Northlake 635(7)-CS060316CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Northlake 635 Business Park~ Lot 2~ Block B,
Site Plan Amendment
(PSINeh Lot 1, Block
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
March 16, 2006
April 11, 2006
STAFF REP.:
Matt Steer, City Planner
LOCATION:
1333 Crestside Drive
SIZE OF AREA:
6.527 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING:
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST:
Approval of an amendment to the Site Plan to allow a two-story,
17,550-square-foot expansion to the existing Crestside Facilities
building.
APPLICANT:
Architect:
Merriman Associates
Brian Degravelle
300 N Field St.
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: (214) 987-I 299
Fax: (214) 987-2138
Engineer:
O'Donald Engineering
Brandon O'Donald
8912 Sirocka Dr
Benbrook, TX 76116
(817) 560-5480
(817) 560-1618
Contact:
Contractors & Associates
Bill Homrighausen
3333 Welbom St, #200
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 525-5114
(214) 520-0413
HISTORY:
On July 14, 1998, Council approved a Site Plan and Minor Plat on this
property to allow for the construction of an 80,000-square-foot office
building. At that time, the proposed user for the property was a call center.
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Although the building was constructed and the site fully developed and
landscaped, it was never occupied for that use.
On March 14, 2000, Council approved a Replat and an Amended Site Plan
for this building to allow for the construction of a 20,120-square-foot
courtyard area addition to house mechanical equipment to serve a start-up
intemet access provider, PSINet. Unfortunately, they occupied this building
for less than a year.
In August 2003, a Minor Amending Site Plan, supported by the Fire
Marshal, was administratively approved to allow for the closing of one
driveway and the widening of another, with a gated entrance and additional
landscaping.
In November 2003, Council approved an amendment allowing for a
sunbrella fabric canopy to cover 28 parking spaces. In October 2005, another
Minor Amending Site Plan was administratively approved for the addition
of bollards and shrubs along the perimeter of the site.
TRANSPORTATION:
Lakeshom Drive is a concrete street with a 41-foot pavement width
within a 60-foot right-of-way. Crestside Drive is a concrete street
with a 37-foot pavement width, within a 60-foot right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Office; LI (Light Industrial)
South - vacant; A (Agriculture)
East - warehousing; LI (Light Industrial)
West - warehousing; LI (Light Industrial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for Light
Industrial/Showroom uses.
DISCUSSION:
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This request is for a two-story office addition and a one-story storage area
addition to the south side of the existing structure. The additions are
extending into an area previously used as parking; therefore, the parking
space total is being reduced from 267 to 233. This reduction will not bring
the site out of conformance, as the uses are now being classified as
33,900-square feet computer area and 63,652-square feet office area, and
the required parking is 228 spaces. The proposed elevations will match
the existing brick, the majority being a reddish-brown "Park Rose" with a
band of dark brown "Ironstone' with cast stone star accents. There are a
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total of 21 new trees being added to the site. Twelve Redbud ornamentals
are being added within the 13' TP&L easement on the south property line.
The remainder of the trees are over-story and have been added throughout
the site to meet the tree requirements of the Landscape section of the
Zoning Ordinance. All and all, staff is in support of the building addition
and landscaping modification and has only minor changes to be made
(listed as conditions of approval).
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNiNG AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of this request, subject to the following
conditions:
1)
The new addition shall be designed using brick with steel framework
adjacent to fire lane, so that any potential wall failure during fire
conditions will minimize chance of failure into collapse zone.
2) Show all existing bollards on Site Plan.
3) The floor area ratio should read .344 to 1.
4) Change the title on all plans to read - Northlake 635 Business Park Lot
2, Block B (PSINet Addition Lot 1, Block A) RDC.
5) Clearly show the dimensions of the property.
6) Verify all landscape area calculations for each category (Perimeter,
Non-vehicular and Interior).
7) Comply with the attached Engineering comment sheet.
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: 1) Site Plan
2) Landscape Plan
3) Elevations
4) Engineering comment sheet
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