What happened
Frisco Planning and Zoning Commission members during a July 23 meeting recommended the city reject layout plans for two pieces of Firefly Park:
Commission members can only make recommendations for Frisco City Council members to take action on. Their request to reject Firefly Park’s plans came from a city staff review, which found they did not comply with multiple city codes and ordinances, including:
- Not showing easements
- Adding walls close to a sewer main
- Not adding utilities to all plans
- Not labeling sewer easements
- Not labeling the land owned by the Frisco Economic Development Corporation
- Not including updated parking calculations
- Not meeting Frisco’s zoning ordinance requirements
- Not updating street name labels
- Not meeting requirements outlined in the planned development documents
- Not labeling fire service
- Not showing sidewalk plans clearly
- Having trees too close to pedestrian crossing
- Not including pedestrian and sidewalk connections
- Not including updated speed tables
- Adding walls along a fire lane
- Having trees on meter vaults
“I thought staff found some good items to address, so hopefully those get taken care of,” Planning and Zoning Commissioner Jon Kendall said.
Firefly Park developers had originally submitted the plans to the city in May and received a 30-day extension on June 25 to address the notes they received.
A third Firefly Park site plan on the July 23 agenda was granted a second 30-day extension and will be discussed during the commission’s Aug. 12 meeting.
In case you missed it
Located across over 240 acres at the corner of PGA Parkway and Dallas Parkway, Firefly Park was first discussed by city officials in 2014. After years of updates, zoning for the project was approved by council members earlier this year on April 2.
Members of the Frisco Economic Development Corporation and Firefly Park developers later entered a partnership agreement to make the development a reality on April 18.
What comes next
Firefly Park developers are expected to address the city’s notes before the project is discussed again by either council or the commission again at a future meeting.
