BM 2006-04-20 PZ
Minutes of April 20, 2006
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Coppell met in pre-session at 6 p.m., and in
regular session at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, April 20, 2006, in the Council Chambers of Coppell
Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019. The following members were
present:
Chairman Lee Foreman
Vice Chairman Anna Kittrell
Commissioner Mark Borchgardt
Commissioner Rick McCaffrey
Commissioner Edmund Haas
Also present were Graduate Engineer Charlene LaMattina, Acting Fire Chief Tim Oates,
Planning Director Gary Sieb, Assistant Planning Director Marcie Diamond and Secretaries Linda
Gatlin and Barbara Jahoda. Commissioners Matt Hall and Dornell Reese were absent.
PRE-SESSION (Open to the Public)
1.Briefing on the Agenda.
Staff briefed the Commission on the cases and actions taken by Council on April 11,
2006.
REGULAR SESSION (Open to the Public)
2.Call to Order.
Chairman Foreman called the meeting to order.
3.Approval of minutes dated March 16, 2006
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Vice Chairman Kittrell moved to recommend approval of the minutes of the March 16,
2006, Commission meeting, as written. Commissioner Borchgardt seconded; motion
carried (5-0) with Commissioners Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas, and Kittrell
voting in favor; none opposed.
4.PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the JWI Addition, Lots 1R, 2 and 3 Block 1,
Replat, to allow the subdivision of one lot into three lots, containing a total of 1.27 acres of
property located along the eastside of Coppell Road, approximately 200 feet south of
Cooper Lane, allowing for separate ownership of each lot, at the request of Jesse Holt.
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Presentation:
City Planner Matt Steer introduced the item to the Commission. He stated this is a replat
for the purposes of ownership change and there is no development activity planned at this
time. One owner owns the north and south properties and another owns the property in
the middle. There are existing utility easements on the southwest corner of Lot 3. There
is an existing fire lane/mutual access easement on the property line of Lots 2 and 3 and a
proposed mutual access/fire lane easement on the property line of Lot 1R and Lot 2.
Staff is recommending approval, with no outstanding conditions.
Jesse Holt – 699 Cherry Creek Lane, Canton, Texas 75703, was present to represent this
case before the Commission and answer any questions, stating agreement with staff
recommendations.
Discussion:
There was no discussion.
Public Hearing:
Chairman Foreman opened the Public Hearing, asking for people who wanted to speak
either in favor or opposition or wanted to comment on this request to come forward. No one
spoke
Chairman Foreman closed the public hearing.
Action:
Commissioner McCaffrey made a motion to approve the JWI Addition, Lots 1R, 2&3,
Block 1 Replat. Commissioner Haas seconded; motion carried 5-0 with Commissioners
Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas and Kittrell voting in favor; none opposed.
5.PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the Coppell/121 Office Park, Lot 2R, Block 1,
Site Plan Amendment, to increase the lot size by 5,764-square feet and to allow 15
additional parking spaces (11 on-site, 4 off-site) to serve the existing 8,288-square-foot one-
story medical office building on 1.29 acres of property located along the north side of S.H.
121, approximately 1,134 feet west of Denton Tap Road, at the request of Tom Wouters,
Realty Capital.
Presentation:
City Planner Matt Steer introduced the item to the Commission showing exhibits. He stated
this request is to allow for another medical office tenant to occupy this building which
requires additional parking. The Site Plan is to be extended 23 feet west of the existing
property line and a mutual access/fire lane and drive with parking with be added. There are
15 proposed parking spaces, four of which are off-site and will need to be dedicated by a
separately filed, shared parking agreement.
Staff is recommending approval, subject to the following conditions:
1.Include an additional tree in the south island of the proposed parking row.
2.Provide a shared parking agreement for the proposed off-site parking
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Mr. Tom Wouters, RCP, Coppell No. 1, Ltd., 32 Village Lane, Suite 200, Colleyville,
Texas 76038 was present to represent this case before the Commission and answer any
questions, stating he was in receipt of staff comments and will amend plan accordingly.
Discussion:
There was some discussion regarding how the fire lanes would be handled and the shared
parking agreement.
Action:
Commissioner McCaffrey made a motion to approve Coppell/121 Office Park, Lot 2R,
Block 1, Site Plan Amendment, with comments from staff.
Commissioner Borchgardt seconded; motion carried 5-0 with Commissioners
Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas, and Kittrell voting in favor; none opposed.
6.PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the Coppell/121 Office Park, Lot 2R, Block 1,
Replat and Final Plat, to increase the size of Lot 2R by 5,764-square feet and to allow 15
additional parking spaces (11 on-site, 4 off-site) to serve the existing 8,288-square-foot one-
story medical office building on 1.29 acres of property located along the north side of S.H.
121, approximately 1,134 feet west of Denton Tap Road, at the request of Tom Wouters,
Realty Capital.
