DFW Trade JV-CS 950615 (2) CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE #: PD-136, A (Agriculture) to PD (Planned
Development) for the D/FW Trade Center
P & Z HEARING DATE: June 15, 1995
C. C. HEARING DATE: July 11, 1995
LOCATION: On State Highway 121 North
SIZE OF AREA: 63.141 acres
CURRENT A (Agriculture)
ZONING:
REQUEST: PD (Planned Development)
APPLICANT: Industrial Developments International Matt Goodwin
(Applicant) (Engineer)
5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1600 Goodwin & Marshall, Inc.
Dallas, TX 75240 6001 Bridge St., Ste. 100
(214) 663-9399 Fort Worth, TX 76112
(817) 429-4373
HISTORY: The City of Coppell annexed this tract of land in the late 1980's. A resulting
overlap of jurisdictions with the City of Grapevine was resolved in February of
1994. There has been no previous zoning or platting history.
TRANSPORTATION: State Highway 121 is a AA, four-lane divided freeway to be built
in a 450' foot right-of-way.
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - City park; City of Grapevine
South - Business Park District 'BP"; City of Grapevine
East - vacant; Agriculture
West - Single family residential "R-20"; City of Grapevine
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The 1987 Plan did not show this particular tract of land in
Coppell's city limits.
DISCUSSION: An interlocal agreement between Grapevine and Coppell divides
governmental responsibilities for the entire proposed development
between the two jurisdictions (see attached summary). The
developer requested and received Business Park zoning from the
City of Grapevine several weeks ago. The purpose of the
proposed Planned Development district is to establish zoning in
Coppell which, insofar as possible, closely approximates the
zoning in Grapevine.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Planned Development district as
drafted and approval of the site plan and landscape plans,
submitted with the Preliminary Plat (Agenda Item 6) as
constituting an approved Detail Site Plan in accordance with
Section 28 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Approve the Zoning Change
2) Deny the Zoning Change
3) Modify the Zoning Change
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Draft zoning district regulations
2) Interlocal agreement summary
3) Concept Plan
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SUMlVlARY
GRAPEVINE/COPPELL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
(Hunt Property/IDl Development)
The agreement provides division of responsibility. Each city will provide certain services within
the corporate limits of the other city and will not provide certain services within its own
corporate limits.
Coppell intends to provide first response for police and fire emergencies both in Grapevine and
in Coppell. Grapevine will provide back-up. Grapevine will accept responsibility for all other
services within both cities. It will provide and collect rates for water and sewer services; will
issue all building permits, perform all inspections and collect those fees; and will inspect street
construction to its standards and maintain all the streets. CoppeR, however, will review in
advance any cost estimates it receives from Grapevine and, if it approves them, will reimburse
Grapevine for street maintenance costs.
The two cities will endeavor to zone the property within their respective jurisdictions in a
manner that is compatible. Any incompatibility will be resolved by applying the more stringent
standard of the two. Grapevine fiood plain requirements will apply in both cities, and a single
subdivision plat will be filed for review and approval by both cities.
PROPOSED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 136
DfFW TRADE CENTER
Pu _rpose: The purpose of the PD-136 District is to provide a unique zone incorporating
commercial and industrial uses into one district with quality architectural and landscape design
development standards. The PD-136 District allows a mixture of compatible commercial and
industrial land uses with limitation of associated outside uses.
All business operations and activities within the PD-136 District shall be conducted completely
within an enclosed building, and in no instance shall any outside activity be permitted in this
district, except for off-street parking or loading, refuse storage, drive-in or drive-through
window at a financial institution, restaurant, prescription pharmacy or dry cleaning
establishment; with gasoline sales, outdoor dining, and temporary outside display and sale of
Christmas trees permitted only by Special Use Permit.
Uses Generally: In the PD-136 District no land shall be used, and no building or structure shall
be erected, altered, or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided. All permitted
uses listed shall be within a completely enclosed building or structure.
