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PLANNING DEPARTMg~NT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: S-1177, FIRESTONE
P & Z HEARING DATE: June 15, 2000
C.C. HEARING DATE: July 11, 2000
LOCATION: Along the south side of W. Sandy Lake Road, approximately
200' west of S. Denton Tap Road.
S173::. OF AREA: Approximately 1.2 acres of property.
CURRENT ZONING: R (Retail)
REQUEST: R-S.U.P. (Retail, Special Use Permi0 for a 7,456 square foot Auto
Repair Garage
APPLICANT: Applicant:
The Richmond Group
Jame~ M. Corkill
12200 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 317
Dallas, Texas 75234
972484-5977
FAX: 972484-8641
HISTORY: In 1987 the City Council approved a final plat and a Special Use
Permit on a portion of the current request area for a Firestone Store.
However, given that no building permit was issued within the
size of the building and lot area, a new Special Use Permit is
On April 20, 2000 the Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended denial of a Special Use Permit for an auto repair
garage on the subject property based on the site plan's lack of
recommendations of the CIVIC Report in terms of colors proposed,
and aesflw~c concerns with the bay doors facing a thoroughfare
desig __t_, l as a prima image zoae.
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TRANSPORTATION: Sandy Lake Road is a two-lane asphalt road within a variable-wi,.~
right-of-way, shown on the thoroughfare plan as a C4D four-lane
divided collector street to be built within a 110 foot right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- Albertson's Shopping Center; C, Commercial
South- vacant; C, Commercial
Fa.~t - Exxon Gas Station and McDonalds; R, Retail
West -vacant; R, Retail
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
Neighborhood Retail Uses.
DISCUSSION: As noted above, when a similar request was recommended for denial by the
Planning and Zoning Commission in April, the major area of concerns
were:
· aesthetic concerns with the bay doors facing a thoroughfare designated as
a primary image zone;
· lack of adherence to the landscape ordinance;
· conflicts with the recommendations of the CIVIC Report in terms of
colors proposed; and
· lack of adherence to the sign ordinances.
In this submission, the Firestone Company has addressed most of these
issues. First, the building has been reoriented to be perpendicular to
Sandy Lake Road and reduced the total square footage by approximately
300 square feet. However, in the previous request there were five
"double loaded" bay doors. The current request has ten (10) single
loaded bay doors. Therefore, the eastern elevation contains the bay
doors, and the western elevation is a blank wall. Landscaping has been
added to obscure the view of these elevations from Sandy Lake Road.
Along the western elevation, there is a 30 foot landscaped area where
eleven (11) existing trees are to remain, as well aa four (4) new trees to
be planted. Bur Oak trees are proposed to be planted in the buffer area
adjacent to the existing mutual acce~ easement with Exxon and
McDonald's to the east and along Sandy Lake Road to the north. The
landscaping in now in compliance with the Landscape Ordinance, as
34.5% of the site is devoted to landscaping.
The applicant has agreed to the following additional stipulations for this
Special Use Permit:
a) The hours of operation shall be limited to Monday through Friday 7
a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
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b) No vehicles shall be parked outside overnight.
c) No vehicles shall be parked in the fire lane adjacent to the bay doors,
at any time.
The elevations on the previous submittal included reddish brown brick,
with white brick along the base of the building and horizontal stripes of
red and blue glazed brick in the middle of the elevation. In accordance
with the CIVIC report recommendation, the revised elevations indicate
the same reddish brown field brick on the entire building, with the color
bands deleted. The initial submittal for this request included a bright red
canopy along the north elevation. The color of this canopy has been
revised to a brown to be more in keeping with the recommendations of
the CIVIC report.
The size, color and illumination of the signage on the building has also
been revised from the previous request as well as the initial submittal on
this request, but the proposed signage still exceeds the maximum allowed
by ordinance. Specifically, per Section 29-4-3(B).ii of the Zoning
Ordinance, for buildings with multiple facades, attached signs are
permitted a maximum aggregate effective area of two (2) square feet per
lineal foot of building frontage or 300 square feet, whichever is less.
The building has 55 feet of frontage, therefore a maximum of 110 square
foot of signage is permitted for the entire building (max. 55 square feet
on the front (north) fac~ade). Sheet A-5, Exterior Elevation indicate
three attached signs, and one monument sign. When this was discussed
in the Development Review Committee meeting, there were two major
issues relating to signs, the size and the measurement of effective area.
Although they reduced the size of thc three(3) attached signs they are
still exceeding the maximum square footage allowed (by 15.2 square
feet) due to miscalculating the effective area. All letters in the signs are
proposed to be white channel letters which is in keeping with
recommendations of the CIVIC Report.
The monument sign is in compliance with the provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance. This sign is proposed to be the maximum permitted, 40
square feet, with white letters and the same field brick as the main
structure. The sign is proposed to read "Firestone" with no additional
wording.
There are also several concerns with the revised site plan as submitted.
First, 38 parking spaces are required and shown, however Section 34-1-
8(B)(3), of the Zoning Ordinance states a "single row of parking shall
have landscape islands separating no more than 15 space or less than
$ ~paces.' There are three (3) areas which do not meet the second
criteria, where there are less than 5 spaces in a row. To allow this
parking configuration, a special exception is required by the Board of
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Adjustment. The applicant has submitted an application for
consideration by the Board in July, which is prior to City Council's
consideration of this SUP request.
Finally, the tree survey indicates that there are almost 400 caliper inches
of trees on the site, all but 18 inches are protected trees. Per the
applicant's calculation, the development of this project will necessitate
the removal of 228 caliper inches of protected trees. Tree g22, a 15
caliper inch Black Willow tree, located adjacent to the mutual access
easement is included in the retribution calculations, however, it is
indicated on the Tree Mitigation Plan as being preserved. The Tree
Mitigation Plan needs to be corrected, unless this Black Willow tree can
RF~O~NDATION TO TI-IE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending approval of this request subject to the following SUP
Conditions:
a) Board of Adjustment granting of a special exception to Section 34-
1-805)(3), of the Zoning Ordinance allowing for the three (3)
areas which have less than five (5) parking spaces in a row.
b) The signage being reduced to a maximum effective area of 110
square feet for the total building (calculated as specified in
Section 29-1.2 and in Illustration #16 in the Appendix of the
Coppell Zoning Ordinance) with a maximum of 55 square feet on
the north elevation, with the remaining signage being allowed on
the east and/or west elevations.
c) Hours of operation being limited to Monday through Friday 7 a.m.
to 8 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sunday.
d) No vehicles shall be parked outside overnight.
e) No vehicles shall be parked in the fuelane adjacent to the bay doors
at any time.
f) On the Tree Mitigation Plan, Tree # 22 needs to be indicalixl as
removed.
g) A tree removal permit will be required prior to the removal of any
trees.
h) Contribution due to the Reforeslation fund of $6,000 ~ be due.
ALTF_~A~: 1) Recommend approval of the request
2) Reconunend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
4) Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
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ATrACI-IM~NTS:
1) Department Comments
· Building Inspection
· Leisure Services
2) Site ?lan
3) Floor Plan
4) Exterior Elevations
5) Landscape Plan
6) Tree Mitigation Plan
7) Tree Survey
8) Irrigation Plan
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
BUILDING INSPECTION COMMENTS
ITEM: Firestone Stm'e - Sandy lake
DRC DATE: May 25, 2000
CONTACT: C, reg
COMMENT STATUS: ,/ INITIA ~ P~Er, IMINARY FIN~
L Need to app~ to BOA for spec~ t~ccelnton for parMng space conflgurationa
2. Signage too large overall and each sign .too larga Signs measured to outside
dimension of largest element = 72.s~f. Max stze 55 s,f. Max overall total sum s,f. =
l:to s. f.
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
£ElStlRE SERVICES CO~S
ITEM: Ftre~eo~e, Zoning Change Request
DRC DATE: May 2~, 2000
CONTACt: Brad Reid, Park Pl~mning a~d La~uiscape Manager
_COMMENT STATI2S'.. PRELIMINARY../ filial. RgVI~__
AFIT~ P~Z
A Tree Removal Permit is required to be executedprior to ~moual of any trees,
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