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~a~ch 22, [~93
VZA FACS~MZ~ (214) 393-0948
Hr, Kenneth M. Griffin; P.E.
City Engineer
City of Coppell
P. O. Box 478
Coppell, TX 75019
~ar Mr. Griffin~
f~nal opinion, I ~ove ~ few ~est~on~ about ~he ~oouments to
eu=e that my under~tan~n~ of the se~ence of event~ l~
and correct.
1. A letter from Oinn~ Ino. ~ote~ May 1~ 1985~
,,~.~ tha~ ~he cfi?ina1 ~oZimin~ pXmt was to be conm~dere~
~ p4~ by ~ PAm~ & ~on~ C~mmion o~ ~y L6~ 1985, W&~
~t~~ /it ~~~ tot approval by ~m P a ~? Zf so; h~ was
almurances, by the City =oncerning the fees he would have
to pay before the final ~la~ would be
2. The original subdivision m~lications In 198~ indioa~e
Inc. and S. C. Parso~s~ Inc. ," with =he appXlcan~
Don A. Tipton, Ind. The i~ltl~l cheo~S are drawn on
account of "Northlake Woodlands" although they seemed
~ be eigned by $. C. Parsons. ReGen= correspondenc~ refer~
k only ~o G~eve Pareons. Ham ~.~ b~n a change
~O /o~er~hLD zn ~he Northlake Woodland~ East No. 10,
~ ~B$ Zn other words, were tl~e oripznal fees pa~d by a
~ -~- ~ group of owners which has sold ~o Parsons~ o= in some
~.~ -~ o~her wa~ waived a claim to the payment of ~he ear12er
~~k~ fees?
~~ ) be built un~il tlz~ Mockingb~r~ Or MacAr=hur crossing
~ ~complotmd." H~ 1~9 warn ~= before Mooki~D~ or
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Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin
March 22, 1993
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N~r~hurwere~m~qp~ted? Can Mr. Parsons argue that
original plat and fee payment i~ ~till va~ld
Mockingbird or~rthur have only been completed in the
last few
4. I ~ake it from the documentation the= after the Council
_~ approved the p~ for 374 ~tm on 116 acres on
~ ~ ~= 10, ~ge~, the= plat was never submitted for
o~. ~ X =orriS? ~ter, when the property was
letter ~o-~he City shying that the Phase A plat was
D plat nor the original plat of 375 units wa~ ~ve~
by the City officials and filed in ~=ordance wi~h
ordinance.
shows the zoning as-~_-~. Is this ~imply a typo~ If
plan development was done and a~proved~ wouldn't the
platting have already b~en completed?
6. A letter from Pa~ Atklns to Ed Powell~ dated October 10~
1986~ re~es~ln9 submission of =he final pla~ on P~ase A
· .~ The check is ~o~ attached to my copy of ~h~ l.~t~r. Was
~~ney p~ld when all 374 ~its were on ~e ~1~? If Mr.
/th~t accepted by the City in payment for ~e Pha~e A
~replat? T~
~. ~ 7. I assume ~her~ was an approval o~ the prelimina~
O. The Developmen~ Review Co~ittee Minutes of Nove~er 4~
1986, state tha~ S. Daneshmand wanted the applican~ ~o
fi~l a~r~plat of the 374 Unite? In other wordm~ in
1986, is ~e cl~y sCill r~ferring bac~ to the old final
plat?
9. The staff report on PhaBe B-Final Plnt~ dalai
Nove~er 20, 1986, prepared by the P & Z
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Mr. Kenneth M. Griffin
March 22, 1993
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states under "Oeneral Description" that "this pla~ had
been previously approved by the Planning & Zoning
Commission and City Council but was never filed with
Department or =he City of Coppell." The uame remark is
there an earlier approval of Phase D by the P & Z and the
city Council w~ich wau never filed?
Nor~hlake Woodlands 10 2~st.'" ~l-~h~l & reference
~ ~ A~ If so~ was a similar le~r ~nt, and
similac fees a~sessed ~or~ Phase B in 1987?
Addi~ionally, w~s there any discussion by Mr. Parsons
$6,296.007 In o~her words, ~ am ~i~ to
~ ~ ~A~-. On this repla2 of Phase A~ ~f a stree=
~ sign fee was ~oin~ ~0 be charged a~ain, why wouldn'~
(wa~er availability fee and the sewer availability fee be
k charged again?
Add~lonally, referring ~o the Norther 18~ lV87~
~m Xn~u~ ~ ~~ l~e~? ~ do no~ see any
record of ~hose being assessed when the ori~inal pla~ was
filed In 1985.
12. { Are you considering the idea that the applicant
~en~lr~ly waived ~e ~ ~hich were pa~d In 1985 and now
(muB~ pay the complete impact fee under =he present
/o~dina~ce? Or, are you trying t~ d~=ld~ whaler
~ee, and what was paid ori~nally? '
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Mr. Konn~th M. Griffin
March 22, 1993
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Please let me know if you have any suggestions =oncerning this
matter.
Very truly yours,
Ronald I-I. Clark
RHC/smw