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City of Leander Planning Department Project Name:

104 North Brushy Street

PO Box 319 Submittal Date:

Leander, Texas 78646-0319

Fax (512) 528-2729 File #:

www.leandertx.gov (City will assign)

TOD CONCEPT PLAN

TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTORS

S1, S2, & S3

APPLICATION & CHECKLIST

This application and checklist is provided as a service of the City of Leander. Its purpose is to assist the applicant in preparing a

proposal that meets City standards so it can be expedited through the review process.

AN APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CONCEPT PLAN APPLICATION.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Please contact the Planning Department at 512-528-2751 to schedule an appointment. All fees are required to be

verified prior to scheduling the submittal meeting. The application will not be accepted if the fees are incorrect.

INSTRUCTIONS

 Fill out the following application and checklist completely prior to submission.

 Current applications and City ordinances may be found on the City’s website (www.leandertx.gov

) or at City Hall.

 Place a check mark on each line if you have complied with that item. Indicate with N/A if the item does not apply

to your plan.

 This checklist is only a guide. All state and local subdivision requirements cannot be reflected on this checklist. If

there are any questions regarding subdivision regulations, the applicant should consult the source law. City

ordinances can be obtained from the City of Leander at our website or at city hall.

 Please refer to the “Submittal Schedule” for submittal deadlines (http://www.leandertx.gov

TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTORS S1, S2, S3

 New Community applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of the SmartCode, for the appropriate

Sector and requiring no Exceptions, shall be processed administratively.

 Approval of a Concept Plan for one or more Community Units that require Exceptions to this Code shall follow the

process for a zoning ordinance amendment as prescribed in the Composite Zoning Ordinance.

 Concept Plans may overlap Sectors, but such plans shall follow the Community Unit standards of the Sector

containing the greater land area.

 The owner of a parcel smaller than the minimum acreage required for a Community Unit within the S1 Sector or

S2 Sector may submit a Concept Plan for a Community Unit for the Pedestrian Shed containing the parcel, and

may request the allocation of one or more Transect Zones for the Participating Parcel based on (1) the location of

the parcel and (2) the permitted allocation percentages within the requested Community Unit.

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REQUIRED ITEMS FOR SUBMITTAL PACKAGE:

Submit the following items to the Planning Department or include on the Concept Plan:

___ 1. Completed and signed application/checklist.

___ 2. Fourteen (14) sets of prints of the concept plan – 24” X 36” Collated and folded into fourths (9” x 12”)

with the name of the subdivision showing. (Original is not submitted.)

___ 3. One (1) 11” x 17” set of prints of the concept plan.

___ 4. If an Exception is requested, the following items are required:

a. A tax map or maps highlighting the subject property and showing the line extending 200 feet

from the perimeter of the subject property.

b. A computer printout from the appraisal district listing property owners within 200 feet of the

property.

c. One set of mailing labels to notify owners of property (as determined by the most recent tax rolls

from the County Appraisal District) with any part located within 200 feet of the subject property.

d. County short ID # of subject property _________________________.

___ 5. Copy of deed showing current ownership.

___ 6. A letter identifying proposed source of water/wastewater utilities and if annexation is proposed.

___ 7. Is applicant proposing a development agreement? (Y/N) If yes, provide a letter explaining proposal.

___ 8. Is this plan subject to an approved PUD, or development agreement? (Y/N) Name:

___ 9. Copy of park or civic space proposal.

___ 10. Copy of certified tax certificate.

___ 11. Submit a recent Title Commitment (within one year).

___ 12. PDF copy of submittal package on a disk.

___ 13. Filing Fee (calculation listed below).

FILING FEE CALCULATION:

Owner Notification Fee – $5.00 per owner notification (only required if an Exception is requested): $

Notification Sign – $30.00 per sign (1 sign at edge of the roadway frontage with signs no more than 300’

apart along frontage) (only required if an Exception is requested):

Professional Recovery Fee: $ 250.00

TOTAL FEE (due at the time of application submission): $

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APPLICANT INFORMATION:

Please Note: The signature of owner authorizes City of Leander staff to visit and inspect the property for which this

application is being submitted. The signature also indicates that the applicant or his agent has reviewed the

requirements of this checklist and all items on this checklist have been addressed and complied with. If there are

multiple property owners, please submit multiple copies of this sheet.

