Development Review Committee
The Development Review Committee is a technical review committee that reviews development applications for compliance with the city's ordinances, standards, and regulations and for consistency with the comprehensive plan. The Planning & Development Services (PDS) Department coordinates the DRC's activities by assigning development application submittals and re-submittals to DRC meetings in accordance with case management guidelines, compiling submitted application materials and forwarding the materials to the DRC members, and compiling the reviews from the DRC members and forwarding the reviews to the applicant.
The DRC is comprised of staff members from several departments, as outlined in the following table:
Technical Issue | Responsible Department or Division | Staff Member Contact |
General plan and submittal requirements, zoning regulations, and subdivision regulations | PDS Current Planning Division | Assigned case planner or Clayton Comstock, Planner (817) 748-8269 |
Consistency with elements of the comprehensive plan (Southlake 2025) | PDS Comprehensive Planning Division | Jenny Crosby, Planner (817) 748-8195 |
Master Sign Plans and sign regulations | PDS Comprehensive Planning Division | Jenny Crosby, Planner (817) 748-8195 |
Tree preservation and landscaping | PDS Current Planning Division | Keith Martin, Landscape Administrator (817) 748-8229 |
Building codes, lighting ordinance, and noise ordinance | PDS Building Inspections Division | Chuck Bloomberg Skip Vandergrifft Susie Hernandez (817) 748-8236 (Main number) |
Fire code (fire sprinklers, hydrants, fire lanes, etc.) | Fire Services | David Barnes, Fire Marshal (817) 748-8233 |
Park dedication requirements and trails | Community Services | Julie Dove, Parks Project Coordinator (817) 748-8026 |
Engineering, public infrastructure, and drainage | Public Works | Cheryl Taylor, City Engineer (817) 748-8100 |