Service Star-CS060921CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
Case No.: PD- 199R4- HC- S- 121182, Service Star
P &Z HEARING DATE September 21, 2006
C C HEARING DATE October 10, 2006
STAFF REP Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
LOCATION Southwest corner of S H 121 and MacArthur Blvd.
SIZE OF AREA 2 24 acres
CURRENT ZONING PD- 199- HC- S -1211R (Planned Development -199- Highway
Commercial - Special Use Permit-1211 Revised)
REQUEST PD- 199- HC- S- 1211R2 (Planned Development- 199 - Highway
Commercial, Special Use Permit-1211 Revision 2), to revise the
detail site plan for Tract 4 to allow the development of a 9,310 -
square -foot retail building and to allow revised signage for the
previously approved auto repair garage
APPLICANT
Representative
Bennett Ratliff
PO Box 949
Coppell Texas 75019
( 214) 707 -2924
FAX (972) 462 -0020
Applicant
Service Star Development Company
5670 Greenwood Plaza Blvd
Greenwood Village, Co 80111
(303) 529 -2800
FAX (303) 529 -2841
HISTORY The subject property is part of Lot 3, Block G, a 49 20 -acre tract
within the Vista Ridge Addition The property lies within Denton
County and was originally part of the city of Lewisville when
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recorded in September of 1986 Since that time, the city of Coppell
has annexed this and other portions of the Vista Ridge Business Park.
On December 16 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended denial of a request for a PD for a gas station,
conN emence store and car wash on 1 5 acres at this corner of S H.
121 and MacArthur Boulevard. This recommendation was not
appealed to City Council
In September 2001, Council approved a Site Plan and Replat to allow
for the construction of a one -story, 71,000- square -foot office
building on seven acres of this 26 -acre parcel of land. The Site Plan
would have expired on September 11, 2003, however, on September
9, 2003, Council approved a six -month extension This extension
expired in March 2004
On April 13, 2004, City Council overruled staff's and Planning and
Zoning Commission's recommendation for denial and approved a
Concept Planned Development to allow the construction of 210,000 -
square feet of office /warehouse /assembly buildings and five retail
pad sites In August 2004, Council approved the Detail Plan for the
first phase of this development, consisting of three buildings,
totaling 93,550- square feet. This first phase of development has
been completed and the second phase is currently under
construction Council also approved a Replat for the entire 25 81-
acre tract at the same Public Hearing
Also approved in April was SUP -121 1 for a gas station and car repair
on Lot 4 of this PD Per Sec 12 -30 -2 5 of the Zoning Ordinance, "A
building permit shall be applied for and secured within six months
from the time of granting the special use permit provided, however,
the city council may authorize an extension of this time upon
recommendation by the planning and zoning commission." The
applicant did not seek an extension prior to the expiration of the
SUP A slightly modified SUP for the same uses was again
approved in MaN 2005
On April 12, 2005, Council approved a rezomng request to amend
PD- 199 -HC to allow for the development of the Bank of Texas on
Lot 5 of this subdivision.
TRANSPORTATION S H 121 has recently been improved to a freeway (toll road) with
access roads, within 450 feet of nght -of -way MacArthur Boulevard,
abutting this site, is in the city of Lewisville and is built as a six -lane,
divided thoroughfare The city of Lewisville has the approval
authority over driveway locations, deceleration lanes, median
openings, etc
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING
North - S H 121, city of Lewisville
South - Bank of Texas, PD- 199- HC -IZ2 (Planned Development -
Highway Commercial - Revision 2)
East - office development, city of Lewisville
West - office /warehouse /assembly — phase 2 under construction,
PD- 199R2 -HC (Planned Development -199 Revised -
Highway Commercial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Comprehensive Plan indicates this property suitable for mixed
uses
DISCUSSION As stated in the HISTORY section, this property was zoned to
allow a gas station, convenience store and car wash on this portion
of the lot and an auto repair facility on the remainder of the lot, as
part of an overall PD for mixed uses The property owner now
desires to change the use on the corner from the gas station to an
in -line retail center and retain the auto - repair facility with a
different tenant. This change in land use is desirable at one of the
main gateways into the city
Specifically, the revised site plan includes a 9,310- square -foot
retail building on the eastern portion of the lot and the 6,150 -
square -foot auto repair facility on the western portion. There are
77 parking spaces to serve both uses, based on the retail ratio of
one space per 2 square feet of floor area. The redesigned site
does not include any revisions to the alignments of the fire lanes or
the driveways /access points, and therefore replattmg is not
required
Landscape Plan
The Landscape Plan meets, and actually exceeds several of the
requirements of the landscape ordinance When the PD was
established there were a significant number of trees that needed to
be removed from this site This Landscape Plan indicates the
preservation of 14 trees along SH 121 and MacArthur (over 185
caliper inches) most of which are Cedar Elms To address the
mitigation issue, instead of providing the minimum of 27 three -
inch caliper trees, there will be 57 four -inch caliper trees and 48
