Northlake 635(3)-CS031218 CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: S-1212-LL Pump It Up
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
December 18, 2003
January 13, 2004
STAFF REP.:
Gary L. Sieb, Planning Director
LOCATION:
1405 S. Beltline Road.
SIZE OF AREA:
Approximately 16,800 square-foot indoor recreation/entertaimment
center for a "Pump It Up" children's play center.
CURRENTZONING:
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST:
S- 1212-LI (Special Use Permit-1212- Light Industrial).
APPLICANT:
Kevin Ayres
4108 Ridge Park Way
Piano, TX. 75024
(469) 556-5101
FAX (972) 335-9124
HISTORY:
There has been no recent zoning/planning history on the subject
property. The 84,000 square-foot office/showroom structure xvas
built in 1998, and the recent vacation of almost 17,000-square feet of
floor space precipitated this request for reuse.
TRANSPORTATION:
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Beltline Road is an improved P6D, six-lane divided thoroughfare
contained within a 120-foot right-of-way.
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North -Office/warehouse; LI (Light Industrial)
South - Office/warehouse; LI (Light Industrial)
East - North Lake; City of Dallas, SUP #3, A (Agriculture)
West - Office/warehouse; LI (Light Industrial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan of May 1996 shows the property
as suitable for ofrice, showroom, warehouse uses.
DISCUSSION:
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This request is located in a 16,800 square-foot vacant suite in the Coppell
Business Center II building, an 84,000 square-foot structure. Pump It Up is
an indoor child's activity center which provides private party and special
occasion activities. As proposed, it consists of two party rooms used for
eating and celebrating the event, be it a birthday or special occasion. In
addition, there is a reception area, offices, restrooms and two arena areas
where the inflatable attractions are located.
As explained to staff, as guests arrive, they congregate in the lobby area.
They are then escorted to the arena area where the inflatables are located and
after receiving instructions regarding their use, the party begins. After not
more than 90 minutes, the group is escorted to the party rooms for cake,
pizza or other food brought in for the occasion. Pump It Up does not
produce or prepare any meals, but typically establishes a contract with local
vendors for food service. In general, the party lasts a total of two hours,
which includes the inflatable activity, food service in the party rooms, clean
up and conclusion. The facility is never open to the general public for drop-
in visitors. It is a scheduled party facility only and generally operates from
9:30 a.m. to no later than 10 p.m. on weekends, and after 4 p.m. during the
week. As stated by the applicant, there is more activity on the weekends
than during the week.
That statement is very important to the over all review' of this case,
specifically as it relates to parking. The problem here is that the building
was built for industrial/warehouse uses at one parking space for each 1,000
square feet of gross floor area. Even though the building was constructed
with roughly twice the required parking, this use is not warehouse and,
therefore, has a higher parking requirement standard. We do not have a
listed parking standard for an indoor amusement facility. The closest we
have is a commercial amusement and that use requires one parking space for
each 100-square feet of gross floor area, or 168 spaces for this activity. That
appears to be excessive in that the applicant states on his Concept Floor Plan
that no more than 125 people have ever been in his existing facility at one
time, and he has only 40 parking spaces reserved for this use. In addition, the
building owner has only 188 spaces for the entire building. Another
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standard used in our parking ordinance, again for commercial mnusement,
calls for one space for each three guests. As mentioned above, the
informational data provided on the Concept Floor Plan states a maximum of
I25 people have occupied his existing facility at one time. In that case, 42
parking spaces would be required. Personnel and staff parking need to be
added to that figure. The applicant goes on to state that roughly 95% of
parties occur on weekends or after 4 p.m. during the week. If that were
made a condition of approval, resulting in additional parking spaces being
available from adjacent businesses who typically have an 8 to 5 work day
five days a week, our concerns with parking would be reduced. That could
be accomplished with a signed parking agreement bet~veen this applicant
and an adjacent occupant with a minimum of 50 spaces being reserved for
this activity.
The proposed signage is in compliance with our sign guidelines and the blue
logo is less than the 20% allowed for attached signs.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of the Pump It Up facility subject to:
1. Applicant entering into a signed agreement specifying 50 parking
spaces will be reserved for this facility during the weekends and
after 4 p.m. during the week and show on a revised site plan.
2. All development will be in accordance with the revised site plan
and sign exhibit.
3. Hours of operation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the
weekends and no earlier that 4:30 p.m. during the week.
ALTERNATIVES
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Recommend approval of the request
Recommend disapproval of the request
Recommend modification of the request
Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Floor Plan with Signage
2. Business summary, Equipment and materials description
3. Overall Site Plan
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