What: design review study session for Lakeside Village at Morrison Ranch, a roughly 6-acre commercial site north of Higley Road and Bloomfield Road with about 14 buildings, a lakefront, valet parking and a planned area development overlay.
Where it stands: at the October 28 study session the Commission said it was not comfortable with construction documents at risk because of the 215-space parking reduction (about 800 surface spaces, 194 of them valet, against a little over 1,000 required) and unresolved access points. Staff will bring it back for formal hearing.
2026-10-28 - Staff presented the site plan, landscaping, valet parking plan and sample elevations and asked for general feedback; the applicant asked to proceed with construction documents at risk.
2026-10-28 - Staff concerns: the valet parking reduction (an administrative use permit has not yet been filed), trash compactors removed from the plans that could later affect parking and circulation, and the alignment of a neighborhood electric vehicle entrance and an emergency access along Kenneth Lane, which the applicant is open to combining.
2026-10-28 - A neighborhood meeting with material samples drew a favorable response; staff said the elevations understate the materials and renderings and a colors and materials board will come with the formal hearing.
2026-10-28 - Commissioners questioned the future gating at Kenneth Lane, disliked the amount of angled parking, noted valet does not count as public parking (about 60 percent of required parking), and one found the elevations did not fit the Morrison Ranch design theme. The Commission said it was not comfortable with construction documents at risk at this time.