Sandy Lk Plaza L1-CS 970717 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: SANDY LAKE PLAZA, LOT 1,
PRELIMINARY PLAT
P & Z HEARING DATE: July 17, 1997
C.C. HEARING DATE: August 12, 1997
LOCATION: Southeast corner of Sandy Lake Road and Moore Road.
SIZE OF AREA: 4.25 acres; 22,995 s.f. existing strip center
CURRENT ZONING: R (Retail)
REQUEST: Preliminary Plat and Site Plan approval.
APPLICANT: Applicant: Engineer:
The Sovereign Corp. Osborne Engineering
c/o WQ Real Estate Services P.O. Box 292155
9702 Summerhill Lane Lewisville TX 75029
Dallas TX 75238 972-355-1122
214-341-3619 Fax 972-724-2200
214-342-9207
HISTORY: There is no previous platting history on the property.
TRANSPORTATION: Sandy Lake Road is proposed to be a C4D 4-lane divided collector
street within a 95'-wide right-of-way at this location. Moore Road
is an existing C2U 2-lane undivided collector street built to
standard within a 60'-wide right-of-way.
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - vacant; C
South - day care center; R
East single-family residential development; PD-SF-7
West single-family residential development; SF- 12
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property suitable for
neighborhood retail.
DISCUSSION: The purpose of platting the property is to obtain a building permit to
expand the capacity for parking at the existing shopping center. In
connection with filing the plat, the applicant is providing 10 feet of right-
of-way to accommodate the widening of Sandy Lake Road and closing one
driveway entrance to Sandy Lake Road. The parking lot expansion shown
on the site plan complies with current City standards.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Planning staff recommends approval of the preliminary plat subject to the
following conditions:
1) Retitling the plat to reflect that it is a preliminary plat.
2) In lieu of a letter requesting the variance, placement on the face of
the plat of a notation that existing overhead utilities on the
property frontage is a variance from Section V, Appendix C, of
the Subdivision Ordinance.
Planning staff recommends approval of the site plan.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the preliminary plat and/or site plan
2) Recommend disapproval of the preliminary plat and/or site plan
3) Recommend modification of the preliminary plat and/or site plan
4) Recommend approval of the preliminary plat, but take the site plan
under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Preliminary Plat
2) Site Plan
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