Northpoint Addn-CS010315 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: NORTHPOINT ADDITION
LOT 1, BLOCK 1
SITE PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT
P & Z HEARING DATE: March 15, 2001
C.C. HEARING DATE: April 10, 2001
LOCATION: At the southeast comer of Northpoint Drive and S.H. 121.
SIZE OFAREA: Total site area measures approximately 16.13 acres, with 9.081
acres being located within Coppell Ciw Limits and 7.045 acres in
the City of Grapevine.
CURRENT ZONING: LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST: Preliminary Plat and Site Plan approval for t~vo office buildings
totaling approximately 137,000 square feet.
APPLICANT: Engineer: Architect:
HalffAssociates, Inc. Gromatzky Dupree & Assoc.
Chris Amarante Keith Rabuse, AIA
8616 Northwest Plaza Drive 2626 Cole Avenue, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75225 Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 346-6200 (214) 871-9078
FAX: (214) 739-7086 (214) 871-9869
Owner/Developer:
Jackson-Shaw Company
Christopher Gardner
4890 Alpha Road, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75244
(972) 628-7400
FAX: (972) 628-7n,4~,
HISTORY: There has been no platting history on the subject property.
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TRANSPORTATION: Northpoint Drive is a C4D four-lane divided thoroughfare within 80'
of fight-of-way to the east of the subject property; however
Northpoint Drive continues to the west as a C4U four-lane undivided
thoroughfare within 90' of fight-of-way.
SIJRRO~G LAND USE & ZONING:
North- vacant; LI, Light Industrial
South - Fellowship Church; LI, Light Industrial
East - Freeport North existing office/warehouse; LI, Light Industrial
West - S.H. 121, City of Crmpevine
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
light industhal/showroom uses.
DISCUSSION: The applicant is requesting Preliminary Plat and Site Plan approval for Lot
1, Block 1 of Northpoint Addition. The proposed development will
encompass a total of 16.13 acres, with the western seven acres being
located within the City of Grapevine. The applicant has clearly denoted
the 9.081 acres of the site, known as Phase I, which lies within Coppell.
While the City limit line runs north/south through the property, the site has
been designed so that only parking areas cross that line and all buildings
are fully located in either jurisdiction.
The applicant is proposing to construct a total of three office buildings,
containing approximately 241,600 square feet. One building will be
located within Grapevine. The remaining two buildings (Buildings 1 & 2)
will fall within Coppell and they will be served by a total of 691 parking
spaces, well exceeding the 457 spaces required. Staff review will only
reference the buildings, parking, and landscaping which is located within
the City of Coppell, with the exception of a parking area which falls
within Grapevine, but will be constructed as part of Phase I.
The proposed buildings will be tilt-wall construction, with contemporary
architectural elements. The building walls and accents will be set apart by
varied shades of white & gray. Portions of the east~west building walls
and additional architectural elements will be painted reddish/brown with a
glass block design. Both buildings are served by dumpsters located within
dumpster enclosures designed to match the building and have been located
in inconspicuous locations, so not to be visually prominent along
Northpoint Drive.
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Building I will bc two-story, containing a building area of 104,600 square
feet. Because thc building has been designed for office uses only, a
significant number of windows arc proposed to bc located on all four sides
of thc building. Thc building elevations indicate that a metal roof screen is
proposed; staff has recommended that this roof screen appear to bc part of
thc building and be of a color consistent with that proposed for thc
building walls. Thc building will measure approximately 35' in height
and 38.5' to thc top of thc metal roof screen.
Building II will be one-story, containing 32,400 square feet of building
area and be constructed to approximately 23' in height. Building Two
will be situated toward thc rear of thc site, closer to Fellowship Church to
the south and behind Building I facing Northpoint Drive.
A 60 square foot monument sign is proposed to be located along
Northpoint Drive. The sign will be constructed of thc same material, with
thc same contemporary features as thc buildings and painted to match.
Thc building elevations do not indicate areas for attached signagc. Staff
recommends that thc applicant clearly indicate thc proposed areas to
contain future signage, if applicable.
Landscaping
All perimeter, interior, and non-vehicular landscape requirements have
been met with regards to thc required number of trees. However, there are
some locations within thc parking areas where additional trees arc
required at thc end of rows or within a row of parking. Staff has included
conditions requiring thc applicant to provide thc necessary trees.
Existing Hackberry and Mesquite trees will remain along the east property
linc and approximately 12 additional trees will bc installed among thc
existing trees. Some Cedar Elms arc also existing on thc eastern portion
of thc site, but will bc removed because of their poor condition.
Additionally, a row of Eleagnus shrubs exists along thc south edge of the
property and appear to have been planted by Fellowship Church at the
time of development. Thc applicant has indicated that approximately 246
new shrubs will bc installed to replace any unhealthy or missing shrubs.
Preliminary Plat
As previously mentioned, the proposed preliminary plat will establish thc
16.13 acre parcel as Lot 1, Block 1 Northpoint Addition. In order to
eliminate any confusion, thc applicant has shown thc property in its
entirety, with both thc City of Coppell and Grapevine plat requirements,
allowing for one plat to bc recorded in both Dallas and Tarrant Counties.
Also part of thc Preliminary Plat, thc applicant is shifting thc existing 30'
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access easement through the property to the Fellowship Church to the
south. While access to the church will be maintained, the drive will be
shifted to coordinate with the patterns of the new parking lot.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of the site plan and preliminary plat, subject to the following
condifiom:
PRELIMINARY PLAT
1. Revise note on Preliminary Plat showing the abandonment of the 15' drainage
easement along Northpoint Drive to include a label for the new Volume and
Page numbers.
SITE PLAN CONDITIONS:
1. Revise Landscape Tabulations (Sheet L1.01) to reference the City of Coppell as
Phase I.
2. Eliminate Landscape Calculations shown for the City of Grapevine.
3. Revise Landscape Tabulations (Sheet L1.01) to show the Interior Landscape
Requirements as noted by Section 34-1-8 (B.3).
4. Revise Landscape Summary Notation indicating that a deficiency in landscaping
exists and eliminate notation that 25 existing trees will be applied toward the
required number of trees.
5. Provide additional landscape islands, with trees, at both ends of the most
northwestern row' of parking (along Northpoint) and within the parking row
immediately south of Building I.
6. Revise proposed building elevations to show proposed areas for future attached
signage, if applicable.
7. Clearly define and label the circular pattem shown between Building 1 and
Building 2. Indicate if enhanced pavers, type of pavers, etc.
ALTERNATIVES:
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 later date.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Preliminary Plat (Sheets l&2)
2) Site Plan
3) Elevations-Building 1
4) Elevations-Building 2
5) Dumpster Enclosure Details
6) Existing Tree Plan
7) Landscape Plan
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