Applicant requests an extension of time from May 6, 2026, until August 18, 2026, on the preliminary zoning approval to complete the processes of bidding, financing, and starting construction of the infrastructure improvements for Phase I of the Lakeside Bayou Subdivision. This extension is necessary to sync up with a time extension being requested from the City Commission for the reservation of utility capacity in the Utility Services Agreement with GCMUD 53. 

On August 18, 2021, the City Commission held a public hearing upon advertised notice and at thereafter voted to give preliminary zoning approval to the request by 418 Southlake LTD to rezone from “A” (Single Family Residential) to “I” (Planned Unit Development) approximately 438 acres of undeveloped land located north of FM517, south of FM 646 and west of FM 3436. Planning Board reviewed and recommended the master plan and development agreement for approval at its meeting on June 21, 2021, and the Zoning Commission held a public hearing and recommended approval of the zoning change at its meeting on July 20, 2021.

In 2022, the developer requested and received a 12-month extension to the preliminary zoning approval, which was effective through August 18, 2023. In 2023, the developer requested a second extension of time, which was effective through August 18, 2024.  On November 6, 2023 received final plat approval for Sections 1, 3, and 4, which constitute all of Phase I. The final plat approvals are effective for thirty months and extended the viability of the preliminary zoning approval until May 6, 2026.   

Contemporaneously with this request for extension of time of the Preliminary Zoning Approval, the Developer is requesting an extension of time to the Utility Services Agreement. The purpose of this extension of time for the preliminary zoning approval is to sync up with the extension of time to the Utility Services Agreement. The extension will prompt the efficient administration of the subdivision development.    
 

Upon review, staff recommends approval of the extension of time to the preliminary zoning approval of the Lakdeside Bayou Subdivision from District A (Single Family Residential) to District I (Planned Unit Development) from May 6, 2026 to August 18, 2026.  The request for extension is timely because the preliminary zoning approval has not yet expired. The extension appears warranted because the project is large and complex, and Applicant has diligently continued its development activities and remained in satisfactory contact with city staff. No significant changes have occurred which warrant a reconsideration of any of the infrastructure development. The terms and conditions of the approved PUD remain compliant with current city planning and development policies. 

The Planning Board considered the third request for extension of time at its meeting on July 21, 2025, and recommends approval of the extension based upon the justification provided by the applicant.