Northlake 635(01)-CS 980618CASE:
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
NORTHLAKE 635 BUSINESS PARI
PLAT and SITE PLAN
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
June 18, 1998
July 14, 1998
LOCATION:
Southwest comer of Lakeshore and Crestside
SIZE OF AREA:
6.529 acres, proposed 80,018 s.f. building.
CURRENT ZONING:
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST:
Minor Plat and Site Plan approval.
APPLICANT:
Developer:
CMC Commercial Realty Group
5400 LRI Fwy, Ste 1450
Dallas TX 75240
972-770-2800
Fax 972-770-2805
Engineer:
Halff Associates
8616 Northwest
Dallas TX 7522:
214-346-6200
Fax 214-739-009
HISTORY:
TRANSPORTATION:
While the street rights-of-way in Northlake
were platted in 1984, most of the building si~
platted.
lake Shore Drive and Crestside Drive are cone
local streets each within a 60'-wide fight-of-wa
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North-
South -
East-
West -
Vacant; LI
Vacant; A
Lincoln Properties Copper Business Center II
LI
McCollister Moving & Storage; LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the pn
light industrial/showroom use.
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MINOR
Drives.
?laza Dr
5
635 Business Park
~s have never been
:rete curb-and-gutter
t.
under construction;
~erty as suitable for
DISCUSSION:
The site development and landscape tabulatiom
that, after deducting the building and vehicular ]
the total site area, the amount of land left is r~
amount of required landscaping. This would
unnecessary to provide walk'ways for peoph
vehicular pavement to the building. To comp]
requirements, the applicant is suggesting that
pavement count as landscaping, but staff has for
to the nature of this enhancement.
In another call center application, the City has l
pavement surfaces to serve as a landscaping fe
for making this concession was the City's
accommodating all of the call center personne
the site.
In explanation of this reasoning, typically the
within a given amount of call center space is:
number found in standard office space.
c
conduct business by telephone, have little face-'
need seating only for themselves. Therefore,
small cubicle in which to work. However, the
parking ratio is one parking space for every 30C
call centers often provide as much as one sp
square feet or even one space for every 167 sq
center were to occupy an existing office buildi~
one parking space for each 300 square feet,
likely that a third or more of the work force w,
the streets, on vacant lots, or wherever they coul
The planning staff would be willing to rect
consideration for this project if it were ce~
building would be occupied as a ~ center. W~
of that. To our knowledge this is a speculative
be leased to whomever comes along. We do m
landscaping if it should prove that there is no nee
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIOi
The planning staff recommends approval of the
following conditions:
1)
A 45' reduction in the length of
of pavement shown for future p;
on the far western end of the pro[
Item # 16
as presented show
mvement area from
)ughly equal to the
be fine if it were
; to get from the
y with landscaping
enhanced sidewalk
~d no indication as
~ermitted enhanced
ature. The reason
great interest in
parking needs on
.umber of workers
ar greater than the
dl center workers
o-face contact, and
hey require only a
City's office space
square feet, while
~ce for every 200
uare feet. If a call
lg which had only
for example, it is
)uld be parking on
d find space.
,mmend a similar
in that the entire
have no evidence
building and will
,t want to sacrifice
site subject to the
the 58'-wide band
trking and located
erty.
ALTERNATIVES:
ATTACHMENTS:
2)
Screening of mechani
undergrounding of any addition
and placement of utility mete]
locations.
3)
Board of Adjustment approval o
authorizing a reduction in the
loading spaces.
Furthermore, the planning staff recommends al
plat.
Relative to the site plan:
1) Recommend approval of the request
2) Recommend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
4) Take under advisement for reconsideration at a late
Relative to the minor plat:
1) Recommend approval
2) Recommend disapproval
3) Recommend modification
1) Site Plan
2) Landscape Plan
3) Building Elevations
Item# 16
~ equipment,
al electric facilities,
's in inconspicuous
special exception
aumber of required
~proval of the minor