The agent is the official contact person for this project and the single point of contact. All correspondence and

communication will be conducted with the agent. If no agent is listed, the owner will be considered the agent.

(Check One):

I, the owner, will represent this application with the City of Leander.

I, the owner, hereby authorize the person named below to act as my agent in processing this application with the

City of Leander.

(Check One):

I, the owner, hereby request that this application be placed on the agenda for final action at the first available

Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting even if I have not addressed all staff comments. I realize this could

result in a disapproval of my application.

I, the owner, hereby request that this application not be placed on a Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for

final action until I have addressed all staff comments.

OWNERSHIP INFORMATION:

Property Owner: Company:

(If property ownership is in the name of a partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust or other entity, please list the official name of

the entity and the name of the managing partner.

Phone: Fax:

Address: City: State: Zip:

Email: Mobile:

By signing this form, the owner of the property authorizes the City of Leander to begin proceedings in accordance with

the process for the type of application indicated above. Owner further acknowledges that submission of an application

does not in any way obligate the City to approve the application. By signing this form the owner of the property

authorizes the City of Leander to enter upon the property to perform all necessary inspections and acknowledges that

the construction will be in accordance with the City of Leander standards and the approved construction documents.

By indicating an agent on the application, the property owner authorizes the agent to represent the request and all

official contact will be between the City of Leander and the agent.

Owner’s Signature: Date:

THE STATE OF §

§ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

COUNTY OF §

Before me, , on this day personally appeared ,

known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he

or she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

Given under my hand and seal of office this day of , .

Notary Public's Signature

My Commission Expires:

AGENT INFORMATION:

If an agent is representing the owner of the property, please complete the following information:

Agent Name: Company:

Phone: Fax:

Address: City: State: Zip:

Email: Mobile:

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I hereby attest that I prepared this application/checklist and that all information shown hereon is correct and complete

to the best of my knowledge.

Signature Name (printed) Date

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN AND/OR

SUBMITTED WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN:

GENERAL INFORMATION

___ 1. Each section heading represents a plan sheet associated with the submittal. The following sheets shall be

included in the following order:

 Cover Sheet

 Concept Plan

 Civic Space Plan

COVER SHEET

___ 1. Title block including the following in the top center of the page:

Subdivision Name

Concept Plan

Project Number (This number will be assigned during the first review of the plan set)

___ 2. Location sketch below the title block. This sketch shall include major roadways and identify the property

location.

___ 3. Project information in the upper left corner including the following:

 Property owner name, address, and phone number

 Engineer name, address, and phone number

 Surveyor name, address, and phone number

 Project agent, address, and phone number

 Submittal date

 Property Zoning

 Future Land Use Category as identified on the Future Land Use Map

___ 4. Index in the upper right corner including the sheet name and number.

___ 5. Example cover sheet:

Subdivision Name

Concept Plan

Project Number

Location Sketch

Index

Project

Information

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CONCEPT PLAN

___ 1. Scale 1” = some number of feet divisible by 10 (1” = 100, or if the plan is too large for a 24” X 36”

sheet, 1” = 200’)

___ 2. A layout of the entire tract and its relationship to adjacent property, existing development and recorded plats.

___ 3. All owner’s names, deed or plat references and property lines of property within two hundred (200) feet of the

development boundaries, as determined by current tax rolls.

___ 4. Topographic contours at ten (10) foot intervals or less.

___ 5. Proposed major categories of land use by acreage showing compatibility of land use with the Master Plan.

___ 6. Proposed acreage of each Transect Zone and the percent of each Transect Zone relative to the total.

___ 7. Proposed number and size of residential and non-residential lots, tracts or parcels together with the estimated

number of LUE’s required for each category of lots.

