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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. Item//16 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