Deforest Court-CS 990520 (2) CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: PD-179, DeForest Court
P & Z HEARING DATE: May 20, 1999
C.C. HEARING DATE: June 8, 1999
LOCATION: 703 DeForest Road.
SIZE OF AREA: 4 acres of property, to ~ developed with 11 SF lots.
CURRENT ZONING: A (Agriculture)
REQUEST: PD-SF-12 (Planned Development, Single Family-12).
APPLICANT: Owner: Coppell Optimum Assets, LLC. Engineer: Halff and Assoc.
308 Park Meadow Way 8616 N.W. Plaza Dr.
Coppell, TX. 75019 Dallas, TX. 75225
(214) 353-9058 (214) 346-6200
Fax: (214) 351-2828 Fax: (214) 739-0108
HISTORY: No recent zoning history on the parcel of land.
TRANSPORTATION: DeForest Road is a local street contained within a 50-foot r.o.w.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- Denton Creek; City of Carrollton
South - single-family; PD-140
East - vacant; PD-163 (SF-9)
West - single-family construction; "A', Agriculture
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
flood plain until/unless removed from the flood plain.
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DISCUSSION: This is a request to zone land PD SF-12 on an approximate 4 acre tract
currently zoned 'A' Agriculture. The request calls for 11 lots, each
containing over 12,000 square feet. The density requested is compatible
with surrounding zoning and is, in fact, much larger that the lots on the
south side of Deforest Road. This land use is identical to land
surrounding it, and from that perspective is supportable by staff.
Included is a landscape plan which meets the standards outlined in the
zoning ordinance. There is no screening wall proposed here, and the PD
is being requested primarily to eliminate the alley requirement. Some
attention (by the applicant) needs to be directed to the tree mitigation
plan and the specific comments of Leisure Services (attached). Also,
clarify on the landscape plan where the 36, 4" caliper trees being
mitigated will be planted throughout the subdivision. Only 12 trees are
being proposed to be planted in common areas.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
The planning staff recommends approval of this request subject to the following
conditions:
1) Provide a notion on all exhibits that lots 1X and 13X are common lot areas
to be maintained by an HOA
2) List all PD conditions on the face of all exhibits
3) Address above and Departmental comments (Leisure Services and
Engineering)
4) Change zoning exhibit to reflect Dallas County rather than Denton County
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the request
2) Recommend disapproval of the request
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Zoning Exhibit
2) Site Plan
3) Landscape Plan
4) Tree Mitigation Plan
5) Departmental comments (Leisure Services and Engineering)
Item # 10
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
LEISU~ SERWCES CO~S
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DRC DA~: A~l ~, 1999 a~ ~ 6, 1999
CO~A~: Brad ~d, Park P~ng a~ ~~pe
The developer should be made aware that the proposed development is affected by the
Park Dedication Ordinance stipulating $1,285.00 per dwelling unit.
The developer shows 112' of protected tree removal, 30' of tree preservation and 112"
of tree replacements. Replacement caliper inches of trees can count as credit for up to
50% of tree removal reparation, equaling 56 total inches. This amount, added to the
30" of preserved trees, equal the total amount of credit due against tree removal
reparation (86'9. An additional 26" of trees require reparation per section 34 of the
zoning ordinance.
Also, it appears that one of the proposed Chinese Pistachio on the southern end of the
property will interfere with existing tree #3, which is scheduled to remain.
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
ITEM: RD-179, DeForest Court. a zoning chamte to allow the development of a ll-
lot residential subdivision with common areas on 4.0 acres of property located
at 703 DeForest Road, at the request of Halff Associates.
DRC DATE: April29, 1999 and May 6, 1999
CONTACT: Mike Martin, P.E., Assistant City Engineer (972-304-3679)
COMMENTSTA TUS' D~r rn/rrnrA rsv /FINAL
1. The minimum street offset from Allen Road must be 125'. A variance may be requested to
allow the proposed street layout.
2. Provide a drainage area map.
3. The existing FEMA map shows that this property is located in the 100-year floodplain. No
development will be allowed until a flood study is submitted and approved by the City and
FEMA. The property will have to be replatted when the 100-year floodplain limit line is
changed.