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IAAM-CS 990617 CITY OF COPPELL PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT CASE: IAAM HEADQUARTERS, LOT 1, BLOCK 1, FINAL PLAT P & Z HEARING DATE: June 17, 1999 C.C. HEARING DATE: July 13, 1999 LOCATION: Along the south side of Fritz Drive and along the north side of IH 635. SIZE OF AREA: 4.377 acres of property to accommodate a 38,567 square foot office building CURRENT ZONING: HC (Highway Commercial) REQUEST: Final Plat approval. APPLICANT: Owner: Engineer: Inter. Assoc. of Assembly Mgrs. Halff and Assoc. 4425 W. Airport Freeway Mark McGraw Suite 590 8616 Northwest Plaza Dr. Irving, TX. 75062 Dallas, TX. 75225 (972) 255-8020 (214) 346-6200 Fax: (972) 255-9582 Fax: (214) 361-5573 HISTORY: This property went through site plan and preliminary plat review within the last nine months. In addition, the property to the north has been developed with the Fritz facility, the property to the south with the Lucent Technologies building. TRANSPORTATION: Fritz Drive is a C2U, two-lane undivided street built to standard in a variable width fight-of-way. SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING: North- Fritz Companies (freight forwarders); LI, Light Industrial South-Lucent Technologies (office building); HC, Highway Commercial East - vacant; HC, Highway Commercial West -vacant, LBJ Freeway; "A', Agriculture Item # 9 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for Freeway office type uses DISCUSSION: The application is for a 38,500 square foot, two story office building to be located adjacent to LBJ Freeway. This will be the home of the International Association of Assembly Manager's World Headquarters, a group that manages convention centers. The IAAM will occupy a portion of the building and plan to lease out the remainder (somewhere between 20- 25,000 square feet). This is a use that should be encouraged along LBJ; it is a handsome office building, has great exposure to the Freeway and has complimentary landscaping which will serve to enhance this corridor. This is the kind of use we strongly support along this corridor. With regard to the final plat, all staff comments are minor in mature. RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION: Staff recommends approval of the final plat document with the following condition: Change the address on the Final Plat document to reflect the correct address of the IAAM ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the request 2) Recommend disapproval of the request ATTACHMENTS: 1) Final Plat Document Item # 9