Coppell Cross 1P-CS 980115CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: COPPELL CROSSING ADDITION
PRELIMINARY PLAT
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
January 15, 1998
February 10, 1998
LOCATION:
Northwest comer of MacArthur Boulevard and Belt Line Road.
SIZE OF AREA:
9.89 ac~s; 6 commercial buildings totaling 59,900 s.f.
CURRENT ZONING:
C (Commercial)
REQUEST:
Preliminasy Plat approval.
APPLICANT:
Developer:
Mockingbird Management Co.
P. O. Box 293053
Lewisville TX 75029
(940) 241-2353
Fax (940) 241-2352
Engineer:
Kurtz-Bedford Associates, Inc.
4222 Rosehill Rd, Ste 2
Garland TX 75043
(972) 240°5999
Fax (972) 240 4466
HISTORY:
City Coundl rezoned the property to "C" Commerdal in October of 1995, in
compliance with the terms of an agreement settling a lawsuit. The Planning
and Zoning Commission and City Council approved a pre 'luninary plat for the
property in early 1997 under the name of MacArthur Park Phase 2. The
Planning and Zoning Commission approved the final plat for a portion of the
property in April of 1997. However, the final plat was not recorded, so its
approval has become null and void.
TKANSPORTATION:
MacArthur Boulevard is a 4-lane divided thoroughfare built in a 110'-
wide right-of-way shown on the thoroughfare plan as a P6D, 6-lane
divided thoroughfare.
Item # 5
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Commercial development; PD-C zoning
South - DART right-of-way; C and A zoning
East - Commercial devdopment; R and PD-R zoning
West - Transmission line and undeveloped; A and TH-1 zoning ...
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property suitable for regional retail
uses.
DISCUSSION:
Originally this pr 'elnninary plat accompanied a request to rezone the property
to a PD District with reduced setbacks. The applicant has reconsidered the site
layout and is proposing now to develop the property in compliance with the
existing C District regulatiofls.
The site plan submitted still requires a few adjustments relative to the location
of property lines within shared driveways. However, approval of the site plan
can be deferred and reviewed with the final plat. In fact, since four of the sites
are not ready for immediate development, it would be more practical to review
the site plan for each tract separately as each final plat is submitted.
The property lines in question are the bounda~ between Lot 3 and Lot 5, the
boundary between Lot 1 and Lot 5, and the boundary between Lot 1 and Lot
4. In each case, the zoning ordinance requires that at least 45% of the width of
a driveway be shared by the adjoining property to qualify for an exception to
permit landscape buffers to be placed away from the property lines. Also, a
few additional site plan adjustments will be necessary for Lot 2, but these are
details which can be worked out at a later date.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staffrecommends approval of the prelimirmy plat subject to:
1. Adjustments being made on the final plat, site plan, or both, regarding
the location of property lines within shared driveways.
2. Provision of domestic water service ~om in front of fire detector check
meters and not from firelines. (See Engineering Comments.)
3. Provision of a utility easement a minimm~ of 10' by 15' for the fire
detector check meter vault. (See Engineering Comments.)
4. Showing all sight visib'flity triangle easements on the plat at all points of
driveway ingress and egress. (See Engineering Comments.)
Item # 5
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Approve the preliminary plat.
2) Disapprove the p~ pUst.
ATTACHMENTS:
~) Pre'llminaryP~
2) Concept Plan
~) Pr~~ Lan~ P~m
4) Departmental Commer~s
Item
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
ITEM:
C~p_oell Crossing Aaattton. l~,l~__tnaw Plat, to allow tke deveJopment of
5 commercial lots on a 9.891 acre tract of land, located at the nortkwest
comer of MacA~ur BlvtL and Belt Line Roat~ at tire request of Kurt~ &
Bedford Associates, Inc.
DRC DATE: December 23, 1997 and December $0, 1997
CONTACT: MII~ Mantra P.E., Assistant City £ngin~er 004-3679)
COMMENT 5TA
1. Domestic water service cannot be taken off of the firelines. They must be taken in front of
the fire detector check meters.
2. A minimum of a 10' by 15' utility easement will need to be provided for the fire detector
check meter vault.
3. Show all sight visibility triangle easements on the plat at all ingress and egress driveways.