___ 8. Graphic representations of the boundaries of the Community Unit(s) and the Pedestrian Shed(s).

___ 9. General location of the Transect Zones (and subzones if any).

___ 10. Concept plan worksheet that includes the sector designation, total area, existing and proposed allocation of

transect zones.

___ 11. Proposed and existing arterial and collector streets to serve the general area with ROW widths labeled. Does

subdivision comply with the City of Leander Transportation Plan? (Y/N) If no, provide a letter of

explanation. Adjacent boundary streets have adequate ROW.

___ 12. Identify Type A, B, and C Streets that are located within Employment Mixed Use, Neighborhood Center,

Community Center, or Activity Center designations as identified by the Comprehensive Plan. One Type A

street is required per quadrant.

___ 13. Arrows demonstrating access to adjacent properties.

___ 14. Location of sites for parks, schools and other public uses, and all areas of common ownership.

___ 15. The Civic Space requirements as listed in Section 3.4 of the SmartCode.

___ 16. Trails as required by the Transportation Plan.

___ 17. A proposed phasing plan for the development of future sections.

___ 18. Information showing that the proposed subdivision complies with the Transportation Criteria Manual street

design standards including intersection sight distance, minimum horizontal curve radii, tangent spacing

between curves, intersection spacing, ROW widths, etc.

___ 19. Boundary streets have been reviewed for adequate ROW and improvements. If boundary street

improvements are needed, these are described by a note on the plan.

___ 20. Significant drainage features and structures including any regulatory one hundred (100) year flood plains. If

there is no one hundred (100) year flood plain on the property, a note on the plan indicating that there are no

identified flood hazard areas in the planned area and cite the appropriate FEMA map as the reference.

___ 21. Significant features on or within 200 feet of the property such as railroads, roads, buildings, utilities and

drainage structures.

___ 22. Approximate boundaries, development density and anticipated timing of proposed phases of development.

___ 23. Identification of known exceptional topographical, cultural, historical, archaeological, hydrological and other

physical conditions of the property to be developed, or existing within two hundred (200) feet of the property,

which will require the establishment of reasonable design standards in excess of the established minimum

standards or require a variance from those established minimum standards.

___ 24. Location of City limit lines and/or outer border of the City’s extra-territorial jurisdiction, as depicted on the

City’s most recent base map, if either such line traverses or is contiguous to the development’s boundary.

___ 25. Traffic Impact Analysis is not required for development within Traditional Development Sectors S1, S2, & S3.

CIVIC SPACE

___ 1. Civic Zones dedicated for public use shall be required for each Community Unit and designated on the

Transect Map as Civic Space (CS), Civic Building (CB), or more generally Civic Zone (CZ).

___ 2. A Civic Zone may be permitted by Warrant if it does not occupy more than 20% of a Pedestrian Shed,

otherwise it is subject to the creation of a Special District. See Section 3.5.

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___ 3. Any single Civic Space large enough to fall under a Special District designation, and/or wholly or partially

within an area already designated as parkland on the City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan,

shall be considered in a public process per Section 61 Park Land Dedication and Park Improvements section

of the Subdivision Ordinance.

___ 4. The Civic Space requirements of this Code shall satisfy the requirement for the dedication of parkland

pursuant to the Park Land Dedication and Park Improvements section of the Subdivision Ordinance, but park

improvement fees as required therein shall still apply.

___ 5. Right-of-way for all Primary and Secondary Trails identified on the Transportation Plan are required to be

dedicated as Civic Space.

___ 6. Civic Space General to Zones T3, T4, T5, T6

 Civic Spaces shall be assigned to a minimum of 5% cumulatively of the area of each Community Unit.

 Any new Civic Spaces shall be designed in context with Transect Zones as generally described in Table

3F and approved by the Planning Director.

 Each Pedestrian Shed shall contain one main Civic Space at minimum. The main Civic Space shall be

within 800 feet of the geographic center of each Pedestrian Shed, unless topographic conditions, pre-

existing thoroughfare alignments or other circumstances prevent such location.

