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PAGE Business / Employment Business / Employment uses will include office, business park, corporate campus and R&D flex space and may also include certain institutional uses such as churches and cultural facilities. These uses are located on land with high visibility and frontage along the Interstates. Some Business / Employment designated land (parcels E1, E3, and E4) may contain light industrial and warehouse distribution uses. These parcels are adjacent to light industrial properties already located along the frontage road on the south side of I-20. Retail Retail parcels have been designated at high visibility corners of the community. These include parcels at key corners along Walsh Ranch Parkway (Parcels C6 and D14) and the property frontage along the Future Outer Loop (Parcels B1 and B2). The retail located on these sites will be regional or area serving in nature. Located within the community are four designated Community Centers. These are envisioned to be mainly convenience retail in nature, and will be sized to serve the immediate residential and business communities. Town Center / Mixed Use The central segment of the Ranch contains some of the property's most visible and physically unique land. This area bounded by I-30 on the north, intersected by I-20 and bounded by an east-west Major Arterial on the south is viewed as the Walsh Ranch Town Center. It is ideally situated to serve the regional community and, in particular, Fort Worth's Far West Sector. It is a perfect location for a wide range of regional uses including retail, office, lodging, services and entertainment facilities. The Town Center / Mixed Use core (Parcel G6) may incorporate a "Main Street" retailing concept and include the vertical mixing of uses with offices and residential units over shops. The Town Center is envisioned to contain municipal and public facilities (Parcel G7) such as a post office, library and fire and medical facilities. Around the Town Center / Mixed Use core will be higher density residential which may include small lot single family dwellings as well as condominiums and apartments (Parcels G1 through G4). The area within the I-30/I-20 triangle (Parcels F1 through F9) will be a prime location for office buildings, entertainment and hotel uses requiring high visibility and exceptional access. Higher density residential units are also envisioned within the triangle. |
Multiple Use Certain parcels have been designated as Multiple Use. These are parcels that could contain a variety of land uses because of their strategic locations. From a planning standpoint, these areas of the Concept Plan must have planning flexibility in order to allow for design creativity and to provide for future market demand. Multiple Use may contain employment or business uses, support retail, entertainment facilities, institutional uses, or cultural facilities. Higher density residential uses are also appropriate for these parcels in order to achieve the mixed-use concept. For overall planning purposes, certain land use percentage assumptions have been made for these parcels in order to generate traffic projections and estimate economic benefit impact. Public / Community Facilities Sites have been designated in the Concept Plan for anticipated public and community facilities. These include two 10-acre sites, one in Quail Valley north of I-30 (Parcel B3) and one in the Town Center south of I-20 (Parcel G7). These sites can accommodate various municipal and public facilities such as fire and rescue, police station, library and/or post office. A 30-acre site is set aside for a City water treatment and storage facility. This site is located on one of the property’s highest points along the western property boundary south of I-20. School sites have been designated throughout the residential neighborhoods. These include nine 15-acre elementary school sites and two 30-acre middle school sites. The elementary schools are neighborhood based and are located to foster walking to school. The two middle school sites are located along Walsh Ranch Parkway for convenient community access. These are located near the Quail Valley Community Center in the north and near the Hildreth Hills Community Center in the south. It should be noted that the school site locations and number of schools are conceptual and based on present data. Locations and number of schools may be revised upon further detailed study, on future community demographics and coordination with the school districts. Site locations for future communication towers will be carefully considered and planned to minimize visual impact and impact on adjacent land uses.
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Residential Residential neighborhoods of various density and design have been carefully located to fit the existing land forms and take advantage of the site's natural features. These neighborhoods will reflect cluster planning principles and will contain a variety of home styles and dwelling unit types. An overall residential density of 2.5 dwelling units per gross acre is proposed. The residential densities will vary within each of the communities of Walsh Ranch offering a variety of unit types and lifestyles. A general rule of thumb is that the higher densities will be located around the Community Centers and schools and adjacent to the Business / Employment areas and Multiple Use parcels. The highest residential densities will occur within and around the Town Center. This concept allows for and promotes walking and alternate forms of transportation. The lowest residential densities are planned at the perimeter of the property to provide compatible transitions to existing and future adjacent residential neighborhoods. The lowest residential density is proposed in the somewhat segmented North Star community at the north. Open Space / Parks A major feature of Walsh Ranch that will differentiate the community from others will be the extensive open space and park system. Over 2,400 acres or 33 percent of the community will be set aside as permanent open space. The open space areas will include a 133-acre Community Park on the properties eastern boundary north of I-30, (adjacent to the City Landfill), numerous Local and Neighborhood Parks scattered throughout including 5-acre parks located at each of the 11 school sites. At least one 18-hole golf course is planned and land is reserved for a second 18-hole course. Numerous linear open space corridors are located throughout the community and many will contain pathways and trails. The open space system and its network of paths will provide routes for walking, hiking, jogging, roller blading and bicycling. Walsh Ranch will establish a Public Improvement District (PID) and a Property Owner's Association (POA) that will in combination be responsible for maintenance of all public and private open space and park areas in the community.
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