Wynnpage North 1-CS021017 (2)
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Wynnpage Plaza
Lot 1, Block B, Site Plan
P & Z HEARING DATE: October 17, 2002
c.c. HEARING DATE: November 12, 2002
STAFF REP.: Andrea Roy, City Planner
LOCATION: NWC of Wynn page Drive and Denton Tap Road.
SIZE OF AREA: 0,86 of an acre of property,
CURRENT ZONING: C (Commercial).
REQUEST: Site Plan approval for a 4,900 square-foot office building,
APPLICANT:
Developer:
Mark Wainscott
Stirling Wainscott, Inc.
4815 Keller Springs Rd,
Addison, TX 75001
Phone: 972-931-0014
Fax: 972-447-9110
Landscape Architect:
LandPatterns, Inc,
3624 Oak Lawn, Suite 320
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: 214-219-3993
Fax: 214-219-7005
Engineer:
Mark Bentley, P.E,
Bentley Engineering, Inc.
4125 Broadway Blvd" Suite A250
Garland, TX 75043
Phone: 972-240-4821
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HISTORY:
The subject property was originally platted as part of the 14-lot 25.65 acre
DTC Business Center, which was filed on January 6, 1987, On March 26,
1991, City Council approved the rezoning of the residential property to the
west from C (Commercial) to PD-1l5 SF-7 (Wynnpage single-family
subdivision). As a result of the development of the Wynnpage residential
subdivision, the DTC Business Center plat was vacated on May 8, 1992.
In 1993 a request for a SUP for a Kwik Kar was denied on the subject
property, The properties immediately to the south were recently platted for
the development of two office buildings, similar in scale and nature to the
proposed building. There has been no additional development history on
the subject site.
TRANSPORTATION:
Denton Tap road is a P6D, six-lane divided concrete roadway built
to standard in a 1l0-foot right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North -undeveloped; 0 (Office)
South - office building under construction; C (Commercial)
East - retail/vacant; C (Commercial)
West - Wynnpage residential subdivision; PD-ll5-SF-7 (Single-Family 7)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
mixed use, which includes office uses.
DISCUSSION:
The applicant is requesting Site Plan approval for the development of a
4,900 square-foot medical/office building on 37,615 square-feet of
property (0.863 of an acre). The subject site is located at the northwest
corner of the intersection of Denton Tap Road and Wynnpage Drive,
directly in front of the Wynnpage residential subdivision, The proposed
building will be served by 28 parking spaces, well exceeding the 17
spaces required for a business or professional office and the precise
number of spaces required if a medical/dental office were to occupy
100% of this building. As indicated by the overall Concept Plan, the
current request is for building one of a four building office development
on three separate lots, all connected via a fire lane/mutual access
easement,
Access to the site will be provided through a curb cut along Wynnpage
Drive and Denton Tap Road, The applicant has also stubbed-out the fire
lane/mutual access easement to the property to the north, providing for
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future connections, The "L" shaped portion of the proposed fIre
lane/mutual access easement will be constructed in conjunction with this
development and utilized by office patrons, While the applicant is not
constructing buildings on proposed Lots 2 & 3 at this time, the "L"
shaped portion of the fIre lane/mutual access easement will be
constructed, creating commercial activity immediately adjacent to the
residential properties in Wynnpage, Because of the close proximity to
residential and the fact that commercial activity will be occurring on the
lots adjacent to Wynnpage, staff has requested that the extension of the
screening wall between the commercial use and residential use be
constructed in conjunction with this phase of the development.
Additionally, staff would request that the applicant revise the note on the
plans to read "Proposed Masonry Screen Wall to be constructed with the
development of Lot 1",
A 40 square-foot monument sign !l1f!J. be provided along Denton Tap
Road, depending upon whether the future owner wishes to have the sign
located on this parcel. The sign will be constructed of stone veneer to
match the building, with black metal letters, The sign is proposed to read
"Wynnpage Plaza North", which will identify this and the properties to
the north, The applicant has provided a note on the sign plan indicating
that "actual verbiage on sign may differ from that which is shown",
While staff has no objection to the change in wording on the sign, staff is
concerned that the original proposal to have a coordinated business park
would be defunct, Staff would recommend that if the wording on the
monument sign serving the properties to the south remains as
"Wynnpage Plaza South", that the proposed sign would be designed to
match, as it was originally presented to staff. If the wording on the sign
to the south takes on an individual company's name, staff would have no
objection to this sign doing the same, Because there is no known tenant
at this time, no attached signage has been indicated, and the applicant is
aware that all attached signage must comply with City sign regulations.
Architecture
The proposed building will be one-story, measuring approximately 30' to
the peale The primary building material will be a dark red/brown brick
(Boral Brick-Wellesley), with cream colored stone accents at the
entrance facing the rear parking lot. The roof will be composition
shingle and windows and door frames will be bronze aluminum,
While the scale and style of the building remains similar to other area
office buildings, as well as the adjacent residential structures, staff is
concerned with the design of the "true front" elevation of the building,
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Because the building has been designed with the entrance along the west
elevation, actually facing the rear of the site, the only building
enhancement has been placed out of sight, This design leaves the
architectural "rear" of the building facing Denton Tap Road, with no
architectural enhancements, detail, variation in roofline, or general
accents, Staff would request that the applicant revise the design of the
elevation facing Denton Tap Road and enhance the elevations by
providing cast stone accent trim at the windows and by providing a false
entry similar to that on the west elevation, which includes variation to
the roofline.
Landscaping
The proposed landscape plan fully provides the required interior,
perimeter and non-vehicular landscape area, including the required
number of trees, At the request of staff, the applicant has revised the
plan since the initial submission to provide an additional level of detail,
including a variety of trees, ground cover, additional shrubbery around
the building, and an area for seasonal color,
Additionally, the undeveloped site contains ten existing trees, eight of
which were planted with the development of the Wynnpage residential
subdivision as an entrance feature. The applicant has submitted an
accurate tree survey indicating that $2,500 will be owed to the Coppell
Reforestation and Natural Areas Fund as a result of the planned removal
of all existing trees to allow for the proposed office project.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of the site plan for Wynnpage Plaza, Lot I, Block B,
subject to:
1) The applicant revising the note on all plan sheets to read "Proposed Masonry
Screen Wall to be constructed with the development of Lot 1" instead of "Future
Masonry Screen Wall",
2) The applicant revising the design of the elevation facing Denton Tap Road and
enhancing the elevations by providing cast stone accent trim at the windows and
by providing an entry (or false entry) similar to that on the west elevation, which
includes variation to the roofline,
3) Provision of written approval from TXU, allowing pavement to be constructed
over the existing 50' easement.
4) The coordination of the wording on the monument sign with the sign located to
the south, If the monument serving the properties to the south remains as
"Wynnpage Plaza South", the proposed sign on Lot 1, Block B will be designed
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to match, as it was originally presented to staff. If the wording on the sign to the
south takes on an individual company's name, the monument sign on Lot 1, Block
B may also,
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:
I) Staff Comments
2) Site Plan
3) Elevations
4) Concept Plan
5) Tree Survey
6) Landscape Plan
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