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CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: S-1033R2-SF-12, Manara Academy
P&Z HEARING DATE: April 16, 2009
C.C. HEARING DATE: May 12, 2009
STAFF REP.: Marcie Diamond, Assistant Director of Planning
LOCATION: 140 S. Heartz Road
SIZE OF AREA: 4.58 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING: 5-1033R-SF-12 (Special Use Permit-1033 Revised-Single Family-12)
REQUEST: A zoning change to S-1033R2 SF-12 (Special Use Permit-1033
Revision 2-Single Family-12), to allow a Charter School for Grades
K-8'h, with a enrollment capacity of 500, to occupy the Christ Our
Savior Lutheran Church building. The church shall also be
permitted to remain as a secondary use.
APPLICANT: Sadak Shaik
4070 N. Beltline Road, Suite 1 10-140
Irving, Texas 75038
214-868-6472
FAX: 214-260-4684
HISTORY: In 1988, the Final Plat for Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church was
approved by Council. November 1989, SUP-1033 was established
for a church, nursery and school. On July 9, 1998, the Board of
Adjustment approved a temporary (for a period of 24 months)
shade structure over the playground which had padded metal
poles instead of the required brick cladding. The intent was to allow
this shade structure to be relocated to an inner court area when
the building was expanded. In January 1999, a revised site plan
was approved to allow a building expansion fora sanctuary,
fellowship hall and additional classrooms, essentially doubling the
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size of the structure. In September 1999, a Site Plan Amendment
was approved allowing the retention of the shade structure in the
location as initially approved, subject to the support poles being
clad with brick. The poles have yet to comply with this condition.
TRANSPORTATION: Heartz Road is a C2U - 2-lane undivided street within 50 ft of R.O.W.
with 37 feet of paving.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - undeveloped; SF-12
South -Westbury Manor; PD-166-SF-7
East -Westbury Manor; PD-166-SF-7
West - Braewood West, 2~~d Revision; SF-7
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan indicates this area as appropriate for
Public/Institutional uses.
DISCUSSION: This request is to allow the second public charter school,
authorized by the Texas State Board of Education, in the City of
Coppell. Manara Academy desires to occupy the Christ Our
Savoir Lutheran Church building at 140 S. Heartz Road. During the
next 12 months, the church and school will co-occupy this
building. After that time, the school will purchase the building
and the church will relocate to a new facility.
Ultimately, Manara Academy will offer classes from kindergarten
through 8th grade with a maximum capacity of 500 students.
The first year, only K-5'" grades will be provided with up to 326
students. The Academy proposes to add a grade level each year
over the next 3 years. By year four, there will be 500 students and
40 employees, including 24 teachers and 16 additional staff
members. The hours of operation will be Monday-Thursday 8:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Friday, school will begin at 8:00 a.m. and
dismiss at 1 :00 p.m.
While this building has always been an institutional use providing
worship and educational services for the community, given the
change in nature and the intensity of the use, a revision to the
existing SUP is required. Initially, there will be no external physical
changes to the existing structure, except for signage. A forty
square foot attached sign with black individually mounted letters
and color logo not exceeding 20% of the area of the sign will be
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over the front entrance facing Heartz Road. The face of the
existing monument sign will be changed to Manara Academy
with a green back ground, sunflower yellow letters and the multi-
colorlogo.
The site and landscape plans, as initially approved for the church,
will essentially remain unchanged during the first year. There is
sufficient parking to support this school. At full capacity the
number of students projected for Manara Academy is similar to
the elementary schools in Coppell, which range in size from
approximately 400 to 535 students.
Per staff's request, the applicant has prepared a detailed Traffic
Circulation Plan (attached). The primary goal is to assure that the
traffic generated by this use does negatively impact the
functionality of Heartz Road, and no queuing for this use to occur
on-street. Currently, there is a prohibition of parking (which by
ordinance includes stopping and standing) along the east side
Heartz between Sandy Lake and Park Meadow Way. The
applicant has provided new 24-hour traffic counts for northbound
and southbound Heartz between Sandy Lake and Westbury Drive.
The peak volume is southbound during the a.m. peak and
northbound during the p.m. peak. There is sufficient capacity on
Heartz to support this use with the maximum enrollment of 500
students. Included on the April 14'h Council Agenda is the
authorization of design studies for various street maintenance
projects as funded by the '/4 cent sales tax. The Heartz Road
improvement is included in this project. The actual construction
however, is several years out.
Based on preliminary data from the 270 student applications
received by Manara (which represents over 80% of the 1 S' year
enrollment cap) the following assumptions provide the base data
for the traffic study:
^ average students per family is 1 .5 ;
^ Approximately 75% of the vehicles will approach from
the south;
^ 30% will ride the bus; and
^ Approx 20% of the students will utilize after school
programs.
It is projected that during the 2009-2010 school year, 157 cars can
be expected during the peak drop off time periods. As detailed
in the Traffic Circulation Plan, the on-site queuing has been
designed to accommodate 40 to 50 cars between the driveway
at Heartz to the drop-off under the pone-cochere. Assuming that
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the average drop-off rate 8 to 10 students per minute, 157 cars
could be accommodated on site, with no spillover onto Heartz
Road, The school has also scheduled the bus drop off to be
complete prior to 7:40 a.m., therefore it will not to conflict with
the car traffic.
The dismissal plan includes parent parking and pick-up at
designated dismissal points within the school building. Busses will
depart at 3:50 which is after the peak parent pick-up times.
Finally, it must be noted that this analysis is based on year one
enrollment capacity of 327 students. However, as previously
stated over the next three years, the plan is to expand the school
by one grade level per year, to a maximum of S00 students. The
applicant understands that a condition of this SUP is that a full
Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) will be required prior to the enrollment
exceeding 327 students. This TIA will have 1 S' year operational
data to be based on. Any physical improvements (additional
parking/paving, etc.) that may be necessitated could be
accommodated in year 2 after Manara Academy purchases the
building.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of S-1033R2-SF-12, Manara Academy subject to:
1. A full Traffic Impact Analysis shall be required and necessary site
improvements implemented as needed prior to the enrollment exceeding
327 students .
2. Drafting issues:
a. Correctly indicate the location of the existing trees on the site plan.
b. Correct title block on the Site Plan to indicate Manara Academy
c. Update elevations to illustrate correct attached signage.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . Recommend approval of the request
2. Recommend disapproval of the request
3. Recommend modification of the request
4. Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date
ATTACHMENTS:
1 . "Who is Manara?"
2. Heartz Road Traffic Counts (4/08/09)
3. Traffic Circulation Plan
4. Sign Plan
S. Site Plan
6. Existing Landscape Plan
~. Building Elevations
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