Vista Ridge 1R-8 D-CS050616CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: PD-205R-HC~ Vista Ridge Addition, Lots 1BR-8X,
Block D (The Plaza)
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEAR1NG DATE:
June 16, 2005
July 12,2005
STAFF REP.:
Gary L. Sieb, Planning Director
LOCATION:
North side of S.H. 121, approximately 670' east of Denton Tap
Road.
SIZE OF AREA:
7.77 acres of property
CURRENT ZONiNG:
PD-205-HC (Planned Development-205-Highway Commercial)
REQUEST:
Amend the Planned Development to revise the Detail Site Plan to
allow a decrease in the number of buildings from 6 to 5, increase the
size of the project from 62,600-square feet to 74,200-square feet,
reduce parking, modify usage and revise the elevations.
APPLICANT:
Owner:
JDB Coppell Village Plaza
John Speanburg
434 Copperstone Trail
Coppell, Texas 75019
(972) 745-7307
Fax: (972) 745-7118
Engineer:
Dowdey, Anderson & Associates, Inc.
Casey Ross, EIT
5225 Village Creek Drive, Suite 200
Piano, TX. 75093
(972) 931-0694
Fax: (972) 931-9538
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HISTORY:
In March of 2004, a 22.5-acre lot was replatted into two lots,
the western one being 14.8 acres and the site of a future
health care facility. The remaining 7.7-acre lot was proposed
to be replatted into six lots for future medical/office uses.
The property was replatted and rezoned to a Planned
Development in October of 2004.
TRANSPORTATION:
Denton Tap Road is a P6D, six-lane divided thoroughfare
(120 feet of right-of-way). State Highway 121 is under
construction and being built to freeway standards. It
currently contains one-way service roads, each 33-feet wide
within a 450-foot right-of-way. Highland Drive is a four-
lane undivided roadway with 75 feet of right-of-way within
the City of Lewisville.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- single-family residences; City of Lewisville
South- State Highway 121; City of Lewisville
East - vacant land under development; City of Lewisville
West - vacant land (Presbyterian proposal); HC (Highway Commercial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable
for regional retail uses.
DISCUSSION:
As mentioned in the HISTORY section of this report, this
property has had recent development activity, including
replatting and rezoning. In March of 2004, the current
applicant replatted a 22-acre site into two lots, one
containing the 1998 approved Presbyterian Hospital
development, the second containing 7.7 acres which
detailed an eventual medical/office building complex. In
addition to the office development located in the City of
Coppell, the proposal showed a townhouse development in
Lewisville. Lewisville subsequently approved a
residential complex containing 102, 2-3 story townhouses
with an office/commercial component located adjacent to
the 121 Bypass to a depth of approximately 250 feet. The
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townhouse development is currently under preliminary
construction. In October of 2004, the 7.7-acre lot was
rezoned to Planned Development to allow approximately
63,000-square feet of medical/office use in six buildings--
two two-story and the rest one-story structures. The
property was also replatted into eight sites, six for the
buildings described above, and two into open space and
landscaped lots. Since that time, the developer has had
numerous conversations with potential users and has
recently found interest for developing the property in a
slightly different configuration. Basically, the request
before you now would increase the total square footage of
the project from the above-mentioned 63,000 feet to
74,238 feet. That change would be accommodated by
increasing the size of the Lot 1 building from 7,240- to
10,000-square feet; Lot 2 building size from 7,950- to
10,032-square feet; combining Lots 3 and 4 into one
building site and changing from a 6,900-square-foot
building on Lot 3 and a 6,550-square-foot building on Lot
4 to be combined into one lot with a building size of
19,804-square feet. As a sidebar, to combine Lots 3 and
4 into one lot will require the replatting of these two lots.
The applicant is aware of this fact and will replat in the
future. Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 would remain as initially
approved.
In addition to increasing the size of several buildings, use
of the structures has also changed. Office use has
replaced medical use for a subsequent reduction in
required parking. You will note that medical-use parking
must be provided at a ratio of 1:175, whereas office
parking is provided at a 1:300 ratio. Therefore, the
buildings can be enlarged with subsequent reduction of
parking (provided the use changes to a less-intense use) all
on the same parcel as initially approved.
The single-story buildings have also been redesigned as
shown on the elevations and color board and are
somewhat more attractive than the original. They meet
the design guidelines of our ordinances and require no
modification from our current standards.
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In short, although additional square footage has been
added to the Site Plan, adequate parking, appropriate
screening, landscaping and traffic circulation all remain
unchanged.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of this request, subject to the following
conditions:
1) Elevations need to reflect street side appearance, not parking lot side.
2) Engineering comments will be generated upon detailed engineering
review.
3) Although difficult to determine from Site Plan drawing, all
dumpsters must be screened with a masonry-screening wall.
4) Elevation footprints and Site Plan footprints need to match.
5) NOTE: Replat of Lots 3&4 will be required before construction can
begin.
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:
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Planned Development Regulations
Color Board
Site Plan
Landscape Plan
Elevations
Reduced color copies of elevations
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