me. So I don't know if they've given up on them or... Frank Viola: They could have been, they could be working on them or there could be a certain time that they have them on a timer and they probably close at night is what I'm guessing. Daniel Kubiak: Well, maybe just to cut to the chase on feedback on this one, because I think that's the last item. It's not anything I'm supportive of, but obviously I'm not the only vote up here. Just stylistically, as this town's developed, it could have all been either fenced and gated off, or it could have been its open rural field. So you give on one, then you start giving on all of them. So I'm not supportive, but obviously there's other people up here that have votes. Frances Scharli: I am not in favor of gated community. So I understand there's others out there, but that's not when I was on council. So anyway, I'm not in favor of them, but I'm just one vote. Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 5 Frank Viola: Right. What is some of the reasons of not, just so I can understand, the reasons on why the gated communities are not a plus? Frances Scharli: I think that Dan suggested one of them is that it's the rural feel, especially out at Bob Jones. Frank Viola: You said the rural feel? Frances Scharli: Yeah. Frank Viola: Right, the gated. Frances Scharli: Right. Daniel Kubiak: This whole town could be gated. I mean, every street could be gated. So it's just what feel do you want. Frank Viola: Right. Daniel Kubiak: And that's just, thankfully. Kathy Talley: I think as you go through the process, you'll get a feel for that at P&Z and you'll get a feel for that at council. So I think just be prepared either way relative to having a gated community. I'm about done on council, but where this is located, I would have been fine with that because it is rural and the way that you, at least here, designed it, looks like it blends in with nature more. To your point about the gate, the wrought iron fences, but I don't have a vote anymore. So I just think be ready for options on that in particular. Frank Viola: Right, instead of a gate, look for other options, you're saying? Daniel Kubiak: Yeah. Other views on this? David Cunningham: I don't have a problem with the plan or the subdivision. I mean, it all works pretty well. Looks like it's pretty smooth, but the same thing goes for the gated entry. If you want to build the entry, without the gates, that would be great, but we just don't need a gated entry. Frank Viola: An option that we were looking at now, individual lots, you guys are okay with lot one and lot 6 having a approach from Saddleback and doing those as facing Saddleback Ridge. Sorry, yeah, facing Saddleback Ridge, meaning off of West Bob Jones, and doing them like I did the White Chapel lots. Would you guys have a problem with that? Randy Robbins: So then how would you get to the interior lots? Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 6 Frank Viola: Through the road. So instead of getting—so we would remove the gate like you're asking. Daniel Kubiak: You'd move the street over a little bit, center it on the property. You'd have driveways off West Bob Jones. I mean, 6 to one, half dozen to the other. Kathy Talley: Right, and I think a lot of people in town have their own gated driveways, right? They have their own gates, so. Daniel Kubiak: As long as it's. Kathy Talley: Off the road and complies with everything it's supposed to comply with. Sorry, Dan, I didn't mean to cut you out. So I think that would be a nice look and it would give those two their own access and that maybe would lessen your feeling of needing to have a gated community. Frank Viola: Yeah, we would obviously shrink, so we didn't have to have that big of an entry because obviously we're getting rid of the gate and the security tower and the island. So we wouldn't need a hammerhead there for the turnaround. So we would actually give more property to lot 1 and lot 6. And so that would feel more of like an estate lots. So would you say that would be something you're more for than the gate for the whole community? Daniel Kubiak: Dr. Randy, you look confused. Randy Robbins: Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out, because then you're going to have basically driveway, road, driveway. Is what you're saying, correct? Am I picturing that right? Frank Viola: Yes. Randy Robbins: I don't get that. Daniel Kubiak: Would you rather not have that relative to it lining up with Saddleback Lane across the way? Randy Robbins: I don't necessarily—the gate doesn't give me huge heartburn, but I'm fine not having a gate. It's Southlake, you don't live in inner-city Dallas. And each of these houses—if I own one of those houses, and this is just my personal preference—I would not want to come off Bob Jones. I'd want to pull into the neighborhood and turn into my turn. That's what gives me the privacy of my driveway is pulling in off of a private street or an off street, not Bob Jones. And I think, is there a definition of an estate lot? I'm just curious. Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 7 Dennis Killough: In our zoning district, we do have what's called residential estate lot 5, and it's minimum 5 acre and residential estate lot 7, which is 7 acre. Randy Robbins: That's what I thought. My point is I'd be careful. Dennis Killough: In general, what we look at is estate lots or... Randy Robbins: Multi-acres. Dennis Killough: Lots with large bold frontages and houses set substantially back off the road with a nice rural look, entry, drive and gate, or in some cases, open gating and fencing, certainly offset of the road so that you have full stacking, but has a very stately look along the rural cross-section. Randy Robbins: I just think they've got that look, but with it just being an acre—not that an acre is not big—but I would consider that an estate lot in Southlake at least. Frank Viola: Right, that's not a true estate lot. I understand what you're saying. Yeah, we would just be looking for the feel of that. And as long as we meet the requirements of meeting driveway and roads, would you say that even if we just did it on lot 6, like a boulder open, like Dennis was describing, more of a bigger front. And that would make that feel like an estate lot. Would you be for more lot 6 being like that than one? As an approach. Randy Robbins: Like I said, I think you meet the appearance of the state. I just don't think a one-acre lot, even though I think in Southlake people think about it as an estate lot, it should at least be a multi-acre lot. Like 1.5, like 2.5. Frank Viola: Again, I'm not looking for. Randy Robbins: I'm just trying to help you when you present to council and stuff. If you start saying, "Hey, these are estate lots," and I'm like, "Well, that's an acre lot. My lot's bigger than an acre lot." Frank Viola: So a frontage lot is what I'm looking for. So on lot 1 and lot 6, would that be more what you guys would be looking for on frontage lots? Was that okay to do that on lot 1 and 6 and get rid of the gate and just do a regular road in to the other back lots and just have those frontage lots? Randy Robbins: So you're asking to go driveway, road, driveway, is that right? Are you saying you don't have the driveways off of your road that's in between the two lots? Frank Viola: So on Lot 6, that 40-foot building line, right there would be the driveway to get into that from Lot 6 on the east side. And that would be for Lot 6. And then showing you something different for Lot 1 would obviously be on that side, but it needed to meet Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 8 every 40 feet, I believe, from a street. As long as we met that requirement, would that be good? Randy Robbins: Yeah. David Cunningham: It's just a personal opinion, but I think your plan that you've got is a nice plan. It works. 86 in the gate, you could have a entry feature there that like you've got it looks very, very nice. It would be very, very appealing to drive through that entry feature and get into the neighborhood. The shapes of lot one and six are going to more or less dictate that the houses are going to be linear and facing your inward street, especially lot one. Your house is not going to face Bob Jones because it's too narrow. Michael Springer: Right. David Cunningham: So I think you're trying to do too much with this property. I think if you subdivided it the way you've got it, have a nice entry feature, get rid of the gates, and I think you've still got a winner property. Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 9 Staff Presentation 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Item 4 Bob Jones Park Clariden Ranch Addition Rainey Court Saddleback Ridge Estates R.D. Price No. 992 Addition Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 10 Future Land Use Public Park/Open Space Low Density Residential Zoning AG AG SF-1A Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 11 Street View from N. White Chapel (Facing West) Street View from N. White Chapel (Looking North) Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 12 Zoning Change and Concept Plan (ZA14 -093) Plat Revision (ZA14 -095) Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 13 Proposed Concept Plan Exterior Renderings Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 14 Interior Renderings Entrance Renderings Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 15 Applicant Presentation Summary Summary of Proposal: The applicant is proposing a subdivision of an approximately 9.56-acre tract into eight residential lots with “SF-1A”Single Family Residential District Zoning. Questions? Applicant Presentation Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 16 LUXURY EQUESTRIAN GATED AESTHETICS 1+ ACRE LOTS LANDSCAPING WATER FEATURES Bridlegate 2Index OVERVIEW CONCEPT PLANUTILITY PLAN DRAINAGE DESIGN 02 01 03 04 05 06 07 Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 17 3 Location 4Bridlegate-Front Design Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 18 5Bridlegate-Front Design 6Estate Lots -N White Chapel Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 19 7Elevations 8 Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Meeting #57 – April 22, 2026 Page 20 9 10 Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #4 – 4000 N. 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