Freeport NIP(2.91)-CS 990819 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Freeoort North, Lot 1. Block A. Site Plan Review
P & Z HEARING DATE: August 19, 1999
C.C. HEARING DATE: September 14, 1999
LOCATION: Approximately 560' south of Creekview Drive; along the west side
of Royal Lane.
SIZE OF AREA: 9.5 acres of property; 115,950 sfofficedwarehouse facility
CURRENT ZONING: LI (Light Industrial).
REQUEST: Preliminary Plat and Site Plan approval.
APPLICANT: Owner: Engineer:
Weeks Realty, L.P. Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers
5495 Beltline Road 9401 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300
Suite 360 Dallas, TX 75243
Dallas, TX 75240 (972) 235-3031
(972) 687-0006 FAX: (972) 235-9544
FAX: (972) 687-007
HISTORY: The property has been zoned industrial for more than 25 years. The
property was platted in 1984.
TRANSPORTATION: Royal Lane is a C4D/6 four-lane divided collector built to standard
in a l O0'-wide right-of-way capable of accommodating a 6-lane
divided thoroughfare.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- vacant; "Lr' Light Industrial
South - vacant; "LI" Light Industrial
East - vacant; "Lr' Light ~ndustrial
West - vacan~ "Lr' Light Industrial
Item# 17
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
light industrial and showroom uses.
DISCUSSION: This 9.$ acre tract of land is the first parcel of property of the 51 acres of
land that Duke-Weeks Corporation will be developing along the west side
of Royal Lane. A 115,950 sf office/warehouse facility is being proposed
on this site with a truck court adjacent to the western elevation of the
building, as well as 420 parking spaces initially and an additional 200
parking spaces in the future. Approximately 65% of the interior space will
be devoted to office space and the remaining 35% of the space will be
used for warehousing. The facility is designed in such a way that the
building could be converted into a purely office structure.
In researching this property, staff realized that the property had been
platted back in 1984. Therefore, the. plat document can not be processed
as a preliminary plat, it must be resubmitted as a replat. Unfortunately, a
replat requires a public hearing, as well as publication of a notice of public
hearing in the local newspaper. The site plan review process may proceed
forward but the replat document will have to be submitted for
consideration at the next development review cycle.
Generally, the submitted site plan conforms to city code. The only item
that staff would need some clarification on the notation indicating 2 future
parking spaces at the southeast corner of the proposed parking lot. Staff
requests that the 2 spaces be dashed in on the plan, as well as the
corresponding planting islands. The two future parking spaces must also
be shown on the landscaping plan. Staff questions the necessity of having
the two future parking spaces especially when the applicant is providing
126 parking spaces over what is required by city code. Another concern of
staff is the awkward layout of the southeast corner of the parking layout.
The protruding planting island may limit the visibility and maneuverability
of the parking spaces along the southern property line. Perhaps the
planting island should be provided once the future drive is developed.
Initially, furnish an oversized landscape buffer to act as your planting
island.
Staff has some eoneern with regards to the planting islands adjacem to the
western elevation of the facility. The planting islands contain staircases.
The zoning ordinance requires planting islands be a minimum of 150 sf of
landscaped area and every planting island must contain a tree. Staff is
concerned that the applicant is not providing 150 sf of landscaped area and
there are no trees in those planting islands. Also, there is a discrepancy
shown on the landscape tabulations with regards to the total non-vehicular
open space provided. One of the tabulations indicates the total provided
amount of non-vehicular open space is 45,455 sf while on another table
the amount is shown to be 23,619 sf. What is troublesome to staff is that
the 23,619 sf amount which is almost half of what is required.
Item# 17
The building elevations indicate a painted tilt wall structure in white and
light gray tones with gray tinted glass, very comparable to the existing
facilities in the Freeport North Industrial Park. Staff requests that the
applicant specify the dimensions and the colors of the tile, reveal and logo
shown on the monument sign elevations.
RECOMME2qDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends approval of the site plan subject to the following
conditions being met:
1) A replat document is submitted for the next development review cycle.
2) Modify the parking layout and the landscape plan. to address staff
concerns with regards to the 2 future paridng spaces shown at the
southeast comer of the site, as well as the protm~ng landscape island.
3) Provide a minimum of 150 sf of landscape area on the planting islands
adjacent to the western elevation of the buil.ding and provide a tree in
4) Rectify the discrepancy of the total square footage of non-vehicular open
space shown on the landscape tabulations.
5) Compliance with Leisure Services Department comments.
6) Compliance with Engineering Department comments.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend appwval of the request.
2) Recommend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
4) Take ander advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATFACHMENTS: 1) Preliminary Site Plan
2) Building Elevations (A-3.0 - A-3.1)
3) Prelim~ Plat
4) Trec Survey
S) Conceptual Storm Sewer Plan
6) Conceptual Utility Plan
7) Conceptual ~ Plan
s) Landsca Plan (LS. 2- LS.
9) Departmental Comments
Item# 17
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMM/TTEE
LEISURE SERVICES COMMENTS
ITEM: Freeport North, Lot 1, Block A, Preliminary Plat and Siteplan
DRC DATE: July 29, 1999 and August 5, 1999
CONTACT: Brad Reid, Park Planning and Landscape Manager
COMMENT STATUS: PRELIMINARY FINAL ~' REVISED
AFTER P&Z
The tree survey shows that development is removing 2~2" of trees from the site.
Developittent is preserving 0" of trees, allowing no preservation credit. The total
caliper inch of trees removed requiring mitigation is 212 inches.
The landscape provided will create a credit of 106" for the new trees added to the site.
This will reduce the number of caliper inches requiring mitigation to 106 inches.
The Tree Preservation Ordinance allows for the payntent of $100 per caliper inch to the
Coppell Reforestation and Natural Areas Fund in reparation for the loss of these trees.
Please provide an executed Tree Removal Permit prior to removing trees from the site.
DRC7291
DE VEL OPMENT REVIEW COM fJ J 'l 'lz'E "-
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
ITEM: Freeport Norti~ Lot 1. Block A. Preliminar~ Plat and SRe Plan Review. to
allom the development of a 115,950 square foot o. OZee~arehouse facility on
approximately 9.$ acres of property located approximately 560' south of
Creelcvie~ Drive and along the west side of Royal Lane, at the request of
Packeco Kock Consulting £ng~neers.
DRC DATE: July 29, 1999 and August $, 1999
C01¥TA C T: Mike Man, n, P.E., Assistant City Engineer (972-$04-$679)
~...o.~..) ~ , ,. ~. , ,a~. ·..~ ,REVISED
AFTER P&Z
1. The utility easements for the water vaults must be 20' x 20'.