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OR 297-A-10 Implements streetscape plan; add'l parking requirements AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 297A10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, TO IMPLEMENT THE STREETSCAPE PLAN OF THE CITY; PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALONG DIVIDED ARTERIALS; PROVIDING ADDITIONAL VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERSECTIONS; PROVIDING NEW SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Zoning Commission and the Governing Body of the City of Coppell, Texas, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas with reference to the granting of zoning changes under the zoning ordinance and zoning map, have given requisite notices by publication and otherwise, and after holding due hearings and affording a full and fair hearing to all property owners general]y, the said Governing Body is of the opinion that Ordinance Number 979, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, should be amended in the exercise of its legislative discretion; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS: SECTION 1, That Section 21.4, Parking Requirements of the "O" Office District, be amended by adding thereto the following additional paragraph: "Along existing or future divided arterials which have been identified as primary image zones in the Streetscape Plan, no parking will be allowed within fifteen (15) feet of the property line except under conditions specified in Section 33. At all intersections, the no parking areas shall include a nine (9) feet by nine (9) feet triangle whose sides coincide with lhe ten (10) or fifteen (15) feet no parking lines adjacent to the right-of-way lines. (See Figure 13 of the Coppell Streetscape Plan). These no parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with standards established in Section 33." SECTION 2. That Section 22.4, Parking Requirements of the "R" Retail District, be amended by adding thereto the following additional paragraph: "Along existing or future divided arterials which have been identified as primary image zones in the Streetscape Plan, no parking will be allowed within fifteen (15) feet of the property line except under conditions specified in Section 33. At all intersections, the no parking areas shall include a nine (9) feet by nine (9) feet triangle whose sides coincide with the ten (10) or fifteen (15) feet no parking lines adjacent to the right-of-way lines. (See Figure 13 of the Coppell Streetscape Plan). These no parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with standards established in Section 33." SECTION 3. That Section 23.4, Parking Requirements of the "C" Commercial District, be amended by adding thereto the following additional paragraph: "Along existing or future divided arterials which have been identified as primary image zones in the Streetscape Plan, no parking will be allowed within fifteen (15) feet of the property line except under conditions specified in Section 33. At all intersections, the no parking areas shall include a nine (9) feet by nine (9) feet triangle whose sides coincide with the ten (10) or fifteen (15) feet no parking lines adjacent to the right-of-way lines. (See Figure 13 of the Coppell Streetscape Plan). These no parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with standards established in Section 33." SECTION 4. That Section 24.4, Parking Requirements of the "TC" Town Center District, be amended by adding thereto the following additional paragraph: "Along existing or future divided arterials which have been identified as primary image zones in the Streetscape Plan, no parking will be allowed within fifteen (15) feet of the property line except under conditions specified in Section 33. At all intersections, the no parking areas shall include a nine (9) feet by nine (9) feet triangle whose sides coincide with the ten (10) or fifteen (15) feet no parking lines adjacent to the right-of-way lines. (See Figure 13 of the Coppe]l Streetscape Plan). These no parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with standards established in Section 33." SECTION 5. That Subsection 2d of Section 27.2, of the "PD" Planned Development District, be amended by adding thereto the following additional sentence: "The landscaping plan shall conform to the minimum standards established in Section 33 and in the approved Coppell Streetscape Plan." SECTION 6. That Subsection 1 of Section 29.2 of the "S" or "SUP" Specific Use Permit Classification, be amended by adding thereto the word "landscaping" so that said subsection shall read as follows: "1. In recommending that a Specific Use Permit for the premises under consideration be granted, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine that such uses are harmonious and adaptable to building structures and uses of abutting property and other property in the vicinity of the premises under consideration, and shall make recommendations as to requirements for the paving of streets, alleys and sidewalks, means of ingress and egress to public streets, provisions for drainage, adequate off- street parking, protective screening and open space landscaping, heights of structures, and compatibility of buildings." SECTION 7. That Subsection 9 of Section 31.2, Special Additional Regulations, be amended to read as follows: "9. No fence, wall, screen billboard, sign structure or foliage of hedges, trees, bushes or shrubs shall be erected, planted or maintained in such a position or place so as to obstruct or interfere with the following minimum sight line standards. a. Vision at all intersections where streets intersect at or near right angles shall be clear at elevations between two and one-half (2{) feet and nine (9) feet above the average street grade, within a triangular area formed by extending the two curb lines from their point of intersection (see Figure 4 of the Subdivision Ordinance) forty-five (45) feet, and connecting these points with an imaginary line, thereby making a triangle. If there are no curbs existing, the triangular area shall be formed by extending the property lines from their point of intersection twenty-five (25) feet and connecting these points with an imaginary line, thereby making a triangle." SECTION 8. That Section 32, Screening Standards, and Section 33, Landscaping Standards, be amended by substituting therefor the new Sections 32 and 33, which are attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof for all purposes. SECTION 9. That all ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shah remain in full force and effect. SECTION 10. That should any paragraph, sentence, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shah not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional and shall not affect the validity of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole. SECTION 11. That any person, firm or corporation v~o]ating any of the provisions or terms of this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not to exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense, and that each day such violation shall continue to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 12. It is necessary to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City in order to permit proper development and in order to protect the public interest, comfort and general welfare of the City. Therefore, this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~,2 a--j ^~,~,~ov~: / ,/ ~ {/ ATTES: MAYOR ~ : SECTION 32 SCREF_NIRG STARDAI~DS Purpose: To encourage the most appropriate use of lan~ and conserve and protect the privacy and value of adjacen~ permit- ' 'ted uses, regulations are prescribed for the location and type of various screening devices =o be used when required in various zoning districts or in chis section in accordance wi~h ~he following standards. 32.1 Location of Required Screening l. Where the side, rear, or service side o~ an apartmenC, or" =he side, rear, or service side of a non-residential use is adjacent to a single-family or two-famt.ly residential district, screening hOC less Chun six (6) feec in height shall be erected separating =he use from the adjacenz residential district. No screening is required, adJacen= to a street except as required in Paragraph 2 in chis Section. 2. When the rear or service side of a non-residential use is adjacent to a public Chorou§hfare with greater chun 60 - . feec of Right-of-way screening six (6) fee~ in heigh= '' shall be provided. 3. In. a non-residential district where parking space for motor vehicles is provided adJacen= to or wi=bin tbn (10) feec of a residen=ial district, whether =he dis=ricc .. boundary lines are separaCed by a street or alley or not, screening cwo (2) feec in height shall be provided between the boundary of such parking areas and the residential district. This requiremenC does hoc waive the requirements of Paragraph 1, however, providing screening as required in Paragraph I may fulfill ~he requirements of chis paragraph. 4. In all dis=rices where screening of loading areas facing a street is.required, screening shall be provided no= less =hen six (6) feec in height adjacen= co che loading area at the property line. Said screening 'shall be required along all screecs excep= where such use was in existence ac the dace of adoption of this Ordinance. Screening adjacent Co a street shall be brick. Ocher types of screening devices may be approved by the Plan- . ning and Zoning Commission and City Council. 5. In all districts where screenin~ of open storage is .. require'd such screening shall be required only for chose areas used for open s~orage. A six (6) feec high fence shall be provided and maintained s= the proper~y line adjacent to the area to be screened. If the screening wall for open storage is required along a s=ree= edge, EXHIBIT"A" . ,~ ~ .,.~' ~*~. ~ . , .... . . .'~.. ~'~..=..~*.~..~ '~;_~.%:..':- :..~. ~,~ .~.': ' . . . . ~. · . * . . . . . .~ * _ -.,. ~ ~: ~'~. * :~ ~ ' :~ ~. ~ '*;:~ * · . '..~ ': ' - ' . ' '. ,. . ~ ' ' ~ '* -.. ; 4 .. * - ' . ' ". · ' ';~ ~ : ..~.. 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Refuse storage areas not adjacent to an alley for all uses other than single-family and duplex dwellings shall be visually screened by a six (6) foot high solid fence on all sides except the side used for garbage pickup service, such side she11 no= be required to be screened. 7. ~ere subdivisions are platted so that =he rear yards of sin§lc-family two family, or townhouse residential lots are adjacent to a dedicated roadway, or separated from roadway by an alley or service road, the developer shall provide, at his sole expense, one of the following types of screening. The City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission may waive or modify, in exceptional cases, this requirement. Ail forms of screening shall conform to the requirements of the ordinances of the City governing the sight distance for traf£ic safety and other City ordinances. The types of permissible screening are: A. A brick wall with a minimum height of six (6) feet and a maximum height of eight (8) feet shall be located on the street right-of-way line. The color of the wall shall be limited to earth-tone colors, excluding green and white. The 'color of the wall shall be uniform and/or compatible om both sides of a thoroughfare for the entire length of the thoroughfare between two intersecting thoroughfares. ~en walls are