Service Star-CS090917CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
Vista Point II, Lots 4R1 & 4R2, Block A, Replat
P&Z HEARING DATE: September 17, 2009
C.C. HEARING DATE: October 13, 2009
STAFF REP.: Gary L. Sieb, Director of Planning
LOCATION: SWC of S.H. 121 and MacArthur Blvd.
SIZE OF AREA: 2.2 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING: PD-199R4-HC-S-1211 R2 (Planned Development-199-
Highway Commercial Revision 4-Special Use Permit-1211
Revision 2)
REQUEST: Being a replat of Lot 4, Block A, to subdivide Lot 4 into two
lots to allow the existing buildings to be on individual lots to
permit separate ownership.
APPLICANT: (Owner) (Applicant)
Jim Stilwell Brian Dench, P.E.
Texas Realty Partners Pate Engineering
5613 DTC Parkway 8150 Brookriver Dr.
Suite 800 Suite S-700
Greenwood Village, CO. 80111 Dallas, TX. 75247
(720) 529-2840 (214) 357-2981
Fax: (720) 529-2841 Fax: (214) 357-2985
HISTORY: The attached letter dated September 9, 2009 from the
owner's agent for this request summarizes the history of
development of this parcel. To summarize the letter: on
November 14, 2006 the Site. Plan allowed a 9,300 square
foot retail building, replacing a previously approved gas
station/convenience store. A Firestone repair garage was
completed in April of 2007, and the retail space was
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completed in July. The retail space has been vacant since
that date.
TRANSPORTATION: State highway 121 frontage road is directly to the north of this
parcel. MacArthur Boulevard is a P6D Major thoroughfare
built to standard with a six lane divided street contained within
a 120 foot right of way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North-SH 121; city of Lewisville
South-Bank of Texas; PD-199-R2-HC (Planned Development
199 Revision 2-Highway Commercial)
East-office development; city of Lewisville
West-office/warehouse; PD-199-R3-HC (Planned
Development 199 Revision 3-Highway Commercial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan of May 1996, as amended,
shows the property as suitable for mixed use
including light industrial/showroom uses.
DISCUSSION: This is a request to replat one 2.2 acre lot into two smaller
lots for the purpose of selling the corner parcel. Lot 4R1 (the
Firestone site) will contain 36,314 square feet. Lot 4R2 (an
existing vacant building) will contain 59,606 square feet
when the replatting has been accomplished. As explained
by the applicant, the existing corner building has been
completed for over two years, and although an aggressive
marketing effort to lease the building over that time frame
has been undertaken, the building remains vacant. In recent
months, a group of doctors has expressed interest in the
building, but only if it and the land upon which it sits can be
purchased as afree-standing parcel. To accommodate this
request, the property needs to be replated into two lots-one
containing the Firestone store, the other this 9,000 square
foot retail/commercial building.
Two objectives will be served if this request is approved.
One, the property will be divided into two separate lots, thus
accommodating the purchaser of the corner building to
achieve separate ownership. Two, to accomplish the replat,
the existing fire lane easement needs to be abandoned and
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re-established slightly to the east to accommodate the replat
document. In essence, all that is visible on the ground is the
fire lane is repainted approximately 8 feet to the east.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending approval of the replat document, all conditions have been
met.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend approval of the request
2. Recommend disapproval of the request
3. Recommend modification of the request
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Replat Document
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CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
PD-199R5-HC-S-1211 R2, Service Star
P&Z HEARING DATE: September 17, 2009
C.C. HEARING DATE: October 13, 2009
STAFF REP.: Gary L. Sieb, Director of Planning
LOCATION: SWC of S.H. 121 and MacArthur Blvd.
SIZE OF AREA: 2.2 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING: PD-199R4-HC-S-1211 R2 (Planned Development-199-
Highway Commercial Revision 4-Special Use Permit-1211
Revision 2)
REQUEST: A zoning change to PD-199R5-HC-S-1211 R2 (Planned
Development-199-Highway Commercial Revision 5-Special
Use Permit-1211 Revision 2), to revise the detail site plan to
allow the subdivision of Lot 4 into two lots, recognizing the
existing developments and adding PD conditions.
APPLICANT:
(Owner)
Jim Stillwell
Texas Realty Partners
5613 DTC Parkway
Suite 800
Greenwood Village, CO. 80111
(720) 529-2840
Fax: (720) 529-2841
(Applicant)
Brian Dench, P.E.
Pate Engineering
8150 Brookriver Dr.
Suite S-700
Dallas, TX. 75247
(214) 357-2981
Fax: (214) 357-2985
HISTORY: The attached letter dated September 9, 2009 from the
owner's agent for this request outlines the history of
development of this parcel. To summarize the letter: on
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complies with this zoning requirement. Unfortunately there
is only a 7.5 foot setback remaining for the vacant structure.
Short of demolishing 22.5 feet of the existing building, an
additional 30 foot setback is impossible to achieve for this
site. Because this is a PD, the side yard dimensions can be
modified, and our staff position is to make them as close to
code requirements as possible. In this case only one
building can meet code requirements, that being the
Firestone building. We would support a 30 foot sideyard
setback for the Firestone building and a 7.5 foot sideyard
setback for the vacant building for a variety of reasons. One,
in a PD variable setbacks can be granted; two, it would be a
shame to demolish 22 feet of an existing building that is just
two years old; three, there are no openings to the building on
the 7.5 foot side yard; four the fire department can support
this request because of the lack of openings; five, we have
an opportunity to assist a developer in gaining a useful life to
this structure. As mentioned above, we support the reduced
setbacks.
A second issue revolves around the number of parking
spaces needed for the retail building. Because this structure
is being sold to a group of doctors for medical use, the
parking required is 53 spaces. There are 51 spaces on site,
so a parking agreement with the Firestone Store, which has
never needed the 31 spaces required (they actually have 26
surface spaces plus 9 within the garage bays-the bay
spaces can not technically be counted, by the way), is
warranted. The applicant has entered into a parking
agreement with Firestone which allows the doctors to pick up
the required two spaces, making the doctor's site legal. A
draft copy of the parking agreement is attached but it needs
some work. The lots need to be clearly identified in the
attached exhibits, and the agreement should be from
Firestone to the doctors, allowing two parking spaces to be
assigned to the vacant building. There does not need to be
any cross agreement from the doctors to the Firestone store.
By making that agreement, Firestone technically looses two
parking spaces, but as pointed out by the applicant's letter,
the 26 spaces are more than adequate for Firestone's
needs.
To summarize, staff endorses the amendment to the PD
creating two lots-one with a 30 foot side yard, the other
with a 7.5 foot side yard. We also support the parking
agreement between Firestone and the applicant whereby the
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applicant provides the 53 parking spaces required by code
through an agreement with Firestone for 2 spaces. We
further support the applicant's position that 26 spaces for the
Firestone activity are adequate.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of this request with the following conditions:
1. Provide one 30 foot side yard, and one 7.5 foot side yard between the
revised common west side yard property line.
2. Revise the draft parking agreement between Firestone and the
applicant, clearly labeling the two lots and clearly stating that Firestone
agrees to assign two parking spaces to the adjacent building for
medical use. There is no need for across-parking agreement on the
proposed Firestone lot.
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. Planned Development Site Plan
2. Applicant letter dated September 8, 2009
3. Draft of parking agreement
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