Vista Ridge Pres-CS 980115 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER,
SITE PLAN REVIEW
P & Z HEARING DATE: January 15, 1998
C.C. HEARING DATE: February 10, 1998
LOCATION: Northeast comer of Denton Tap Road and Spur 553.
SIzF. OF AREA: 14.82 acres; composed ora 75,000 s.f. ambulatory care facility and a
45,000 s.f. medical office facility.
CURRENT ZONING: HC (Highway Commercial)
REQUEST: Site Plan approval
APPLICANT: Developer: Architect:
Texas Health System HKS, Inc.
5750 Pineland 700 N. Pearl St, Ste 1100
Dallas TX 75231 Dallas TX 75201-7485
214-345-6064 214-969-5599
Fax 214-345-6975 Fax 214-969-3302
HISTORY: The City of Coppell annexed portions of the Vista Ridge Business Park
in 1986 and 1990, establishing the zoning for the property which is the
subject of the current site plan review. A plat of the original business
park is recorded in Denton County. However, a subsequent court
decision ruled the property to be in Dallas County. The City, therefore,
will require that the property be platted and recorded in Dallas C~ounty.
Item# 6
TRANSPORTATION: Denton Tap Road is a proposed P6D, six-lane divided thoroughfare
(120 foot right-of-way), but currently is a two-lane roadway.
Construction to improve this roadway to a six-lane divided
thoroughfare should occur this spring. Spur 553 (State Highway 121
Bypass) will be built to freeway standards and currently contains one-
way access roads, each 33 feet in width, within 450 feet of right-of-
way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - vacant; City of Lewisville
South -vacant; LI zoning
East - vacant; HC zoning
West . vacant; HC zoning
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property suitable for regional retail
DISCUSSION: The site is uniquely located with both its north and south boundaries adjoining
the City Limit of the City of Lewisville. Highland Drive is in Lewisville, as well
as all of the highway right-of-way for Spur 553 east of Denton Tap Road.
Along Denton Tap Road, which is in Coppell, the frontage is a primary image
zone, while the other two frontages are not. The landscape plan, therefore,
shows a greater density of street tree planting along the primary image zone.
Similarly the brick pavers required at the driveway entrance from Denton Tap
Road are not required dsewhere.
The building elevations show an exterior consisting of brick wails, trimmed
with stone and cast stone, surmounted by a standing seam metal roof. The
drawings do not provide specifics regarding the material and color selections.
It is our understanding that the applicant will provide material samples at the
Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
The graphics package acknowledges that certain of the signs which the
applicant proposes to use do not comply with Coppell sign regulations. For
example, several of the signs which direct vehicular or pedestrian movement
within or onto the premises exceed 3 square feet of effective area. While by
regulation they are not limited in number, they are by regulation limited in size
to a maximum effective area of 3 square feet. Any freestanding sign which
does not direct movement of people is considered a monument sign.
In addition, only one monument sign is permitted on the property. The
maximum effective area permitted for a monument sign on a site this size is 60
square feet, with a maximum height of 6 feet. The following freestanding signs
Item # 6
do not direct vehicular or pedesU~ movement and, therefore, would be
considered monument signs: XS-2/la&b, XS-2/2a&b, and XB-5/1. We
would classify XS=I/1, however, as an attached sign which complies with
Coppell sign regulations.
Section 211.005 of the Texas Local Government Code states that "zoning
regulations must be uniform for each class or kind of building in a district...".
Therefore, to modify the terms of Section 29 of the Zoning Ordinance (Sign
Regulations), in their application to this property as suggested by the applicant,
without modifying them as they apply to other properties zoned Highway
Commercial would be conttmy to that provision. Furthermore, since the
provisions in question apply to ail commercial zoning districts in Coppell
uniforn~, it would be unfair to all other owners of commercial property, in the
city if sign standards applicable to them did not apply to someone else in the
· same way.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff'recommends approval of the site plan subject to:
1. Revision of the graphics package to comply with Section 29 Sign
Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance.
2. Specification of building material and color selections.
3. Approval by TxDOT of driveway location on Spur 553 (S.H. 121
Bypass) and the design of driveways accessing Highland Drive and
Spur 553 meeting City of Lewisville requirements. (See Engineering
Comments.)
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Approve the Site Plan.
2) Approve the Ske Plan with modifications.
3) Disapprove the Site Plan.
4) Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Landscape Plan
2) Site Plan
3) Exterior Elevations (3 sheets)
4) Graphics Packase
$) Departmental Comments
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
ITEM: Presbyterian Medical Center. Site Plan Review, to allow tke development
of a 75, 000 square foot ambulatory care facility and ~ 45, 000 square foot
medical o.O?ce building, on a 14.82 acre tract of land, located at tke
northeast corner of Denton Tap Road and Vista Ridge BIwL, at tke
request of IlKS, Ina
DRC DATE: December 23, 1997 and December 30, 1997
CONTACT: Mike Martin, P~E, Assigam ~ity Engineer ($04-$679) "
1. Driveway location on the S.H. 121 Bypass frontage road must be approved by the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Also, driveways on Highland Drive and S.H. 121
Bypass must meet the City of Lewisville requirements.