Tradition MPUD Amendment and Proposed Commercial/Gas Station Use
Summary
A 9.48-acre parcel at Crosstown and Fairgreen could flip from residential (106 townhomes by right) to commercial, and neighbors fear a gas station, cut-through traffic and lost privacy. The council tabled it to June 22 while the city attorney researches whether they can restrict uses.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
More commercial could help the tax base, but residents worry property values near a gas station would suffer.
The landowner and residents wanting more nearby commercial — and potentially Heritage Oaks, which gains a wall and berm buffer.
Heritage Oaks and nearby residents concerned about traffic, noise, a gas station, and loss of tree canopy and wildlife habitat.
Mentions & discussions (4)
City Council — July 13, 2026
After months of opposition from Southgate-area residents, the council finalized the Tradition MPUD amendment converting 9.4 acres from residential to commercial, with a hard ban on any gas station on Parcel 11A plus fencing and wall conditions to buffer the neighborhood.
City Council — June 22, 2026
9.48 acres next to the 523-home Heritage Oaks neighborhood would shift from residential to retail/office use. Residents demanded buffering, no cut-through access, and no gas stations; the applicant agreed to the gas-station ban and the wall will go up before any vertical construction.
City Council — May 26, 2026
A 9.48-acre parcel at Crosstown and Fairgreen could flip from residential (106 townhomes by right) to commercial, and neighbors fear a gas station, cut-through traffic and lost privacy. The council tabled it to June 22 while the city attorney researches whether they can restrict uses.
City Council — April 27, 2026
The first amendment to the Destination at Tradition master planned development regulations and concept plan was set for a quasi-judicial hearing.
Related development
Tradition Master Sign Program, Amendment 8
Businesses in the jobs corridor get signage sized for big distribution buildings and more design flexibility.
P 26-026 — Tradition MPUD Amendment No. 16
Could bring shops or offices — or a gas station — next to Heritage Oaks, with traffic the top worry.
Tradition MPUD amendment — Parcel 11A
Swaps planned townhomes for commercial next to Heritage Oaks; residents want traffic, noise and security answers first.
Tradition MPUD Sixteenth Amendment
Reduces future residential rooftops and adds commercial land use near Heritage Oaks, with protections for the neighborhood edge.
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