Southlake council to revisit Carroll Crossing mixed-use development in Jan. 7 meeting

A proposed 33-acre development in Southlake will return before City Council on Jan. 7.

During the lone meeting in December, Carroll Crossing was presented but ultimately tabled after more than an hour of discussion from the public and council.

The details

The plan was originally presented to council during a Nov. 19 meeting for a first reading and moved to the second meeting Dec. 3.

The proposed mixed-use development, located at 1963 W. Southlake Blvd., would include five retail spots, including a drive-thru restaurant, and a separate part of the development would have had 30 single-family homes with private, gated access.

What happened

The latest plan was revised to include 25 residential lots, with the average lot size totaling 10,588 square feet, according to a presentation by Curtis Young from Sage Group.

An area of green space that was included in the November presentation was removed to increase the average lot size from 9,288 square feet.

Young said the lots would be a quarter of an acre, but some members of council suggested looking at making them a half acre to mirror nearby housing subdivisions.

“We’ve got to give them something to shoot for,” Place 2 Council Member Dr. Randy Robbins said.

What else?

Residents and council members raised concerns about the impact on traffic on Peytonville Avenue from the residential portion of the development. The current plan would have traffic flowing onto Peytonville Avenue near Southlake Senior High School.

Young said there would be alterations made to have the residential traffic flow toward Players Circle instead of Peytonville Avenue. These amendments will be presented in the Jan. 7 meeting.

Zooming in

Lou Olerio is the owner of the acreage and spoke to council. The owner of Olerio Homes said he did not want to deal with the complications of having the entire property become commercial developments.

“I do not want to go down the road of higher density commercial and two-story office buildings, because the dirt is too expensive for half-acre lots,” he said. “The numbers do not pencil out. Whether it's me or anybody else, the deal will not pencil out that way. If I have to just develop the Peytonville piece into offices, I can do that, and then you're gonna end up with that same traffic issue coming out of offices on Peytonville.”