Town Center L3B1-CS 950720 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: TOWN CENTER, LOT 3, BLOCK 1,
PRELIMINARY PLAT
(COMERICA BANK)
P & Z HEARING DATE: July 20, 1995
C.C. HEARING DATE: August 8, 1995
LOCATION:
On the east side of Denton Tap Road, approximately 1,035 feet
north of Sandy Lake Road
SIZE OF AREA:
1.3534 acres
CURRENT
ZONING:
TC (Town Center)
REQUEST:
Approval of Preliminary Plat for a bank building and drive-in bank
APPLICANT:
Developer:
Comerica Bank
P. O. Box 650282
Dallas TX 75265-0282
(214) 589-2922
Engineer:
Dowdey Anderson & Associates Inc.
16250 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 100
Dallas TX 75248
(214) 931-0694
HISTORY:
No recent platting history.
TRANSPORTATION:
Denton Tap Road is a P6D, six-lane divided thoroughfare built to
standard in a 100-foot right-of-way.
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North -
South -
East -
West -
vacant; Town Center "TC"
vacant; Town Center "TC"
vacant; Town Center "TC"
vacant; Commercial "C" (Sonic to the northwest)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The 1987 Plan showed Town Center uses.
DISCUSSION:
The developer has chosen a site with eight trees possibly worth saving by
modifying the proposed site plan. The subdivision ordinance requires the
site plan to show the location, size and type of trees 8" in diameter or
larger. This may seem unnecessary, since there is no requirement to
preserve or replace trees in a zoning district such as TC, where there are
no front, rear or side yard setback requirements. (Tree preservation
and/or replacement is required only in yard areas.) However, tree
location assists in site design as much as in design review. If the
engineer, landscape architect and client know exactly where the trees are,
they can make better decisions concerning the value the trees add to the
project.
The site plan shows head-in parking off a shared driveway. This sets up
a driveway and parking area with no perimeter landscape screening. The
plat shows half a right-of-way to be dedicated. The Subdivision
Ordinance prohibits half streets. Therefore, if the access on the north and
east side of the site is to be by dedicated street, the plat should dedicate
them across their fidl width now. Also, the plat should show the right-of-
way widths for Denton Tap Road and Parkway Boulevard. Finally, the
landscape plans should show irrigation layout.
RECOMMENDATION:
Because of these concerns, staff has reservations regarding this
plat, although staff could recommend approval of the preliminary
plat if certain conditions apply, including:
Provision of the exact location of the following trees, as
well as disposition of those trees (sound or not):
I pecan in excess of 24" caliper.
1 oak in excess of 30" caliper.
3 elms in excess of 16" caliper.
2 ehns in excess of 12" caliper each of which are within 3'
of a larger elm.
a tight and highly unusual cluster of 9 hackberries each
over 8" in caliper.
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Dedication of the full width of all adjoining public street
rights-of-way.
Notation of existing right-of-way width on Denton Tap
Road and Parkway Boulevard and provision of visibility
triangles at points of ingress and egress.
Revision of the site plan to resolve the problem with the
head-in parking from the shared driveway and lack of a
landscape screen, to show total stacking spaces for motor
bank, to provide 11' of right-of-way for a deceleration
lane, to show brick pavers at street and driveway
intersection with Denton Tap Road, and to preserve as
many of the more significant existing trees as possible.
Provision of a preliminary irrigation layout on the
landscape plans.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Approve the Preliminary Plat
2) Deny the Preliminary Plat
3) Modify the Preliminary Plat
ATI'ACHMENTS:
1) Preliminary Plat
2) Site Plan
3) Landscape Plan
4) Departmental Comments
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