Development
BY GRACIE WARHURST
Lakeside Estates to bring 1,000 homes
The details
Per the MUD’s consent agreement, onsite ame- nities include a private amenity center, pedestrian and bike trails that connect to the Goodwater Loop trail, and public parkland. The district and homeowner’s association will be required to main- tain all of the parkland and open space, including drainage and landscaping. The public parkland will have multisport courts, picnic tables, restrooms, covered pavilions, playgrounds and dog parks. Wrought iron fences will separate the public park area from homes. The agreement also stipulates that the single-family homes will have varying lot widths from 45 feet to half an acre.
The Lakeside Estates MUD will consist of 722 acres located in western Williamson County, on the cli s above Lake Georgetown. Assistant City Manager Nick Woolery said MUD consent agreements are the process the city uses to lock in land-use and development standards. “The developer and the city team have put in a lot of time to turn this into what I think is going to be a really nice project for the community,” Woolery said.
The Lakeside Estates municipal utility district will create a neighborhood with over 1,000 new homes, extensive parkland and a hotel after Georgetown City Council approved the nal reading of the MUD’s consent agreement Aug. 26. Forterra Developers will lead the project, located in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The MUD will have a maximum tax rate of $0.975 per $100 valuation.
Lakeside Estates’ land plan includes: • About 437 acres for 1,312 single- family homes • 14.6 acres for a hotel or resort • Nearly 187 acres for open green space • 14.7 acres for a wastewater treatment package plant
What else?
Forterra Developers will make several road improvements and additions, per the agreement, including: • Extending Cross Creek Road as a north-south connection to Hwy. 29 • Construction of a main thoroughfare through the neighborhood Williamson County will own the roads and take care of maintenance and repair. The district and HOA will be responsible for the landscape bu ers and sidewalks. The developer will also construct a 30-inch waterline and a wastewater treatment package plant.
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