BM 2016-05-19 PZCity of Coppell, Texas
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Minutes
Thursday, May 19, 2016
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Planning & Zoning Commission
COMMISSIONER EDMUND HAAS
(CHAIR)
COMMISSIONER SUE BLANKENSHIP
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas 75019-9478
6:00 PM Council Chambers
COMMISSIONER GLENN PORTMAN
(VICE CHAIR)
COMMISSIONER ED DARLING
COMMISSIONER VIJAY SARMA COMMISSIONER DOUG ROBINSON
COMMISSIONER GEORGE WILLIFORD
PRESENT 7
Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
Also present were the Director of Planning, Gary Sieb; Assistant Director of Planning,
Marcie Diamond; Sr. Planner, Matt Steer and Secretary, Juanita Miles.
The Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Coppell met in Work Session at 6:00
p.m. and in Regular Session at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2016, in the Coppell
Town Center, Council Chambers at 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas.
The purpose of this meeting is to consider the following items:
WORK SESSION (Open to the Public) 1st Floor Conference Room
Briefing on the Agenda.
The Planning Commission was briefed in Work Session on each posted
agenda item, no vote was taken on any item discussed.
REGULAR SESSION (Open to the Public)
Call To Order
Chairman Haas called the meeting to order.
Consider approval of the minutes for April 21, 2016.
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Portman to approve the minutes as
written. Commissioner Robinson seconded; motion carried (7-0).
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Aye: 7 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
4. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of CASE NO. PD -221 R9 -HC, TRU Hotel, a zoning
change request from PD -221 R4 -HC (Planned Development -221
Revision 4 -Highway Commercial) to PD -221 R9 -HC (Planned
Development -221 Revision 9 -Highway Commercial), to amend the
Concept Plan for hotel, office, retail and restaurant uses on 8.21 acres
and attach a Detail Site Plan on approximately 2.7 acres to allow a
five -story 127 -guest -room hotel to be located on the east side of Point
West Blvd, south of Dividend Drive.
Marcie Diamond introduced this case with exhibits, elevations and a
material/color board. She mentioned six notices were mailed to property
owners within 200 feet of this request. There were no responses received in
favor or in opposition. There were also two courtesy notices mailed to
property owners within 800 feet of this request. She stated that staff is
recommending approval subject to conditions which she read into the record.
Travis Bousquet, The Bousquet Group, Inc., 501 S. Carroll Blvd., Suite 201,
Denton Texas, was present to represent this case, to address questions and
stated agreement with staff's recommendations Including the approval of the
minimum room size.
Hitesh Jariwala, 806 Linwood Lane, Irving Texas, addressed the following
Commission's concerns:
*The rational for the smaller room size 258 square feet vs 298 square feet
*The purposed ratio of king and queen size rooms in this proposed request.
*The number of this TRU brand by Hilton on the ground or proposed in other
cities
Chairman Haas 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 Haas closed the Public Hearing.
A motion was made by Vice Chairman Portman to recommend approval
subject to the following conditions:
1. Approval of the minimum room size of 258 square feet.
2. Redesign of the monument sign to be in compliance with the Sign
Ordinance.
3. Correct the square footage of the building in the table on Sheet CSP -1.
Commissioner Williford seconded; motion carried (7-0).
Aye: 7 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
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5. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of CASE NO. PD -283-C, North Lake Estates, Lot
19R, (Retail/Residence), a zoning change request from C
(Commercial) to PD -283-C (Planned Development -283 -Commercial),
to allow the development of an approximate 8,000 -square -foot,
two-story building with the first floor retail and second floor a residence
on 0.51 acres of property located at the northwest corner of Bullock
Drive and Southwestern Boulevard at the request of Thuychi Thi
Nguyen, being represented by Jobie Denton, DHR Engineering Inc.
Gary Sieb introduced this case with exhibits, elevations and a material/color
board. He mentioned 13 notices were mailed to property owners within 200
feet of this request. There were no responses received in favor or in
opposition. There were also 48 courtesy notices mailed to property owners
within 800 feet of this request. He stated that staff is recommending approval
subject to conditions which he read into the record.
