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Eagle Point-CS 910829 CITY OF COPPELL PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT TURNBERRY VILLAGE - PRELIMINARY PLAT P & Z HEARING DATE: August 29, 1991 C. C. HEARING DATE: September 24, 1991 LOCATION: South of Sandy Lake Road along the east side of Riverchase Drive. SIZE OF AREA: 31.66 Acres. REQUEST: Approval of a preliminary plat. APPLICANT: Huffines & Partners, Inc. Nathan Maier Engineers 7001 Preston Road Mr. Mike Daniel Suite 222 8800 N. Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 75205 Suite 300 (214) 526-3000 Dallas, Texas 75231 (214) 739-4741 TRANSPORTATION: Future residents of this subdivision will gain entrance into the subdivision by way of Sandy Lake Road and MacArthur Boulevard to the south. ANALYSIS: Turnberry Village Addition has been submitted for your review and approval of a single-family preliminary plat. A zoning request was approved last year by the City Council to rezone the property from (R) and (MF-2) to (SF-7) Single-Family-7 on this parcel, and other parcels within the Riverchase development were rezoned for other uses as well. The owner of the property, First Gibraltar Bank, FSB, has recently sent a written request to consummate the rezoning. Because the zoning is (SF-7), and the plat proposal honors this zoning classification, this plat can be approved with consideration of the following issues. There is an existing §rove of trees located along the north property line (parallel to proposed Palmer Lane), that the developer wishes to preserve. The trees will be of additional value to the lots, and will provide beauty to the rear lots. Unfortunately, these trees weave in and out of the subject property and the property to the north. ITEM 6 The applicant has requested to deviate from the subdivision requirement to provide alleys. The proposal is to delete alleys along the golf course and adjacent to the trees. Staff would reserve comment on the alley requirement until after hearing the applicant's presentation. In summary, although the Comprehensive Master Plan proposes a more intense use than what is proposed, staff supports the low density proposal. We recommend approval of the preliminary plat with assurances that Riverchase Boulevard will be a continuous street from Sandy lake to the existing roadway at the golf club building. We would reserve judgement on the alley issue until after the applicant's presentation at the Commission meeting. ALTERNATIVES: 1) Approve the Preliminary Plat 2) Deny the Preliminary Plat 3) Modify the Preliminary Plat ATTACI{MENTS: 1) Preliminary Plat 2) Letter of June 24, 1991 requesting alley deletion TBERRY.STF & PARTNERS. INC. 7001 Preston Rd. d Suite222 June 24, 1991 Dallas. TX 75205 2141526-3OOO FAX 2141522-4614 Mr. Gary Sieb City of Coppell 255 Parkway Blvd. Coppell, Texas 75019 Re= Preliminary Plat - TurnberryVillage Dear Mr. Sieb= As you know, we have submitted a preliminary plat of the above referenced project for consideration by the City of Coppell. One unfortunate characteristic of this site is the scarcity of native trees. The only nice trees existing on or adjacent to the tract are in a tree line which runs along the north line of Block "B'. To my dismay, my engineer has told me that the construction of the proposed alley along this property line will cause all of these trees to die. In order to save these trees, I would like to amend our requested Variance No. 1 to include that no alleys be required along this southerly, north line as well as along the golf course. Thank you for your consideration of this issue. If you would like to discuss this, please let me know. Sincerely, Don Huffines DH/ab Commercial Real Estate Brokerage e Acquisiton · Development