The proposed Dietz Elkhorn development will receive preliminary feedback at the Fair Oaks Ranch Planning and Zoning Commission’s Oct. 8 workshop. The workshop is for feedback, not final approval.
The commission is scheduled for a workshop on planned unit development rules and a preliminary concept plan for 8923 and 8979 Dietz Elkhorn Road.
What the development workshop covers
Staff is reviewing the planned unit development application before formal public hearings. The proposed planned unit development covers approximately four acres at 8923 and 8979 Dietz Elkhorn Road. The applicant is seeking feedback on a layout that would put surface parking in front and use a larger front setback. Those design requests are part of a preliminary concept, not adopted zoning terms.
The packet describes a later path for a final submission, legal review and formal public hearings before the planning commission and City Council. City Council feedback is anticipated on Oct. 15. Residents following the site should watch for that feedback and for a subsequently posted final application, which would provide a firmer basis for assessing the design and any proposed development standards.
Other posted business
The agenda also calls for opening proceedings, a citizens forum and consideration of the commission’s Aug. 13 meeting minutes on consent. Those minutes describe an earlier meeting; their inclusion in the Oct. 8 packet does not make the earlier discussion a new decision. The retained agenda inventory identifies no separate rezoning vote, plat, contract or spending item for Oct. 8.
How to attend and comment
The Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is scheduled for Oct. 8, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the Public Safety Training Room at the Police Station, 7286 Dietz Elkhorn Road. The posted citizens forum instructions call for speakers to sign the attendance roster in the foyer and limit remarks to five minutes each. Anyone wishing to speak should check the official agenda and any later posting for the current procedure before attending.
The clearest next verification point is the commission’s Oct. 8 discussion: its feedback may shape a final application, but the posted workshop itself is not a final development decision. Later agendas and hearing notices should show when a formal proposal reaches a vote.