A. P~rmi6ed Uses:
1. Laboratories (scientific, medical, chemical), applied physics, mechanical,
electronic, biological, genetic or other similar experimental research, product
development or testing facilities.
2. Scientific or engineering school facilities or institutions.
3. Data processing.
4. Conference/convention centers.
5. Professional offices which include the following professional and semiprofessional
occupations: accountants, attorneys, dentists, engineers, insurance agents, real
estate agents, personal or family counselors, chiropractors, physical therapists,
physicians, public secretaries, surgeons, or any other offices or professions which
are of the same general character as the foregoing, but specifically excluding
veterinarians, veterinary hospitals, animal grooming salons, dog kennels, and
funeral homes.
6. Computer programming and other software services.
7. Engineering, architectural, and design services.
8. Processing or compounding of drugs and other medical and pharmaceutical
products.
9. Manufacturing and assembling of electronic components, precision instruments
and devices.
10. Office/showrooms.
11. Manufacturing, assembling or packaging of products from previously prepared
materials, such as cloth, plastic, paper, leather, precious or semiprecious metals
or stones.
12. Printing, lithography, publishing or similar establishments.
13. Vocational, trade, technical, or industrial schools.
14. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building, but specifically excluding
mini-storage warehouses.
15. Hotels/motels.
16. Full service hotels/motels which includes dining rooms, personal service shops
(i.e., beauty/barber shops, newsstands, retail and office space).
17. Health spas and physical fimess centers, excluding adults-only massage parlors.
18. Airline ticketing counters, travel agencies.
19. Banks, savings and loans, and financial institutions.
20. Drafting services or quick copying services.
21. Office supplies.
22. Parking garages.
B. Accessory_ Uses: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses:
1. Off-street parking in conjunction with any use permitted herein. Provisions for
parking of automobiles, provided that such provisions within 100 feet of a
residential zoning district shall be separated from said residential zoning district
by a masonry wall meeting the screening requirement of Section 33 of the
Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
2. Signs advertising use on the premises, in accordance with the Coppell Sign Code,
Ordinance 91503.
3. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment located no closer than 120
feet to any residential zoning district.
4. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad and located no closer than
:50 feet to any residential zoning district and not located between the front of the
building and any right-of-way. All refuse disposal and garbage storage areas
shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with Section 33.1, paragraph 6,
of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
5. All other mechanical equipment shall be located within a completely enclosed
building and shall meet the Masonry Requirement of the Design Requirements
stipulated herein (paragraph M, subparagraph 4).
6. Retail sales, day care centers and personal services which are customarily
accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to office buildings.
C. Special Use Permits: The following uses may be permitted, provided they meet the
provisions of, and a Special Use Permit is granted pursuant to, Section 30 the Coppell
Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500:
1. Planned business parks in accordance with the Planned Business Park Provisions
herein (paragraph bO.
2. Retail gasoline sales or gasoline service stations and related convenience store and
automated car washes.
3. Restaurants.
4. Temporary outside display and sale of Christmas trees.
D. Limitation of U~,~: The following uses shall not be permitted within the PI)-136
District:
1. The storage of equipment, materials or vehicles, including abandoned vehicles,
which are not necessary to the uses permitted within PD-136.
2. Freight forwarding.
E. Plan Rea_uiremv~0t,,: No application for a building permit for construction of a building
or structure shall be approved unless:
1. A plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Coppell, has been approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and recorded in the official plat records of the
county in which the property is located.
2. A site plan, meeting the requirements of Section 28 of the Coppell Zoning
Ordinance, Ordinance 91500, has been approved.
3. A landscape plan, meeting the requirements of Section 34 of the Coppell Zoning
Ordinance, Ordinance 91500, has been approved.
F. Density Requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall apply:
1. Minimum LOt Size: The minimum lot size in the PD-136 District shall be 30,000
square feet.
2. Minimum _Open Space: At least twenty (20) percent of the building lot (as
defined in Section 42 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500) shall
be devoted to non-vehicular open space. (Non-vehicular open space is any area
not devoted to buildings, driveways, parking, loading, storage or vehicular use.)