built in sections, the colors shall be as closely similar as possible, but shall, in no case, 'be incompatible. Plans and specifications for the wall shall be approved by the City. Masonry columns shall be expressed at a minimum of (30) feet on centers and should typically be taller than the remainder of tile wall. Brick detailing at the top of the wall shall produce a change in plane or texture. Developers are encouraged to create offsets in the wall to provide visual variety. The wall shall be placed on an appropriate structural concrete footimg and shall be a minimum of ten Inches thick. Trees shall be planted in the landscaping strip between the curb and screening wall according to standards set in Section 33 for non-residential and multi-family lots. In general, thirty (30) percent of the wall elevation should be screened with gegetation. The developer may, at his option, install plan~er beds, maximum size, four hundred (400) square feet' per bed, adjacent to the wall. In such event, the developer shall provide total maintenance £or the beds for a minimum of two years. After that period of time, a homeowners association .'must be in exiscance to provide maintenance in accordance with Section 33, The developer shall install automatic irrigation bubblers or ocher means of irrigation approved by the City.- Plant m~terials shall be selected from the plant palette in the approved Coppell Streecscape Plan. The developer shall pay a sum of $1,800.00 per planter bed for a LandscapinS Maintenance Fund co be paid at £he time ~he subdivision is accepted by the City of Coppell. Once the homeowners association accepts maintenance responsibilities for landscaped areas, the maintenance fund shall be refunded Co the Developer. B. ~ere appropriate, a combination of brick and ~ ironwork can be utilized. No more than fifty (50) percent of the total wall elevation should be ironwork. The masonry portion shall be constructed according to the criteria described in the previous paragraph A. Landscaping and maintenance' requirements are also identical except tha~ a landscaped area must be provided behind open ironwork to provide an appropriate view beyond. These landscaped areas beyond shall also become the responsibility of a homeowners association to provide proper mainCenahc~. C. Where subdivisions are platted so thaa the side yards of single-family residential lots are adjacent to a dedicated roadway and where a cul-de-sac approaches the paved roadway, but does not intersect' with it, the developer shall provide, at his sole expense, a living screen composed of plants approved by the City of Coppell. Plants shall be a minimum · of 3 feet in height. Plant spacing mhall vary, depending on the type of plants, as required by the City Council; however, suggested maximum spacings are twenty-five (25) feet for trees and twelve (12) feet for shrubs. A solid living scraen is no~ required. The living screen £hall not be planted opposite the front yard of residential lots which front on streets which intersect with the paved roadway. The developer shall provide total mainte- nance for the living screen for a minimum of two years, or until the houses on the affected lots are sold for occupancy. At the end of the maintenance period, all plants in the living screen shall be in a healthy and growing condition. The living screen shall be planted between the sidewalk and the ~ight-of-way line. Plant materials 'shall be selected from the plant palette in the approved Coppell Streetscape Plan. D. If after the two (2) year maintenance period has expired and the landscape treatment-in the above sections is in a healthy and growing condition and the City has not provided maintenance, money depos- Ited in the landscape maintenance fund escrow account shall be refunded ~o =he installing developer. If funds are no= available, payment shall be made from =he account as soon as funds become available. .. E. At development and subdivision entry features, all walls and raised planter beds shall be of brick construction unless Otherwise approved by the Planning Commission and City. Council. The wall construction and landscaped requirements of paragraphs A and B shall apply to development and ' subdivision entry features. In addition, the design of the entry feature must conform to the visibility requirement of =he Subdivision Ordinance. Concrete pavers should be incorporated into the design of the pavement entry features in a manner compatible with that used at major or secondary intersections in the City. 32.2 Maximum Height and Widths .. Ail required plant screening material shall be trimmed and pruned to prevent heights and widths which will cause visibil- ity problems for traffic or other safety hazards,'bu= no= =o a height less than the required minimums. SECTION 33 LANDSCAPING Purpose: Landscaping is accepted as adding value to property and is in the general welfare of the City. Therefore, land- scaping is required hereafter of all new development or use of previously undeveloped land except that single-family, duplex and agricultural uses shall be exempt because single-family uses rarely fail to comply with the requirements set forth and agricultural uses are expected to be temporary and will be replaced with other uses as the City develops. 