Presentation:
City Planner Matt Steer introduced the item to the Commission, stating this replat is a
companion case to Item 5. There are existing easements on-site. The applicant is proposing
to extend the fire lane/mutual access easement to the west property line. As mentioned
earlier, the off-site portion of the fire lane/mutual access easement will need to be dedicated
by separate instrument.
Staff is recommending approval; subject to the following conditions:
1.Include recording information for the previously dedicated easement.
2.Comply with the attached Engineering comment sheet.
Mr. Tom Wouters, RCP, Coppell No. 1, Ltd., 32 Village Lane, Suite 200, Colleyville, Texas
76038 was present to represent this case before the Commission and answer any questions,
stating he was in receipt of staff comments and would comply with all conditions.
Public Hearing:
Chairman Foreman opened the Public Hearing, asking for people who wanted to speak
either in favor or opposition or wanted to comment on this request to come forward. No one
spoke.
Chairman Foreman closed the Public Hearing.
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Action:
Commissioner Haas made a motion to approve Coppell/121 Office Park, Lot 2R, Block
1, Replat and Final Plat, with conditions.
Commissioner McCaffrey seconded; motion carried 5-0 with Commissioners Borchgardt,
McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas, and Kittrell voting in favor; none opposed.
7.
Consider approval of the Gateway Business Park, Lot 3B, Block 2, Site Plan, to allow the
construction of an approximate 142,120-square-foot office/warehouse building on 11.62
acres of property located at the northwest corner of Freeport Parkway and Gateway Blvd., at
the request of David Meinhardt, Meinhardt & Associates Architects.
Presentation:
Assistant Planning Director Marcie Diamond introduced the item to the Commission
showing exhibits, colorboard and a color rendering for the proposed office warehouse
development. Existing on the property is an entry sign for the Gateway Business Park; the
remainder of the property is currently vacant. The applicant is proposing 10 percent office
and 90 percent warehouse and providing sufficient number of parking spaces for that ratio.
The northern 2.75 acres is to remain undeveloped at this time. One issue is the applicant
was originally proposing a 150-foot wide, mutual access driveway with the property to the
south. While not a violation of the Subdivision Ordinance, it is prohibited by the Landscape
Ordinance to have such a wide concrete area between two tracts of land.
The applicant is proposing a compromise to allow for a “grasscrete” island, which is a
concrete grid system that allows grass to grow through the concrete. The Landscape Plan
meets most of the requirements; however, there are some drafting and technical issues that
still need to be resolved. The only variance is along Freeport Parkway. Normally, one
overstory tree every 50 feet would be required; however, parallel to Freeport Parkway there
is a 40-foot TXU-wide easement as well as a 20-foot hike and bike trail. Therefore, only
ornamental trees are allowed in these two easements.
The applicant is providing a five-to-one ratio of ornamental to overstory trees. In terms of
the building elevations, the applicant has provided entry features at both ends of the
building, basically faux entries in the middle and vertical articulation about every 50 feet.
However, the entry features are only extended three feet from the face of the building and
the other vertical elements are only extended 8 inches. While it looks appropriate on the
color rendering, staff is concerned this type of undulation will not be as visible once
constructed.
Staff recommends approval of this request, subject to several conditions, which were read
into the record.
Robert McCann, 5604 Lowry Rd, Colleyville, Texas and David Meinhardt, 9556 Vinewood
Dr., Dallas, Texas, were present to represent this case before the Commission and answer
any questions.
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Discussion:
There was discussion regarding building articulation and the lack of adequate façade
breaks; purpose, durability and maintenance of grasscrete; parking and maneuvering on
westside; replating the problem of 120-foot curb cuts; and adding grasscrete detail and
maintenance notes to the site plan, etc.
Action:
Commissioner McCaffrey made a motion to approve the Gateway Business Park, Lot 3B,
Block 2, Site Plan, subject to the following conditions:
1.Show Fire Department Connection (FDC) location on Site Plan and Water Plan.
FDC must be within 50' of a fire hydrant and on the same side of the fire lane.
2.Correct the dimension of the northern property line of this parcel, and add the
dimension of the northern line of the “limits of work” on the Site Plan and the
Landscape Plan.
3.Show location of the Monument Sign on Landscape Plan.
4.Correct the size of the proposed Crape Myrtle trees from 3” caliper to either 8-10
feet in height or 45 gallons.
5.Replace the 17 Texas Mountain Laurels with an overstory tree on the Plant
Palette.
6.Add the following note to the Landscape Plan “Trees within the hike and bike
trail easement are subject to being removed in the event that the 8-12 foot wide
trail, parallel to Freeport Parkway, is constructed in the future.”
7.Resolve all discrepancies in the tree counts in the Landscape Calculations (i.e.
in the plant list, summary, and tabulations)
8.Add the grasscrete detail to site plan sheet with a note stating that “the grasscrete
area shall be maintained in good repair at all times.”
9.Increase the protrusion of the entry features from 3 to 5 feet and the vertical
architectural elements shall be increased from 8 to a minimum of 12 inches.
