On July 12, League City City Council voted in favor of combining two tracts into one and rezoning them to make them a single planned unit development, or PUD. The Stedman-West PUD, originally 640 acres, will now be 804 acres after council’s action added to the PUD a 164-acre parcel located east of the Stedman-West tract.
David Hoover, League City director of planning and development, said combining the tracts, located south of League City Parkway and west of McFarland Road, will result in a better overall development. One of the major differences between the tracts being separate and combined is connectivity, he said.
“The internal connections will be better,” Hoover said of the single PUD, noting driving from Stedman-West to the Westwood development to the east and beyond will be easier under a combined PUD.
The PUD will include plenty of detention ponds considering the land is flat and prone to collecting rainwater, Hoover said.
“It will take a great deal of detention to manage that water,” he said.
The city wants to add amenities to the ponds, such as fishing piers, kayaking opportunities, fountains and enhanced trails. In addition, the PUD will have to include at least 25 acres of parkland, and a regional park will border the south part of the development, Hoover said.
“I’m pleased. I’m excited,” said Council Member Larry Millican, who went on to voice concerns about the development but eventually voted in favor of it.
Council Member Andy Mann was the sole council member to vote against the PUD. Council Member Chad Tressler was absent.
“It looks like it’s going to be beautiful, ... but at the end of the day, all of this is going to dump onto [Hwy.] 96,” said Mann, who lives on the west side of the city and often expresses concerns about traffic.
In June, League City approved a similar measure to rezone about 838 acres of an existing planned unit development known as the McAlister PUD to a new PUD called Westland Ranch.