Jobie Denton, DHR Engineering, Inc., 320 Decker Drive, Irving Texas, was
present to represent this case, to address questions and stated agreement with
staff's recommendations.
Chairman Haas 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. The following people spoke:
Julio Castaneda, 821 Bullock Street, Coppell, TX spoke in opposition
Amit Sangani, 739 Chateaus Drive, Coppell, TX spoke in opposition
Jennifer Holmes, 646 Andover Lane, Coppell, TX spoke in opposition
Manoj Bidnurkar, 413 Chelsea Bay, Coppell, TX spoke in opposition
Mahesh Guduru, 553 Heritage Oak Court, Coppell, TX spoke in opposition
Chairman Haas closed the Public Hearing.
After much discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Williford to hold
this case under advisement until June 16, 2016, so that the applicant can
adequately address the following:
1. Make the following corrections to all exhibits:
a. Correct building square footage
b. Change sidewalk width to five feet
c. Provide trash can screen toward residential neighborhood; with
pick up along Bullock Drive.
d. Screen outside stairwell
e. Dimension front yard setback from Southwestern Blvd.
f. Provide minimum 10 -foot west side setback
g. Alter Sheet C-2.0 Site Plan to emphasize this proposal
h. Correct all landscape calculations
i. Define area for the garages
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2.There will be additional comments during detailed engineering review.
Commissioner Robinson seconded; motion carried (7-0).
Aye: 7 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
6. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the North Lake Estates, Lot 19R, Replat, being a
replat of Lot 19 of North Lake Estates to establish easements and
incorporate an abandoned right-of-way to allow a retail/residence
building on 0.51 acres of property located at the northwest corner of
Bullock Drive and Southwestern Boulevard, at the request of Thuychi
Thi Nguyen, being represented by Robert Richardson, CBG Surveying,
Inc.
Gary Sieb requested the Commission deny this replat and the applicant may
resubmit with the PD at the June 16, 2016, Planning & Zoning Commission
meeting.
A motion was made by Commissioner Robinson to deny and the applicant may
resubmit with the PD at the June 16th meeting. Vice Chairman Portman
seconded; motion carried
(7-0).
Aye: 7 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
7. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of CASE NO. PD-240R4R-HC, North Gateway
Center, a zoning change request from PD -240R4 -HC (Planned
Development -240 Revision 4 -Highway Commercial) to
PD-240R4R-HC (Planned Development -240 Revision 4
Revised -Highway Commercial), to revise the Concept Plan for a
four -lot commercial development on 6.13 acres of property located
north of S.H. 121, approximately 270 feet west N. Denton Tap Road.
Matt Steer introduced this case with exhibits and conceptual elevations. He
mentioned 21 notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet of this
request. There were no responses received in favor or in opposition. There
were also 111 courtesy notices mailed to property owners within 800 feet of
this request. He stated that staff is recommending approval subject to
conditions which he read into the record.
Don Harrelson, Baird Hampton & Brown, 4550 SH 360 Suite 180, Grapevine,
Texas, was present to represent this case, to address questions and stated
agreement with staff's recommendations.
Chairman Haas 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. The following people spoke:
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Phil Laberge, Coppell Greens HOA, 858 Dalmalley Lane, Coppell, Texas,
spoke in favor but was requesting that the developer provide taller trees for
buffers, hooded parking lot lights and installing electrostatic filters for odors
from the proposed restaurants.
Steven Saxon, Legacy Gateway, 2929 Carlisle Street Suite 365, Dallas, Texas
spoke as the developer of the property and stated it would not be practical to
add air filters for food odors to the proposed restaurants.
Chairman Haas closed the Public Hearing.
After additional discussion related to air filtration, a motion was made by Vice
Chairman Portman to recommend approval subject to the following conditions:
1. There will be additional comments during detailed engineering plan review
for each of the sites.
