Northlake 635(5)-CS041118CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Northlake 635 Business Park~ Lots 1R and 1R1,
Block D, Replat (Coppell Business Center II)
P & Z HEARING DATE:
CC HEARING DATE:
November 18, 2004
December 14, 2004
STAFF REP.:
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Director of Planning
LOCATION:
SIZE OF AREA:
Northwest corner of Belt Line Road and Lakeshore Drive.
32.83 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING:
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST:
APPLICANT:
Approval to allow the replat of one lot into two lots.
Representative: Engineer:
Jim Gaspard Mark McGraw, P.E.
Transwestern Comm. Svcs. Halff Associates, Inc.
5001 Spring Valley Rd., Ste. 600W 8616 Northwest Plaza Dr.
Dallas, TX 75244 Dallas, TX 75225
(972) 774-2544 (214) 346-6244
FAX: (972) 991-4247 FAX: (214) 346-5573
HISTORY:
The Preliminary Plat for the entire Northlake 635 Business Park was
approved by Council in 1984, and the road system of this business park
received Final Plat approval on January 22, 1985. A Preliminary Plat for
this site (also known as the Vari-Lite site) was approved by City Council
on January 9, 1996, and the Planning & Zoning Commission was
designated as the final approval authority on the Final Plat. Approval was
granted on January 18, 1996; however, this development was never
constructed. On April 13, 1999, Council approved a Site Plan and Replat
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to allow the development of two office/warehouse buildings totaling
240,800-square feet. Since that time, minor site revisions have been made
and approved administratively. In July 2002 a Site Plan revision was
approved to allow for the construction of an additional 100 parking spaces
and covered parking over 40 existing parking spaces to accommodate
Kraft Foods and Pulte Homes.
TRANSPORTATION:
Belt Line Road is an existing six-lane divided major arterial in a
120'-wide right-of-way. Lakeshore Drive is an existing C2U, two-
lane undivided road built in a 60'-wide right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- Industrial development; LI (Light Industrial)
South- Industrial development; LI (Light Industrial)
East- North Lake; City of Dallas
West- Industrial development; LI (Light Industrial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
industrial/showroom uses.
DISCUSSION:
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The subject property was designed as a two-phase development; Phase I
has been completed and contains the two buildings totaling 240,800-sq.
ft. on 19.15 acres, while Phase II, containing 13.68 acres on the southern
portion of the site, remains undeveloped at this time. The applicant is
requesting to plat this lot into two lots; the developed lot being Lot 1R
and the undeveloped lot being Lot 1R1 for ownership and maintenance
purposes.
Given that this property has been platted and replatted several times,
there are redundancies and inconsistencies in platted building setback
lines, which will be "cleaned up" via this plat. All other applicable
easements are being carried forward from the previous plat. There is a
note on the plat stating that prior to developing Lot 1R1, the property
will need to be replatted, again, to establish fire lanes and additional
easements, if necessary.
The only issue with this plat is that per the most recent FEMA maps, a
portion of the property lies within in Zone "A", which is designated as
flood plain area with "no base flood elevation determined". Therefore,
additional studies will be required to determine the exact limits of the
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flood plain in this area. Although it appears that in its built condition, this
site is not subject to flooding, the Zone "A" line will need to remain on
the plat until the owner and his engineer resolves this issue with FEMA.
At that time, if no other revisions are required or requested to this plat,
the removal of the Zone "A" designation, with proper documentation,
may be approved administratively via a Minor Amending Plat.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of Northlake 635 Business Park, Lots 1R
and 1R1, Block D, Replat (Coppell Business Center II), with no
conditions.
ALTERNATIVES
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Recommend approval of the request
Recommend disapproval of the request
Recommend modification of the request
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Replat of Northlake 635 Business Park, Lots 1R and 1R1, Block D
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