YMCA-CS010920 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
COPPELL FAMILY YMCA, SITE PLAN AMENDMENT
P & Z HEARING DATE: September 20, 2001
C.C. HEARING DATE: October 9, 2001
STAFF REP.: Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
LOCATION: Southeast corner of Town Center Boulevard and Town Center Drive
SIZE OF AREA: Approximately 5.36 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING: TC (Town Center)
REQUEST: Site Plan Amendment to allow an additional two story, 17,500 square feet
of building, revised elevations and expansion of the parking lot.
APPLICANT: Owner: Architect:
Coppell Family YMCA Scott Wegener,Good, Fulton&Farrell
146 Town Center Blvd. 2808 Fairmont Blvd. Suite 300
Coppell, Texas 75019 Dallas, Texas 75201
972-393-5121 214-303-1500
FAX: 972-393-5947 FAX: 214-303-1512
HISTORY: The preliminary plat for this property was approved by the City Council in
December 1997. In March 1998, the Site Plan and Final Plat was
approved for the construction of the first phase of the YMCA. In 1999.
the City of Coppell entered into an agreement with the YMCA to allow
the construction of 47 new parking spaces between the YMCA and the
Police and Municipal Court building for joint use by both facilities. Cio·
Council approved the site plan for this parking lot on December 14, 1999.
TRANSPORTATION: Town Center Boulevard has 28'-wide pavement within a variable width
right-of-way, dedicated by separate instrument. The right-of-way widens
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SURROLrNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- parking lot and undeveloped land; TC
South -Wendy's and Tom Thumb Shopping Center; TC
East - Chaucer Estates; PD-SF-7
West - retail under construction and Comerica Bank; TC
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
public/institutional uses.
DISCUSSION: As discussed in the HISTORY section, the site plan was approved for this
property in 1998. The site plan included a two-story, 34,000 square foot
building, with 120 parking spaces and also indicated future building,
parking and outdoor expansion areas. The site plan approval allowed for
18,600 square feet of additional building foot print (potentially 37,200
square feet of total building area if constructed to 2 stories) located along
the northern and eastern portions of the building. The current request is to
allow for two, two-stoD' building expansions, additional parking and the
required extension of the fire lane.
The first building expansion area is proposed to consist of a 900-square
foot enlargement to the childcare area on the first floor. The second floor
expansion will house an enlarged aerobics room. This will be located at
the northeast comer of the building, as was anticipated as a future
expansion area with the original site plan approval.
The second expansion area is located along the eastern side of the building
along the southern end. This 15,700-square-foot addition will allow for
the construction of a Teen/Senior Center and locker rooms on the first
floor and Fitness, Exercise, Administration and rest rooms on the second
floor. All but 2,450-square feet of this area was, again, anticipated for
expansion with the original site plan. While the current proposal extends
the building by 26 feet beyond one portion of the expansion area, it still
maintains a 58-foot setback from eastern the property line, and is, in fact,
14 feet further from the residential properties to the east.
With these expansion areas, the Coppell Family YMCA has agreed to
eliminate 4,441-square feet of building footprint (8,882 square feet of total
floor area) of previously approved future expansion areas. One expansion
area along the eastern elevation would have been approximately 46 feet
from the property line. Again, the current request maintains a minimum
58-foot setback from that property line. In sum, the approval of the
current request will result in a net reduction of approximately 2,000-square
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feet, which could have been 4,000-square feet of total building area, if two
sto~'.
This site plan amendment also includes an expansion of the parking lot to
the south. Again, this area was designated for parking expansion with the
original site plan approval. An additional 48 parking spaces will be
constructed. The landscaping is in accordance with the provisions of the
Landscape Ordinance; however, it is recommended that the plant materials
match the existing landscaping in the parking lot. Specifically, Bufordi
Nana is being requested to fulfill the requirement of the screening hedge,
however, the existing hedge is Nellie R. Stevens. This Nellie R. Stevens
hedge should be continued. The existing parking lot has utilized Live Oaks
in the parking lot islands. The current request calls for Shumard Oaks.
Again, a continuation of the existing landscape materials is recommended.
Section 12-34-8-C. 3. of the Landscape Ordinance, requires that the
perimeter landscape areas contain at least one tree for each 50-linear feet, of
fraction thereof. Therefore, six trees are required, three on Totem Center
Boulevard and three along the northern propeR' line. Again, Cedar Elms
were used to fulfill this requirement on the existing facilib'.
Tree reparation will be required to allow for the building addition and
parking lot expansion. Specifically, two 10-caliper inch and one 16-caliper
inch Hackberry trees wSll need to be removed to accommodate these
expansions. Additional Hackberry trees, less than 10 inches in caliper will
also be removed, but reparation is not required for those trees. As required,
the trees greater than 1 O-caliper inches that will be removed will be replaced,
on site, with seven 3-caliper inch and four 4-caliper inch Shumard Oak
trees. In sum, the 36-inch loss in Hackberry trees will be replaced with 37-
caliper inches of oak trees. These replacement trees will be planted east of
the expanded parking lot area.
All the materials and colors proposed for the exterior of the building w411
match the existing materials, and they will be a combination of face brick
and concrete tilt-up panels. The applicant has revised the elevations from the
original submittal, including the reduction in the size of the second-stoD'
windows along the eastern elevation, as well as to actually brick in an
existing v~4ndow along the same elevation. In addition, similar to the
northern end of the building, an external exit stairway is proposed from the
second floor aerobic room. To obscure the view of these external stairs from
the retail facili~ to the north, the applicant has agreed to include an
architectural screening wall adjacent to these stairs, as was provided along
the northern end of the building.
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RECOM~MENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL to the amendment of the site plan for the
Coppell Family YMCA, subject to;
1. Revise the Landscape Plan for the parking lot expansion to utilize
the same plant materials as are utilized within the existing parking
lot.
2. Add Cedar Elm trees to fulfill the perimeter landscape requirement.
3. Correct the number of parking spaces under PROJECT
DESCRIPTION to reflect 48 versus 51 spaces.
4. The extension of the fire lane needs to be established by separate
instrument to be filed with the County.
5. Letter of approval from the Town Center Architectural Control
Committee is required.
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) Site Plan/Landscape Plan/Tree Reparation Plan
2) Elevations
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