Planned Business Parks permitted by Special Use Permit shall meet the Minimum
Open Space Requirements of Planned Business Parks of the Planned Business
Park Provisions stipulated herein (paragraph N, subparagraph 3).
3. Maximum Building Coverage: The combined area occupied by all buildings and
structures shall no exceed sixty (60) percent of the total area of the building lot
(as defined in Section 42 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500).
4. Maximum Impervious Surface: The combined area occupied by all buildings and
structures, driveways, parking, storage, loading and other paved areas shall not
exceed eighty (80) percent of the total area of the building lot (as defined in
Section 42 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500). However, the
percentage of maximum impervious surface may be increased to a maximum of
eighty-five (85) percent of the total area of the building lot (as defined in Section
42 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500) for Planned Business
Parks permitted by Special Use Permit which meet the Minimum Open Space
Requirements of Planned Business Parks of the Planned Business Park Provisions
stipulated herein (paragraph N, subparagraph 3).
G. Area Regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Lot Width: Every lot shall have a width of not less than one hundred fifty (150)
feet.
2. Lot Depth: Every lot shall have a depth of not less than two hundred (200) feet.
3. Front Yard: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet
which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front yards shall not be
used for any building, structure, fence, wall or storage area, except that signs
may be permitted in this area. Front yards shall be landscaped with grass,
shrubbery, vines, or trees and no part shall be paved or surfaced except for
minimum access, driveways and sidewalks in accordance with Section 34 of the
Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
4. Side Yard: Every lot shall have two (2) side yards, each of whici~ shall be not
less than fifteen (15) feet in width. Planned Business Parks permitted by Special
Use Permit shall meet the requirements of the Minimum Yard Requirements of
the Planned Business Park Provisions herein (paragraph N, subparagraph 1).
5. Rear Yard: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet
in depth. Planned Business Parks permitted by Special Use Permit shall meet the
requirements of the Minimum Yard Requirements of the Planned Business Park
Provisions herein (paragraph N, subparagraph 1).
6. Distance between Buildings: None required.
H. Buffer Area Ret, ulations: Whenever the PD-136 District abuts a residential zoning
district, an appropriate buffer screen shall be provided in accordance with the provisions
of Section 34 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500, and the Additional
Buffering, Screening, Fencing, & Landscaping of the Design Requirements stipulated
herein (paragraph M, subparagraph 5). In addition, no building or structure shall be
located nearer to any residential zoning district than a distance of one hundred (100) feet.
Any use other than open space or off-street parking proposed to be located within the one
hundred (100) foot buffer shall be permitted only by Special Use Permit subject to the
requirements of Section 30 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
Rmta.-
1. No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty
(50) feet.
2. For buildings or structures exceeding fifty (50) feet, a Special Use Permit must
be obtained. In addition, the building height granted under a Special Use Permit
shall not exceed one-half (i/~) the shortest distance between the structure and the
nearest adjacent residential zoning district.
landscaping Reo_uirements: Landscaping shall be required in accordance with Section
34 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
K. Off-Str~et Parkim,: Off-street parking for warehousing and enclosed storage areas shall
be provided at a ratio of at least one (1) parking space for each two thousand (2,000)
square feet of building area. All other off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with the provisions of Section 31 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
Off-street parking shall be landscaped in accordance with Section 34 of the Coppell
Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500. In addition, the following shall be required:
1. No off-street parking area shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any
residential zoning district nor ten (10) feet to any adjacent property line.
2. Off-street parking for passenger vehicles, wherever practical, shall be separated
from truck loading and maneuvering areas.
L. Off-Street Loading: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 31 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
M. Design Requirements: The following design requirements shall apply to all permitted
and accessory uses and to all Special Use Permits:
1. Outdoor Storage: No outdoor storage, except for refuse and garbage storage,
shall be permitted. Refuse and garbage storage areas shall be landscaped and
screened in accordance with Section 33.1, paragraph 6, of the CoppeH Zoning
Ordinance, Ordinance 91500.
