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APPLICANT
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CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
May 18, 2006
June 13, 2006
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Freeport North, Lot 1R1 and 1R2, Block 1,
Replat
Gary L Sieb, Director of Planning
West side of Royal Lane, between Northpoint Drive and Gateview
Boulevard
27 85 acres of property
LI (Light Industrial)
To subdivide Lot 1 into two lots with Lot 1R1 containing 12.27
acres, Lot 1R2 containing 15 57 acres and retaining the existing
development on both lots
Owner
Duke Construction
5495 Belt Line Road
Suite 360
Dallas, TX 75254
(972) 361-6700
FAX (972) 235 -9544
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Engineer
Pacheco Koch Engineers
Chad Jackson
8350 N Cent. Expressway
Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75206
(972) 235-3031
FAX (972) 235 -9544
HISTORY
This property was originally platted into one, 27 85 acre lot in 1997
Subsequent to that plat approval, two buildings were constructed on
the lot.
TRANSPORTATION Royal Lane is a C4D/6, four -lane concrete divided roadway
contained within a 100 -foot right -of -way Northpointe Drive is a
two -lane, undivided concrete road with 80 feet of right -of -way
Gateview Boulevard is an existing two -lane, concrete cul -de -sac
street contained within 60 feet of right -of -way, with limited access
to the Fellowship Church parking lot.
SURROUNDING LAND USE ZONING
North office /warehousing LI Light Industrial
South office /warehousing, LI, Light Industrial
East office /warehousing, LI, Light Industrial
West church parking lot, LI, Light Industrial
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for light
industrial uses
DISCUSSION
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With the exception of an additional landscaping requirement, this
is a rather straight- forward case in that the owner of these two
buildings wishes to replat into two lots with the purpose of selling
an existing 297,000- square -foot building located on the southern
portion. The replat into two lots is required for ownership of the
building and the land upon which it sits to legally transfer
Fortunately, when the property was initially developed, a twenty
foot wide landscaped area was included between the two buildings
(generally a problem with replats) However, even though we have
the twenty -foot buffer, 15 trees are required to be on the north
property line of the southern lot. An on -site analysis resulted in 13
trees being properly located, requiring two additional trees to
conform to our zoning code In addition, the landscape plan does
not accurately depict the parking configuration along the north
property line There are more parking spaces along the northwest
boundary of the site than the landscape plan currently shows. The
plan needs to be modified to show the actual parking lot pattern.
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ALTERNATIVES
ATTACHMENTS
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Since this is an existing building meeting our other existing
development standards parking dimensions, site plan, facade, fire
lanes, etc —we can support this request with conditions relative to
landscaping and parking modification
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of this request, subject to the following
conditions
I Provide two additional trees (species listed in the Plant Palette) of at least
3 -inch caliper in the north landscape area.
2 Add the following note to the Landscape Plan Exhibit under Perimeter
Landscaping
North Property Line (745 1 f
Required Provided
(15) Trees (15) trees
3 Add to Landscape Plan Exhibit parking spaces on north side of building
4 Address Engineering comments (attached)
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
1) Replat Document
2) Landscape Plan
3) Departmental comments (Engineering) attached
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