Frisco's Planning & Zoning Commission would give up its vote on two kinds of routine plats under a set of subdivision ordinance changes that return for a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 10.
City staff recommend that the director of development services, rather than the commission, approve final plats and conveyance plats. The commission would keep authority over preliminary plats, minor plats, replats and amending plats, according to the staff report for the 6:30 p.m. meeting.
Why staff want the change
A final plat comes after a site plan or preliminary plat has already been approved and after the city's engineering director has confirmed that streets, utilities and other public improvements are built and accepted. Today, once staff comments are resolved, the plat still waits for a spot on a commission agenda.
Staff say that step usually adds about two weeks before the plat can be recorded with the county, and that letting the director sign off would let permits and certificates of occupancy move sooner.
Conveyance plats, which divide land without approving any development on it, would follow the same path. Staff note the commission already reviews the preliminary site plans those plats must match.
The report cites House Bill 3699, a 2023 state law that widened the plat approvals cities may hand to administrative staff.
Tuesday's consent agenda shows how often the issue comes up: it carries 12 final or conveyance plats, including lots in Fields West, 352 urban living units at The Link and 620 more on two lots in the Trike Addition.