2. Mechanical F~_uipment: Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and electrical
equipment shall be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on
· surrounding property. All such equipment shall be screened from public right-of-
way.
3. Lighiiflg: Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected
away from residential zoning districts. Lighting provided within parking facilities
shall meet the requirements of Section 36 of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance,
Ordinance 91500.
4. Masonry_ Reo_uiremq. nt: Due to the development nature of the PD-136 District,
it is recognized that all uses in the district shall have exterior fire resistant
construction having one hundred (100) percent of the total exterior walls,
excluding doors and windows, constructed of brick, stone or other masonry, or
material of equal characteristics in accordance with the City Building Code and
Fire Prevention Code, which may not allow for some business park type
developments.
5. Additional Buffering. Screening. Fencing. & Ia~d~apin~: The Planning and
Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may impose additional
buffering, screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on any zoning change,
Special Use Permit, or concept plan in addition to or in lieu of buffering,
screening, fencing, or landscaping requirements otherwise set out specific~y,
when the nature and character of surrounding or adjacent property dictate a need
to require such protection for the general health, welfare and morals of the
community in general.
N. Planned Business Park Provision,,~: Each lot or parcel of land created within a Planned
Business Park permitted by Special Use Permit shall comply with the following
provisions:
1. Minimum Yard Requiremen$ 9f Pl~nn~l Business Park Provisions: The front
yard requirements ~n~n~ in ~mph G, sub~g~ph 3, herein shill ~
appli~ble to ~ch lot or p~l of l~d wi~in a Pl~n~ Business P~k. A
minimum fift~n (15) f~t side y~d ~d a minimum ~enty-five (25) f~t r~
y~d shill be r~uir~ ~ound the ou~ide ~fime~r of a Pl~n~ Busings P~k.
Minimum side ~d r~ y~d r~uiremen~ of interior lo~ may ~ r~uir~ if
d~m~ n~s~ by City Council ~ order ~ m~t ~e provisions of S~fion 30
of ~e Cop~ll ~ning Ordinal, Ordin~ 915~.
2. ~d~ing R~ui~men~ of Pl~n~ Business P~k~: ~e mi~mum l~d~p~g
r~u~men~ of S~fion 34-1-8~) 1 of ~e Co~ll ~g ~din~, OrdM~
915~, sh~ ~ appli~ble ~ound ~e ou~ide ~fime~r of a Pl~n~ BusM~
P~k. For inmfior lob ~e mMimum ~d~pMg ~u~m~ of S~fion 34-1-
8~)1 of ~e Cop~ll ~ning Ordinal, ~dM~ 915~, may ~ ~u~ if
d~m~ n~~ by City Council M order ~ m~t ~e provisions of ~fion ~
of ~e Co~ll ~nMg Ordinal, ~M~ 915~.
3. Minimum ~ S~ R~ui~menB of Pl~n~ Busings P~k~: At l~t ~
(20) ~t of ~e ~ ~ of ~e bu~d~gs 1o~ (~ de~ ~ ~fion 42 of ~
Cobh ~g ~~, ~d~ 915~) of ~e P~ Bus~ ~k ~
~ devo~ ~ non-v~cu~ o~ ~. ~on-v~cul~ o~n ~ is ~y ~
not devo~ m bu~d~gs, dfive~ys, ~g, l~g, sm~e, or v~c~ u~.)
~e ~~e of ~mum o~ ~ ~y ~ ~u~ m fi~ (15) ~t
of ~e m~ ~ of &e bu~ding 1~ (~ de~ ~ S~fion 42 of ~e ~a
~g ~din~, O~~ 915~) wh~ ~e ~-five (35) f~ ~nt y~
~ui~mmt is met ~ a~r~ ~ ~mph F, sub~mph 2, he~.
4. Building Elevafig~x: Building elevations ofpm~ s~cmr~ shill ~ sub~
wi~ ~e si~ pl~ r~u~ by ~fion 30 of ~e Cop~ ~g O~~,
~d~ 915~.