10.Correct discrepancy between the exterior colors specified on the elevations and
those on the color board (Jaguar or Liquorice Tint?).
11. Compliance with the attached departmental comments.
Commissioner Haas seconded, including modifications; motion carried 5-0 with
Commissioners Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas and Kittrell voting in favor; none
opposed.
8.PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of text amendments to the Coppell Zoning
Ordinance to add definitions and regulations for hotels, motels and residence hotels,
Sec. 12-42-1, Special Definitions; Sec. 12-30 Special Use Permits
specifically: amending
to allow a hotel, motel and residence hotel by Special Use Permit in “HC” and. “H” districts;
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delete these uses by Special Use Permit from the “O”, “R” and “C” districts; amend
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to delete these uses as permitted in the “H” district, and further to add
Hotel, Motel and Residence Hotel
to provide development standards for these uses.
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Presentation:
Assistant Planning Director Marcie Diamond introduced the item giving a brief history of
the hotel/motel regulations and mentioned they were a bit antiquated. Staff is
recommending regulations to reflect current market conditions. Revisions include:
1.Refining the definitions of hotels and motels.
2.Adding “Residence Hotel” to hotel uses.
3.Adding a new section of development standards, which includes a list of amenities of
which each hotel, motel, residence hotel will be required to include a minimum of three.
Items such as indoor/outdoor pools, spa, sauna, weight room, fitness center, playground,
sports court, plaza/atrium, game room, jogging trail, conference room or a full-service
restaurant.
4.Review of zoning districts with at least 35 seated in which hotels are permitted to be
located.
With these revisions, hotels, motels, and residences hotels will only be permitted by Special
Use Permit in Highway Commercial and Historic districts.
Staff is recommending approval of the text regulations, which were read into the record.
Discussion:
There was some discussion about the amenities and the meaning of full-service restaurants.
A full-service restaurant is defined by a seating capacity of at least 35. The ability to select
amenities is innovative and is a performance-based zoning ordinance. Ms. Diamond stated
the City of Frisco has similar development standards and has had no problems with this
requirement.
Public Hearing:
Chairman Foreman opened the Public Hearing, asking for people who wanted to speak
either in favor or opposition or wanted to comment on this request to come forward. No one
spoke.
Chairman Foreman closed the Public Hearing.
Action:
Vice Chairman Kittrell made a motion to approve the text amendments to the Coppell
Zoning Ordinance to add definitions and regulations for hotels, motels and residence
hotels within the City of Coppell.
Commissioner Borchgardt seconded; motion carried 5-0 with Commissioners
Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman, Haas, and Kittrell voting in favor; none opposed.
9.General discussion concerning planning and zoning issues.
A.Update on Council planning agenda actions on April 11, 2006:
a) Continuation of
Case No. PD-212-LI, Freeport North, northern portion of
Lot 1, Block 1, (CitiFinancial), zoning change request from LI to PD-212-
LI, to amend the approved Site Plan to allow an expansion to the off-street
parking areas; to allow deficits in parking and landscaping, and to allow
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additional site modifications on 12.28 acres of property located at 1111
Northpoint Drive.
b) Case No. PD-213-H, Coppell Commons, zoning change request from H to
PD-213-H with a Concept Site Plan to allow the development of 39
townhouse units, recreation, open space and common areas on 5.561 acres
of property located along the east side of Coppell Road, approximately 210
feet north of Bethel Road.
c)Case No. S-1233-LI, T-Mobile, zoning change request from to S-1233-LI,
to allow nine (9) flush-mounted panel telecommunication antennae to be
mounted on an existing water tower and an equipment cabinet within the
base of the water tower, located at 510 Southwestern Boulevard.
d)Case No. PD-199R3-HC, Vista Point II, Lot 2R, Block A, zoning change
request from PD-199-HC to PD-199R3-HC to attach a Detail Site Plan to
allow the development of three buildings containing a total of
approximately 115,525-square feet on 10.046 acres of property located
along the west side of MacArthur Boulevard, south of S.H. 121.
e)Vista Point II, Lot 2R, Block A, Replat, to revise the locations of the fire
lanes to allow the development of three buildings containing a total of
approximately 115,525-square feet on 10.046 acres of property located
along the west side of MacArthur Boulevard, south of S.H. 121.
During Pre-Session, Planning Director Sieb advised the Commission of Council’s
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actions on April 11 , mentioning that Item “a” above was postponed to Council’s
May 9th meeting; that Item “b” would go back to Planning and Zoning
Commission, probably in June; that Item “c” has withdrawn; and that Items “d” and
“e” were approved as recommended by the Commission.
B.Director’s comments:
Planning Director Sieb and the Commission acknowledged this as Linda Gatlin’s
first meeting and that she did a commendable job.
With nothing further to discuss, the meeting adjourned at approximately 7:30 p.m.
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Lee Foreman, Chairman
ATTEST: _____________________
Linda Gatlin, Secretary
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