33.1 Landscape Plan: Prior to issuance of ~ Bufldimg Permit for any use other than agriculture, single-family dwelling, or duplex dwelling in any zoning district, a Landscape Plan shall be submitted and shall show location, name, quantity, and size of any landscape plants, landscape paving, benches, screens, fountains, statues, sprinkler or water system, or other' landscape features; buildings, parking areas, drives, walks, adjacent streets, mhd alleys. The Landscape Plan shall be prepared by a Registered Landscape Architect and drawn to scale and of such size as to be legible. Landscaping shall extend beyond the property line to the curb or paving line in all adjacent streets and alleys. The Landscape Plan can be submitted as part of the Final Development Plan (Detail Site Plan). The Landscape Plan does not need to be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council unless so stated in the amending ordinance in a Planned Developmen~ District. The Landscape Plan shall conform =o the standards and guidelines set forth in the approved Coppe].l S~rae~scape Plan. 33.2 Minimum Standards 1. Except where otherwise provided, all yard, setback, parking, service, and recreational areas shall be land- scaped with lawns, trees, shrubs, or other landscaps materials. 2. Where the use of a living screen is required or proposed, such screen must be included as an element of the land- scape plan. 3. ,A minimum of five (5%)'percent of all required parking areas shall be landscaped. On lots where the required parking is not adjacent to a dedicated street, the five (5%) percent landscaping requirement shall apply to the area between the buildings or structure and the street. · The (5%) five percent requirement shall be calculated in " addition to areas contained in street right-of-way or within 10 (10) feet of the front property line. It is the intent of this section to require design and con- struction of parking areas in a manet wherby areas usuable for parking or maneuvering space be landscaped. 4. Along arterials identified as primary image zomes, the fifteen (15) feet no parking line may be reduced to ten (10) feet if every five (5) continuous parking spaces is separated by a landscaped island planted with a tree. The island shall be equal in size to a required parking space. When the no parking strip is reduced in this manner, the corner no parking triangles shall be increased in size to fourteen (14) feet by fourteen (14) feet. (Figure 13 of the Coppell Streetscape Plan) 5. For non-residential lots, screening devices shall be use4 to obscure the view of parking areas' in the required front or side yards along dedicated streets. Such screening shall be a maximum of thirty-six (36) inches high measured from the bottom of curb at the parking pavement. The screening shall be located within the required no parking landscaped setback adjacent to the street. The screening shall be located or designed so as to minimize damage by the automobile. (Figure 17 o£'Che Coppell Streetscape Plan) 6. In all instances, mechanisms such as wheel suopS shall be used to provent parked cars from encroaching upon the landscaped setback. -' 7.. On all non-residential and mulci-f=ily lots which have frontage along a dedicated street, the property oumer must plant crees in the no parking landscape setback according to the guidelines established in the approved Coppell Streetscape Plan and the following minimum ratios. Along arterials identified as major image zones in the Coppell Streetscape Plan, the ratio is one (1) tree for every thirty (30) feec of frontage. Along other 'arterials and collectors identified as secondary image zones, the ratio is one (1) tree for every thirty-five (35) [eet of frontage. On all non-residential and multi-£amily lo~s which have fronta§e on collector or an arterial, the property o~mer shall install a minimum of one (1) additional tree for every utility pole along his frontage. Placemen: shall be within ten (10) feet of the poles to help obscure the view of the pole, but situated so as to minimize interference with the operation and. maintenance of the overhead wires. 8. The type of plants to be placed within the parkway adjacent to dedicated streets shall be selected from approved plant palatte found in the CoppeI1 Streetscape Plan. The minimum caliper of trees shall be two (2) inches. 9. Ail landscaped locations shall be irrigated by a system designed by a licensed landscape irrigator. The required landscape 'plan shall bear the seal of the licensed irrigator designing the system. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corproa=iom to cut or break any branch of any tree or shrub or injure in any way the bark of sai~ tree or shrub growing on public property. 33.3 Certificate of Occupancy: Prior to the issuance of a Certifi- cate of Occupancy ail screening and landscaping must be in place in accordance with the landscape plan required in 32.1. A Waiver of Compliance may be given by the City Hanager when the owner agrees in writing to a specific date after which the landscaping shall be required to have been installed. Such date shall not be more than six months after the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. 33.4 Maintenance: All required landscaping shall be maintained in a neat and orderly manner at all times. This shall include mowing, edging, pruning, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and other such activities common to the maintenance of landscap- ing. Landscaped areas shall be kept free of trash, litter, weeds, and other such materials or plants not a par= of the landscaping. All plant material shall be maintained in a healthy and growing condition as is appropriate for =he season of the year. Plant material which dies shall be replaced with plant material of similar variety and size. Property owners and/or homeowners associations are responsible for maintenance of the parkway area between :he curb an~ =bet: property lines. 33.5 Visibility: Where the rigid enforcement of these landscaping requirements will result in a conflict with 30.2-9, the requiremencs shall be reduced to the extent to remove the conflict. In any event, the requirements of Section 31 shall take precedence.