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2.0 EXISTING PLANS & STUDIES
Understanding past planning efforts with respect to land use, transportation, and design is
critical to developing the Southlake 2025 Plan. Specifically, the 1995 Corridor Plan, the 1998
Land Use Plan, and the Master Thoroughfare Plan are the most relevant to current planning
efforts. This planning effort will also coordinate adopted plans for trails, parks, and open space
(Southlake Pathways Plan and the Southlake Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan).
2.1 1995 Corridor Plan.
The 1995 Southlake Corridor Study was undertaken to provide guidelines to the city on
issues relating to development along the city's most prominent roadways. These issues
included providing the city with its own unique character which is reflective of the quality of
residential development and ensuring the long term health and vitality of these corridors. One
of the corridors identified for specific recommendations included Davis Boulevard and F.M.
1709 (Southlake Boulevard). Recommendations were divided into land use and urban design
recommendations. The following section summarizes the recommendations from the 1995
Corridor Study.
Land Use
Recommendations:
• Intended primarily
as a service area for
Southlake, Keller,
and North Richland
Hills.
• Uses are intended to
be a mixture of light
industrial, large scale
retail and wholesale
uses, including auto
service and repair
uses.
• Appropriate zoning
districts to include I-
1 for industrial uses
and B -2, C -1, C -2,
C -3, B -1, and 0-1
districts for business
service uses.
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Design Recommendations:
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The 1995 Corridor
Plan recognized F.M.
1938 (Davis Boulevard)
as a critical entry -way
into the city that needed
enhancements as a portal
into the city. Further,
the study recommended
a "vertical marker" as an
identification graphic.
• Elimination of concrete erosion control along the corridor and utilization of retaining
walls of natural materials and plantings.
• Increasing in bufferyard standards with respect to width and required plantings to
differentiate the corridor.
• Canopy trees planted along the corridor in groupings to buffer surface parking and
frame private development.
• Plant material should be limited to selected hardy plants and trees should be a
minimum of 2" — 4" caliper to achieve a "natural tree grove" corridor edge.
2.2 1998 Land Use Plan
The 1998 Land Use Plan (LUP) is the primary element of the city's existing comprehensive
plan. The Southlake City Charter establishes the Comprehensive Master Plan as a policy
instrument that guides "...the growth, development, and beautification of the City." Presently,
the Comprehensive Master Plan consists of various related policy components. Collectively,
they are the basis for short -term and long -term decisions on the physical development of
Southlake. Components of the Comprehensive Master Plan include:
1. Land Use Plan;
2. Thoroughfare Plan;
3. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan;
4. Water, Sewer, and Drainage Master Plans; and
5. Solid Waste Disposal Master Plan.
Particularly, the Land Use Plan is a guide to the physical development of Southlake by
establishing a general pattern of land uses. It allocates the appropriate location, concentration,
and intensity of future development within the City by land use categories. As such, the 1998
Land Use Plan consists of a map illustrating the pattern of land uses by category and text with
descriptions of the individual land use categories. The following section describes the
application of the existing 1998 Land Use Plan on the Davis Boulevard /F.M. 1938 Corridor.
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The adopted 1998
Land Use Plan as it
applies to the Davis
Boulevard, to a large
extent, reflects the
recommendations
made in the 1995
Corridor Study.
Significant portions
along Randol Mill are
designated Low
Density Residential in
an effort to preserve
and limit the existing
character of residential
development.
The majority of the
Retail Commercial
designation is limited
to the intersection of
F.M. 1709 and F.M.
1938 while a smaller
scale retail center has
been identified at the
intersection of Davis
and Continental.
Industrial and mixed
use designation is
predominant along the
eastern portion of
Davis Boulevard. The
western portion of
Davis between
Michael Drive and
F.M. 1709 is
designated Low
Density Residential in
keeping with its
existing character.
Transition to adjoining neighborhoods is achieved by locating Office Commercial areas as
buffers between higher intensity commercial and lower intensity residential uses. The western
edge of the plan area is traversed by the 100 -year flood plain. The 1998 Land Use Plan
designation along the flood plain recommends its preservation as a "natural open area ".
However, the plan allows the reclamation of land in the flood plain (not in the floodway) if it
meets Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standards.
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2.3 1997 Master Thoroughfare Plan
November 3, 2004
The 1997 Master Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) provides standards, definitions, and cross -
section characteristics of the different roadway configurations. The city uses the plan to
require dedications of new and expanded rights -of -way as triggered by new development. This
plan is also used during the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) process to prioritize
transportation improvements. The next part of the analysis summarizes the relevant roadway
section details from the MTP.
F.M. 1709 and F.M.
1938 are two principal
arterials in the city with
the primary function of
serving regional and
major traffic generators.
The focus on these
roadways is access
management to limit
intersections and traffic
signals.
Both roadways are
designated with a right -of-
way (R -O -W) of 130 feet.
The extension of F.M.
1938 along Randol Mill is
designated with a R -O -W
of 140 feet to include
median.
F.M. 1709 is slated to
be a 6 -lane divided arterial
with center and right turn
lanes at intersections.
F.M. 1938 is designated to
be a 5 -lane undivided
cross section with a
continuous two -way left
turn lane. The only other
arterial in the study area is
Continental Boulevard
which is designated as a
3 -lane undivided roadway
with an 84 -foot R -O -W.
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Volume (LOS "D ") _
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Maximum Service Level
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8,400 vehicles per day
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2.4 2001 Southlake Pathways Plan.
November 3, 2004
The 2001 Southlake Pathways Plan is a pedestrian, bicyclist and equestrian non - motorized
system master plan for transportation and recreation. It builds on an earlier (1995) trail system
master plan and expanded it to include greenway connections with present and future
development wherever possible. The following section identifies the specific
recommendations of the 2001 Southlake Pathways Plan as they pertain to the Davis
Boulevard /F.M. 1938 Corridor.
The 2001 Pathways Plan
identifies on- street bicycle
facilities along F.M. 1709
and F.M. 1938. The Plan
recommends requiring 15'
outside lanes to
accommodate bicyclists on
roadways with speeds of 45
mph or more.
F.M. 1709 and F.M. 1938
are the major regional
connectors in the Northeast
Tarrant County area and
thus provide opportunities
for non - automobile access
to adjoining cities of Keller,
Grapevine, Westlake,
Trophy Club, and North
Richland Hills.
This system of on- street
bicycle facilities are to be
complemented by a network
of multi -use trails along
arterials and sidewalks
along collectors and
residential streets.
Opportunities to improve
non - motorized network in
the form of new
development and street
improvements should be
maximized.
Southlake 2025 Plan 10 Davis Boulevard /F.M. 1938
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