Haslet council approves Cross City North church site plan and Hicks & Harmon preliminary plat with conditions

The Haslet City Council on Aug. 18 approved a pair of land‑use items: a site and landscape plan for Cross City North, a proposed 20,000‑square‑foot, 450‑seat church on a 6.25‑acre site at Haslet Parkway and Sweetgrass; and the Hicks & Harmon addition preliminary plat in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Council action included conditions addressing traffic and future road access.

Cross City North site plan Planning staff reviewed the package — site plan, landscape plan, photometric plan and building elevations — and said the submission met ordinance standards for trees and screening. The architect and the church’s pastor answered questions about vehicular circulation; engineering staff said a deceleration lane on Haslet Parkway may be required depending on the project phase. The council opened a public hearing; no members of the public spoke and the council approved the plan unanimously.

Hicks & Harmon preliminary plat and Keller Hicks Road The preliminary plat covers property in Haslet’s ETJ and includes an industrial tract, a commercial lot and two existing billboard tracts. Engineering staff noted most construction would occur on the developer’s property and that the county and Fort Worth have interests in the corridor. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval with additional consideration that the pre‑annexation agreement address long‑term access and potential future widening of Keller Hicks Road, which may involve multiple jurisdictions. The council approved the preliminary plat 5‑0 with explicit direction that access and construction considerations for Keller Hicks be addressed in the pre‑annexation agreement.

Why it matters Approvals clear the way for new institutional and commercial development and for right‑of‑way and road planning along a corridor that multiple jurisdictions must coordinate. Staff said future traffic studies and design work will determine whether turn lanes or a signal are required and whether improvements will be phased.

Conditions and follow up Engineering staff will continue to work with the applicants on traffic circulation, deceleration lanes and construction phasing. The Hicks & Harmon approval was conditioned on further pre‑annexation agreement language addressing Keller Hicks access and construction; staff said final plats and annexation agreements will follow once engineering details are resolved.