2. A Final Plat is required prior to obtaining a building permit.
3. A Detail Tree Survey is required with submittal of a Detail Site Plan
for development of Lots 1-4.
4. A deceleration lane shall be installed along Denton Tap when deemed
appropriate by the City Engineer.
Commissioner Robinson seconded; motion carried (7-0).
Aye: 7 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Sue
Blankenship, Commissioner Ed Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson,
Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and Commissioner George Williford
***BREAK, 8:10 P.M. - 8:15 P.M.
8. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the reanalysis of the areas designated as Mixed
Use -Neighborhood Center and Mixed Use -Community Center on the
Future Land Use Plan of the Coppell 2030 Comprehensive Master
Plan.
Gary Sieb and Marcie Diamond presented this item to the Commission with
exhibits. Mr. Sieb, mentioned that mixed-use on the Land Use Map has two
land use classifications, Mixed -Use Neighborhood Center and Mixed -Use
Community Center. Staff is recommending to the Planning Commission that
the Mixed -Use Neighborhood Center land use be modified so that only the
existing residential uses that's within those districts remain. No residential
uses are proposed in this land use category. With regards to the Mixed -Use
Community Center district, there are three areas on the Land Use Map that
show that particular classification. In the Mixed -Use Community Center
district staff is recommending limiting density to a maximum of ten units per
acre, if residential development is requested on those properties. Staff then
presented the existing and proposed land use designations of the eight study
areas.
Chairman Haas 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. The following people generally spoke in opposition to retaining
the Mixed -Use Community Center district and spoke in favor of deleting
residential uses from the Mixed -Use Neighborhood Center district:
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Rex O'Quinn, 116 Hollywood Drive, Coppell Texas
Jennifer Holmes, 646 Andover Lane, Coppell Texas
Raja Cherukuri, 557 Heritage Oak Court, Coppell Texas
Amit Sangani, 739 Chateaus Drive, Coppell Texas
David Bell, 913 Parker Drive, Coppell Texas
Marla Williams, 137 Hollywood Drive, Coppell Texas
Mahesh Guduru, 553 Heritage Oak Court, Coppell Texas
Peter Mosley, 256 Enclaves Court, Coppell Texas
Manoj Bidnurkar, 413 Chelsea Bay, Coppell Texas
Ed White, 208 Spyglass Drive, Coppell Texas
Patrick Brandt, 646 Andover Lane, Coppell Texas
Stephan Curran, 601 Tower Court, Coppell Texas
Vijay Boorla, 826 Mango Court, Coppell Texas, spoke in favor of mixed-use
but with greater densities.
There were two citizens that made comments and asked questions concerning
mixed-use land uses in general, they did not sign in or mentioned their name
and address for the record.
Chairman Haas closed the Public Hearing.
A motion was made by Commissioner Darling to recommend approval of the
Neighborhood Center Retail including the definition for areas shown on the
Future Land Use Map. The areas of the Mixed -Use Community Center along
Denton Tap Road and the tract on Belt Line Road near LBJ Freeway on the
Land Use Map be changed to Freeway Special District along with a consultant
hired to assist with citizen input and better define those areas and come back
for Planning Commission and City Council action. Commissioner Robinson
requested that a maximum of ten units (with no minimum) to the acre be used
by the consultant to guage residential use on the 2030 Comprehensive Master
Plan added to the motion. Commission Darling did not agree to amend his
motion.
Commissioner Blankenship seconded; motion failed (3-4). Commissioners
Blankenship, Darling and Williford voted in favor; Commissioners Portman,
Haas, Robinson and Sarma were opposed.
A new motion was made by Vice Chairman Portman to recommend that
Mixed -Use Neighborhood Center on the Land Use Map be changed to
Neighborhood Center Retail with definitions and maps defining those areas to
effectively remove any residential uses from the Mixed -Use Neighborhood
Retail zoning district. That two areas of Mixed -Use Community Center on the
Land Use Map retain mixed-use classifications and one area that was
Mixed -Use Neighborhood be changed to mixed-use commercial and
Neighborhood Residential. (Belt Line Road and Southwestern Blvd.) The area
at Belt Line Road and LBJ Freeway be changed to Freeway Special District. He
also recommended that residential use be a maximum of ten units to the acre
and act as a guide and that a consultant review these recommendations and
have citizen input as well.
