Civic Issues
Topics getting the most attention in Watauga, TX public meetings, ranked by how frequently they are discussed.
2 issues in development
Ridgecrest Drive planned development (Z.26-02)
Six homes on 200-foot-deep lots along Whitley Road, sharing one private drive instead of six driveways onto a busy road. A neighbor fought it over traffic and drainage; another welcomed the higher-end homes.
Saddle Crest: 88 homes on former Chapman horse farm
The former horse farm property will become an 88-home Sandlin Homes subdivision with 50-foot lots, an HOA, and 9.5 acres of open space along Singing Hills Creek. Neighbors packed the hearing worried about floodplain changes, cut-through traffic, and displaced wildlife, but the council followed its comp plan and approved both the rezoning and plat.