Tennis Ctr Exp-CS100218CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
Wagon Wheel Park, Tennis Center Expansion,
Site Plan Amendment
P &Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
STAFF REP.:
LOCATION:
CURRENT ZONING:
February 18, 2010
March 9, 2010
Matt Steer, City Planner
950 Creekview Drive
7.5 acres of property
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST: A Site Plan Amendment to allow the addition of four (4) regular -
size and three (3) half -size tennis courts, a 1,133- square -foot
expansion to the existing 1,084- square -foot pro shop to include
tennis equipment sales, two bleacher shade canopies, a
storage building and additional walkways.
APPLICANT:
Owner:
City of Coppell Parks Dept
Ester Moreno
816 S Coppell Road
Coppell, TX 75019
Phone: 972 - 462 -5100
Fax: 972 - 462 -5149
Engineer:
Kimley Horn Associates
John Fielder
2201 W Royal Lane, Suite 275
Irving, TX 75063
Phone: 214 - 420 -5600
Fax: 214 - 420 -5680
HISTORY: Phase One of Wagon Wheel Park, a 100 -acre city property,
was constructed in 1999. It consisted of two baseball fields, two
soccer fields and a parking lot. Since that time, three soccer
fields (currently six smaller fields) with spectator shelters,
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multiple soccer practice fields, four baseball fields, a batting
cage, a concession stand /restroom facility, a tennis center
(eight courts with a club house), various parking areas and
miscellaneous maintenance facilities have been built. In
August 2008, a 4,000- square -foot maintenance /storage facility
was approved on the north end of the park.
TRANSPORTATION: Creekview Drive is currently designated on the Thoroughfare
Plan as a two -lane undivided collector, and is built to standard.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Wagon Wheel Park; LI (Light Industrial)
South - Vacant; PD- 185R -LI (Planned Development -
185- Revised -Light Industrial)
East - Wagon Wheel Park; LI (Light Industrial)
West — Derse Exhibits Office/Warehouse; LI (Light
Industrial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan of May 1996, as amended,
shows the property as suitable for park /open space.
DISCUSSION: This is a significant expansion to the existing Wagon Wheel
Tennis Center site consisting of a 1,133- square -foot expansion
to the existing club house, four new courts, three half courts
with a backboard practice area, a 20'x30' pavilion structure, two
12'x24' bleacher structures, and a small 8'x12' storage building.
Additional walkways are proposed to connect with the existing
layout and are well integrated. The building expansion is
proposed to match the existing building in materials and design.
This will be L ilized as a pro -shop with equipment sales such as
tennis rackets, tennis apparel and accessories. The four new
courts are proposed to be constructed, extending into the
wooded area to the northwest. These are proposed to be at
the same grade as the existing courts creating the need for a
significant amount of fill. The trees to be removed consist of 23
Mesquite, six Hackberry and nine Elm trees, none of which are
considered specimen trees. The area north of the proposed
expansion will continue to be heavily treed. The pavilion is
20'x30' and will have stone columns and standing seam roof to
match the pro -shop. The proposed small storage building is
labeled on the site plan to be metal or wood to match the
building. Staff recommends the wood construction with a stain
to match the main building. The proposed fencing is to match
what is on the ground today with black vinyl coated chain link in
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places with a wind screen and decorative metal in other places.
The two 12'x24' bleacher shade covers are proposed to be very
simple in design with a steel pole and sumbrella or fabric top.
As mentioned in the Development Review Committee meeting,
due to the size of the proposal, staff recommends that the
columns be wrapped with the same stone as the proposed
pavilion fulfilling the 80% masonry requirement. This would be
recommended of a private developer with the same proposal
and staff believes an identical condition is warranted in this
case.
Parking is sufficient to accommodate the proposed expansion
with the sharing of parking to the east between the tennis
center and the soccer fields. No specific requirements are
outlined in the Zoning Ordinance for tennis facilities, but staff
has analyzed other municipal requirements and discovered that
they are different in each city — ranging from two to six required
per court; some including the on -site facility and others not.
Staff analyzed this specific request in two different ways. First,
by requiring four spaces per court and none for the pro -shop,
coming to 48 required. And second, by requiring three spaces
per court with the 2,217- square -foot pro -shop calculated
separately as a retail use (one space required per 200 square
feet), coming to 47 required. Therefore, with the parking
provided immediately in -front of the center (40 spaces) and with
the parking area adjacent to the east (24 spaces), staff is
comfortable in allowing for the expansion without the need to
construct additional parking. An aerial is attached for your
reference.
In sum, with the revision of the shade canopies to be clad in
stone and the storage facility constructed of wood (stained to
match the pro - shop), staff is recommending approval of this
request, and feels this proposal is a valuable addition to an
already exceptional facility.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of the Wagon Wheel Site Plan Amendment subject
to the following conditions:
1. Modify the bleacher shade structures to include stone wrapped columns to match
the pavilion and pro -shop. Color of canopy shall be earth toned and specified on
the elevations.
2. Ensure the storage facility is constructed of wood and stained to match the pro -
shop.
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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
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1. Aerial of Existing Conditions
2. Site Plan
3. Landscape Plan
4. Tree Survey
5. Elevations
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