BM 1984-02-23 PZMinutes of February 23, 1984
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Coppell met in regular
session on February 23, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppell High School
Administration Building.
The following members were present:
R. W. Smedul, Chairman
Frank Pope, Commissioner
Gary Adams, Commissioner
Peyton Weaver, Commissioner
Co -Chairman Geren Burton was not present. Also present were City Secretary
Dorothy Timmons and City Planning Coordinator Scott Barnett.
The meeting was called to order and everyone asked to stand while Commissioner
Pope gave the invocation.
Following the invocation, Commissioner Pope moved that the minutes be approved
as submitted; Commissioner Weaver seconded and motion carried 4-0.
ITEM NO. 4: Consider approval of preliminary plat of MacArthur Boulevard
Phase IV (street right-of-way).
ITEM N0. 5: Consider approval of final plat of MacArthur Boulevard, Phase
IV, (street right-of-way)
Mr. Lynn Kadleck and Mr. Don Brock made the presentation to the: Commission.
They stated that the intersection at Beltline Road is planned to decrease from
a 6 lane to a 4 lane road in anticipation of the improvements on the existing
Beltline Road. At this point, MacArthur Boulevard will be higher than Beltline
and will transition down to the Beltline intersection. A stop sign will be
placed on MacArthur until such time as a signal light is justified. The 24'
median will continue from the south to the intersection of Beltline and Mac-
Arthur. Following discussion on this item, Commissioner Adams moved that the
preliminary and final plat be recommended for approval; Commissioner Pope
seconded and motion carried 4-0.
ITEM N0. 6: Consider approval of preliminary plat of Townoak Centre (Minyards)
Mr. Delbert Duncan and Mr. Glen Hinckley made the presentation to the Commission.
It was stated that Minyards will provide a full service food store and Univest
will furnish the building shown as A, B and C on the plat. The submittal of
the plat was made prior to the adoption of the new zoning ordinance and meets
all requirements with the exception of the area to accomodate landscaping features
and the overhang of vehicles in the parking into the City's right-of-way.
Everything in the shell frame and the store fronts will be built as the first
phase. Mr. Hinckley stated that it would be impossible to include the addition-
al 10' of greenbelt without redesign of the development and squeezing the park-
ing places down where some of the spaces would be lost. Mr. Duncan also
stated that the additional landscape requirements would require a complete
redesign and would move the building closer to Sandy Lake Road. The question
was raised as to whether this was a joint venture between Minyards and Univest
on the development project. Mr. Duncan stated that Minyards owned the land
and that they had conveyed some of the land to Univest which essentially did
make the venture a joint venture. City Manager Ron Ragland was present in the
audience and stated that the staff had proposed a procedure whereby the 10'
landscaping could be worked out. He also stated that Univest Development was
involved in the review process of the new ordinance and was aware of the new
requirements. He reminded the Planning and Zoning Commission that the applicant
could request a variance but that it could be granted only by the Board of
Adjustments. He then stated several recommendations of the City in order for
the development to come in compliance with the new ordinance; however, he
stated that the problem was not one for the City to solve for the applicants,
rather the applicants needed to bring the recommendation for solving the
problems back to the City. He stated that basically the Planning and Zoning
Commission had three options: They could deny the plat at this time, they
could approve contingent upon the Board of Adjustments approving the variances,
or they could approve it with the stipulation that the two parties involved
work out the problems to bring the development into compliance with existing
City ordinances. Mr. Ragland also informed the Planning and Zoning Commission
of a problem concerning the drainage that needed to be worked out prior to
final approval. Following discussion on this item, Commissioner Weaver moved
that the preliminary plat be recommended for approval subject to resolution of
the zoning variances with the Board of Adjustments prior to submission to the
City Council; Commissioner Adams seconded and motion carried 4-0.
ITEM NO. 7: Consider approval of final plat of Townoak Centre (Minyards)
Following further discussion, Commissioner Pope moved that the final plat be
approved subject to the same stipulations as Number 6 above; Commissioner
Adams seconded and motion carried 3-1 with Commissioner Weaver against.
ITEM NO. 8: Public hearing to consider a zoning change from C, Commercial
to SF -7, Single Family, on Howell Street, numbers 829, 821, 817, 813, 809,
8059 8019 8009 8049 8085 8129 8165 820, 824, 828, and 832. On Bullock Street,
numbers 833, 829, 825, 821, 8179 8139 809, 8059 801, 8009 804, 8085 8129 816,
820, 824 and 828.
Mr. Rich Pilone made the presentation to the Commission. The public hearing
was then declared open and Chairman Smedul asked for those persons who wished
to speak for the proposed change. Those persons speaking were Mrs. Sara Diaz,
Mr. Harold Neal, Mr. Mike Freestone, Mrs. Linda Pilone, Mrs. Deborah Anderson,
Mrs. Marvin Cox and Mrs. Joe Espinoza. Chairman Smedul then asked for those
persons who wished to speak against the proposed change. There were none. The
public hearing was then declared closed. Following discussion by the Commission,
Commissioner Pope moved that this zoning change be recommended for approval;
Commissioner Adams seconded and motion carried 4-0.
ITEM NO. 9: Public hearing to consider a zoning change from "HI", Heavy
Industrial, to "LI", Light Industrial on property generally described as follows:
Being bounded on the west by the Coppell/Grapevine City limit line, on the
south by the southern boundary of the Coppell City limit line. It is bounded
on the east by Coppell Road to Bethel Road, then west approximately 3000 feet
to State Road, then north on State Road to Cottonwood Creek, then west along
Cottonwood to the Coppell/Grapevine City limit line.
Mr. Dan Sefko made the presentation to the Commission. The public hearing was
then declared open and those persons who wished to speak for the proposed
change were recognized. Those persons speaking were Mr. Delbert Duncan and
Mr. Jim Gilchrist. Chairman Smedul then asked for those persons who wished to
speak against the proposed change. There were none. The public hearing was
then declared closed. Following discussion, Commissioner Weaver moved that
the zoning change be recommended for approval; Commissioner Pope seconded and
motion carried 4-0.
ITEM NO. 10: Public hearing to consider an amendment to zoning ordinance #297,
amending Section 26.1, (2-12) to require a Specific Use Permit on those uses.
Mr. Dan Sefko again made the presentation to the Commission. The public
hearing was declared open and there were no persons speaking either for or
against the proposed zoning ordinance amendment. The public hearing was declared
closed. Following discussion, Commissioner Weaver moved that this zoning
ordinance amendment be recommended for approval; Commissioner Adams seconded
and motion carried 4-0.
The meeting was then adjourned.
R.W. Smedul, Chairman
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary