Ashton Ridge-CS 960418CASE NO:
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
PD-156 (formerly ZC-591), ASHTON RIDGE
P & Z HEARING DATE: April 18, 1996
C.C. HE~G DATE: May 14, 1996
LOCATION:
At the northeast comer of Heartz and Sandy Lake Roads
SIZE OF AREA:
7.72 acres
CURRENT ZONING:
SF-12 (Single Family-12)
REQUEST:
PD-SF-9 (Planned Development, Single Family-9
APPLICANT:
Owner:
Moneyline Construction Corp.
1301 West Hwy. 407, g201-208
Lewisville TX 75067
214-492-8249
Representative:
Robert Lange
6310 LBI Freeway, g'210
Dallas TX 75240
214-960-8901
HISTORY:
There is no recent zoning or platting history on this tract.
TRANSPORTATION:
Sandy Lake Road is a 2-lane asphalt road shown on the
thoroughfare plan as a C4D, four-lane divided thoroughfare to be
built in a 95'-wide right-of-way on each side of Heartz Road.
Heartz Road is a 2-lane undivided collector street within a 60'wide
right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North
South -
East -
Park Place Addition residential subdivision; "TC" Town Center
Church and vacant land; "O" Office and "SF-12" Single Family
Residential
Park Place Addition residential subdivision; "TC" Town Center
Item// 17
West -
Chaucer Estates residential subdivision; "PD-SF-7" Planned
Development
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The 1987 Comprehensive Plan shows the property as part
of Town Center. The proposed 1996 Comprehensive Plan
shows the property as suitable for low density residential
development.
DISCUSSION:
Nine years ago, the City considered this property suitable for inclusion in
Town Center. In the meantime, however, the developer of Town Center
elected to market the surrounding land for residential purposes.
Consequently, on the north and east the property now adjoins park Place,
a single-family residential development where lots range in area from
8325 square feet to over 9000 square feet. Seven of the fifteen adjacent
lots in Park Place are less than 9000 square feet in area, while eight are
larger. Also, the property is across Heartz Road from Chaucer Estates
where zoning permits 7500-square-foot lots, or even smaller, but where
the developer platted the subdivision with lots of 9000 square feet in area
or greater. Of the twelve lots which adjoin Heartz Road, seven are
exactly 9000 square feet in area, two are 9,257 square feet, and three are
considerably larger.
The subject site contains over 60 oak trees of 18" caliper or greater, and
over 250 smaller trees, most of which are oaks. The trees, particularly
the smaller ones, are concentrated primarily at the southeastern quarter of
the property.
The applicant proposes a single-family residential development with 27
lots. While it would be possible to arrange the lots so that 85 % would be
larger than 9000 square feet in area, staff has requested slight additional
lot area reductions for the purpose of providing corner right-of-way clips
and tree preservation. Even so, however, adjoining Park Place only the
two lots at the entrance would be less than 9000 square feet in area if the
plans were amended according to staff recommendations. The purpose in
reducing the area of those two lots is to preserve a 28"-caliper oak tree
15' east of the east right-of-way line of Heartz Road.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMlVlISSION:
Staff recommends continuance of the public hearing for the proposed
Planned Development District until the site plan is changed to show
preservation of the tree identified as number 131 on the tree survey
submitted with the preliminary plat.
Item # 17
1) Recommend approval of the zoning change
2) Recommend disapproval of thc zoning change
3) Recommend modification of the zoning change
4) Continue the public hearing
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Site Plan & Zoning Exhibit
2) Departmental Comments
Item # 17
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COM~ITTE~- -~
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
ITEM: zC-591. Ashton Ridge. zoning change from SF-12 (Single Family-12)
to PD-SF-9 (Planned Development, Single Family-9) to allow the
derelopment of a 27-1ot planned development single family subdirision
on 7. 72 acres of property located at the northeast comer of Heartz and
Sandy Lake Roads, at the request of HAP Engineering & Associates,
Ittc.
DRC DATE: March 28, 1996 and April 4, 1996
CONTACT: Mike Martin, E.I.T., Assistant City Engineer (304-3679)
COMMENT STATUS: PREL!M!NAP. Y ~FINAL ~
See Preliminary Plat Comments