 A Civic Space designed and equipped as a playground shall be provided within 800 feet of 75%

minimum of the residential units within the Pedestrian Shed.

 Each Civic Space shall have 50% minimum of its perimeter enfronting a thoroughfare, except for

playgrounds and pocket parks.

 Civic Spaces may be permitted within Special Districts by Warrant.

___ 7. Civic Space Special Districts (SD)

 Special District designations shall be assigned to Civic Spaces that, by their intrinsic size, function, or

form, cannot conform to the requirements of their Transect Zone(s).

FINAL SUBMITTAL MEETING:

To expedite the review process, staff has implemented a Final Submittal Approval Process. This process replaces the

regular review cycle and submittal cycle. Instead of providing a formal submittal, a meeting with the applicant and

staff will be held. Projects are eligible for final submittal meetings when there are only a few minor comments

remaining. Staff will notify the applicant in the comment letter when they are eligible. This meeting will require the

applicant to bring:

 Two final, full sized sets of plans

 A comment response letter indicating how the staff comments were addressed.

APPROVAL PROCESS:

After the review is complete and staff has approved the concept plan, the concept plan may be scheduled for review by

the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council. A public hearing is required for approval of the concept plan. The

Planning & Zoning Commission is a recommending body and will make a recommendation to the City Council. The City

Council will take final action on the approval of the concept plan. The following documents are required to be submitted

to schedule the plan for review by the Commission and Council.



Two final, full sized set of plans

 A disk with the AutoCAD or GIS digital file and a pdf of the concept plan

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES

Please submit at the time of submission of application and update disclosures within 7 business days after the date

of an event that would make a statement in the questionnaire incomplete or inaccurate.

ARTICLE 9.05, CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES – CODE OF ETHICS:

http://z2codes.franklinlegal.net/franklin/Z2Browser2.html?showset=leanderset

 Ethics Ordinance – Disclosure Statements

The City’s Ethics Ordinance requires persons seeking to enter discretionary contracts with the City or appearing

before the City Council or another City board or body to disclose certain relationships and conflicts of interest.

The relevant sections of the Ethics Ordinance are set forth below. The Ethics Ordinance can be found in Article

9.05, Chapter 9 of the City’s Code of Ordinances at the above link.

Sec. 9.05.007 Persons doing business with the city

(a) Persons seeking discretionary contracts.

(1) For the purpose of assisting the city in the enforcement of provisions contained in this article, an

individual or business entity seeking a discretionary contract from the city is required to disclose in

connection with a proposal for a discretionary contract any conflict of interest. This is set forth

in sections 9.05.004 and 9.05.005

of this article. Further, the individual or business entity agree to

abide by the same ethical standards as set forth for public servants in this article.

(2) Subsection (a) of this section will become a permanent footnote on documents contained in city bid

packets for discretionary contracts.

(b) Disclosure of conflicts of interest by persons appearing before a board or city body. A person appearing before

any city board or other city body for the purpose of doing business with the city shall disclose to that board or

body any facts known to such person which may show or establish that:

(1) An employee or officer of the city that advises or makes presentations to the board or city body;

(2) Any member of the board or city body;

has or may have a conflict of interest pursuant to chapter 171, Tex. Loc. Gov’t. Code, or an interest which

would violate the ethical standards set forth in this article, if he or she were to participate in the processing or

consideration of the subject matter.

Sec. 9.05.009(f) Disclosure by persons appearing before a city body. Any person who appears before any city

body who has had business dealings within the preceding 12-month period involving one or more transactions of five

hundred dollars ($500.00) or more each quarter, or for a total of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or more,

within the preceding 12-month period with a councilmember, commissioner, or business entity in which a

councilmember or commissioner has a substantial interest, shall disclose such business dealings at the time of the

appearance. Any person who shall intentionally or knowingly fail to make the aforesaid disclosure shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be fined in accordance with this article.

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