Commissioner Robinson seconded; motion carried (6-1). Commissioners
Williford, Sarma, Robinson, Haas, Portman and Darling voted in favor;
Commissioner Blankenship was opposed.
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Aye: 6 - Chair Edmund Haas, Vice Chair Glenn Portman, Commissioner Ed
Darling, Commissioner Doug Robinson, Commissioner Vijay Sarma, and
Commissioner George Williford
Nay: 1 - Commissioner Sue Blankenship
9. Updates on Council action for Planning agenda items on May 10,
2016:
A. An Ordinance for CASE NO. PD-205R2R-HC, Vista Ridge
Addition, Lot 6, Block D (The Plaza), a zoning change from PD -205R2
-HC (Planned Development -205 Revision 2 -Highway Commercial) to
PD-205R2R-HC (Planned Development -205 Revision 2
Revised -Highway Commercial), to amend the Planned Development
to attach a Detail Site Plan to allow a 6,484 -square -foot medical
building on 1.56 acres of property located at the northwest corner of
S.H. 121 and Plaza Blvd.
B. An Ordinance for CASE NO. PD -237R8 -HC, Springhill Suites, a
zoning change from A (Agriculture) to PD -237R8 -HC (Planned
Development -237 Revision 8 -Highway Commercial), to attach a Detail
Site Plan for a five -story hotel with accessory uses including a
conference center on 4.0 acres of property located approximately 200
feet east of South Belt Line Road, north of Hackberry Drive.
C. CASE NO. PD -260R -R, Trinity River Kayak Company, a zoning
change request from PD -260-R (Planned Development -260 -Retail) to
PD -260R -R (Planned Development -260 Revised -Retail), to amend the
allowed uses and signage on 1.5 acres of property located at 1601 E.
Sandy Lake Road.
D. CASE NO. PD -242R -HC, ALOFT & Holiday Inn Hotels, a zoning
change request from PD -242 -HC (Planned Development -242 -Highway
Commercial), to PD -242R -HC (Planned Development -242
Revised -Highway Commercial), to amend the Concept Plan for hotel,
office, retail and restaurant uses on 9.08 acres of property and attach
a Detail Site Plan on 4.86 acres to allow two hotels to be located south
of Northpoint Drive, east of S.H. 121.
E. CASE NO. PD -282-C, Sonic, a zoning change request from S -
1077R2 -C (Special Use Permit -1077 Revision 2 -Commercial) to PD -
282 -C (Planned Development -282 -Commercial), to allow demolition of
the existing drive -up restaurant and construction of a new 1,600
-square-foot a drive -up and drive-thru Sonic with an approximately 800
-square-foot patio area on 0.85 acres of property located at 201 N.
Denton Tap Road.
F. CASE NO. PD -208R3 -LI, Coppell Trade Center, Lot 1R3, Block 1,
a zoning change request from PD -208R2 -LI (Planned Development -
208 Revision 2 -Light Industrial) to PD -208R3 -LI (Planned
Development -208 Revision 3 -Light Industrial), to amend the Site and
Landscaping Plans to adjust parking requirements, add striping within
the truck court areas and extend a private drive (fire lane & access
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easement) to Freeport Parkway, on 40.32 acres of property located at
the northwest corner of Sandy Lake Road and Freeport Parkway.
10. Director's Comments.
Gary Sieb, Director of Planning, advised the Commission of Council's actions
on May 10, 2016 and stated that Council approved all of the above -stated
items.
There were no additional comments.
ADJOURNMENT
Wit no i urther t d*s, meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:21
p.m.
Edmund Haas, Chair • n
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Juanita A. Miles, Secretary
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