Duke Lesley 3A-CS091015CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
Duke Lesley Addition (Point West VII)
Lot 3, Block A, Minor Plat
P &Z HEARING DATE: October 15, 2009
C.C. HEARING DATE: November 10, 2009
STAFF REP.: Matt S. Steer, City Planner
LOCATION: North side of Dividend Drive, approximately 1,000 feet west
of South Belt Line Road
SIZE OF AREA: 2.9 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING: PD- 222 -LI (Planned Development -222 - Light Industrial)
REQUEST: A Minor Plat to allow the development of a shared parking
area (253 parking spaces).
APPLICANT: Owner:
Duke Realty, Brian Pierce
14241 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 1000
Dallas, Texas 75254 -2936
972 - 361 -6706
FAX: 972 - 235 -9544
Engineer:
Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers, Jack Evans
8350 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1000
Dallas, Texas 75206
972 - 235 -3031
FAX: 972 - 235 -9544
ITEM # 8
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HISTORY: Council approved a zoning change from A (Agriculture) to LI
(Light Industrial) on a 112 -acre parcel of the Duke Lesley
property on December 12, 2006. On April '10, 2007, a
rezoning was approved, from LI (Light Industrial) to PD -222-
LI (Planned Development- 222 -Light Industrial) to allow a
parking ratio of one space per 5,000 square -feet for
warehouse use and a living screen for truck courts instead of
a masonry wall on this property. Also approved at that time
was a Detail Site Plan and Plat to allow a 755,394- square-
foot office /warehouse building on 36.2 acres of property on
Lot 2, Block A, Duke Lesley Addition (the property in which
this proposed parking area is planned to serve). In April
2008, Council approved an amendment to the PD conditions
of Lot 2, Block A, to allow for attached building signage to
exceed the size and number requirements of the Zoning
Ordinance for Hemispheres, a furniture warehouse use.
In July 2007, a Detail Site Plan was approved allowing the
construction of a 1,079,475- square -foot office /warehouse
building to the northwest of the subject property.
TRANSPORTATION: Dividend Drive is a four -lane divided thoroughfare contained
within a 90 -foot right -of -way and located to the south of this
lot.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Office /warehouse; LI (Light Industrial)
South - vacant; PD -221 R4 -HC (Planned Development —221 -
Revision 4- Highway Commercial)
East - vacant; PD- 222 -LI (Planned Development- 222 -Light
Industrial)
West — Office /warehouse; PD- 222R3 -LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan of May 1996, as amended,
shows the property as suitable for light industrial /showroom
uses.
DISCUSSION: This is the companion request to the PD amendment (PD-
2.22R4 -LI). The lot contains 2.88 acres and is planned for a
parking area. Two east /west 24 -foot fire lane and access
easements (one on the north and one on the south end) are
proposed to connect the parking area in with the fire
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lane /access easement (main drive) spanning the west
property line.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of Lot 3, Block A, Duke Lesley Addition Minor
Plat subject to the following condition:
1. Drainage will be evaluated during engineering plan review.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Recommend approval of the request
2. Recommend disapproval of the request
3. Recommend modification of the request
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Minor Plat
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