ornamental trees This increase in trees will significantly enhance
the appearance of this site Finally, the PD did allow for a relief to
the 10- foot -wide perimeter landscape buffer requirement on
internal lot lines, however this deficit is more than off -set by the
increase in landscaped area, number and size of trees along the
street frontages Hovk e% er, one ov er story tree is missing from the
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parking island at the northeast corner of the building A tree may
be relocated from another area on this tract
FIovAtinnc
As part of the PD that established all the original uses in this
development, conceptual elevations and materials were also
approved The office /warehouse /assembly uses were built in
accordance with these elevations and materials However, when
this PD was amended to attach a detail plan for the Bank of Texas,
staff was fullti in support of the revised elevations and the
introduction of new materials more compatible with the typical
retail de elopments in Coppell A mixture of stone and brick with
cast stone accents, clock tower, etc provides an attractive
appearance This applicant has agreed to blend the architectural
character and materials as was approved for the balance of this PD
with those established with the bank The elevations as submitted,
do replicate several elements of the bank, the rooflines and
materials, the wood trellis and stone columns However, until
materials /color board is submitted, it is difficult to ascertain the
compatibility of the materials and colors This color board should
be available at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting
Si na e
As noted above the car repair facilit\ will be built as shown on the
original SUP, including the site plan, elevations, materials, etc The
only revision will be to the signage Originally, when it was to be
a Great American fast lube, three "fast Tube" signs with ga logo
and one Great American with the same logo, were approved for a
total of 65 8 square footage of total attached signage Per the PD
conditions and reflects e of the sign ordinance, all letters were to
be black, indix idually -mounted letters with a matte finish, and the
red ga logos were a maximum of 20% of the area of the signs
This will now be a Firestone store At the time of the preparation
of this report, staff received an e -mail from the applicant stating
that all the Firestone signage will be either black or white channel
letters.. logos not to exceed 20% of the area of the sign, and the
signs will be no larger that those approved for the Great American.
The exhibits submitted do not reflect these conditions Staff
recommends to be consistent with the remainder of the signage
within this PD all signs should be black letters with a matte finish.
Again, the corrected sign exhibits will be presented at the public
hearing
Finally, the original PD allowed for two monument signs on this
one lot one on MacArthur and one on SH 121 each advertising
both buildings One -half of the sign will be for the Firestone store,
and the remaining half will be a multi- tenant sign, that appears to
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be in accordance with the proNisions of the sign ordinance
permitting multi- tenant monument signs
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of this request, subject to the following conditions
1) Submission of a color board
2) Revision of the Landscape Plan to include an additional tree in the island at the
northeast corner of the building
3) Submission of corrected sign exhibits for Firestone indicating individually
mounted, black channel letters with logos not exceeding 20% of the area of the
sign Total signage for this building shall not exceed the total square footage of
the previously approved Great American signage
4) Removal of sign note indicating location of existing temporary sign
5) Contact Larry Redick at 972 -323 -8917 to discuss electric service requirements
.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)
Revised PD Regulations
2)
Color Elevations
3)
Firestone Sign Exhibits
4)
Detail Site Plan
5)
Landscape Plan
6)
Existing Tree Plan
7)
Elevations
8)
Monument Sign Exhibit
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X ista Point II /MacArthur Ridge
City of Coppell — PD Outline
PD- 199 -HC -S -1211 Amendment
August 21 2006
The following is a request for the modification of the existing planned development, know as a PD -199-
HC -S -1211 located on Tract 4, Vista Pointe II. /MacArthur Ridge Subdivision located at the southwest
corner of MacArthur Boulevard and SH 121 (the Planned Development" or "PD "), currently zoned PD-
199-HC-S-1211 in the City of Coppell, Texas Therefore, the amendment of the Planned Development as
described herein shall deviate from the city of Coppell Zoning Ordinance requirements as follows
I. USE REGULATIONS
A The proposed Planned Development shall comply with the use regulations set forth in
Zoning Ordinance No PD- 199 -HC -S -1211, and requests approved of the following
amended uses which are either not currently defined as of the date of this submittal or
pernutted per Special Use Permit (SUP)
Tract 4 (only)
i. Automobile Repair Garage (no outside storage of vehicles)
u Retail Uses
Ill. Restaurant Use, which shall not exceed an aggregate total of 4,655 square feet,
provided a Special Use Pernut is granted and s it fficient nark_me exists for each
restaurant tenant
ry Grocery and Convenience Stores provided a Spe Permit is Qranted
v Hours of Operation shall not exceed
Automobile Retail Garage — 7 00 AM to 7 00 PM Mon -Fri
7 00 AM to 6 PM Sat
9 00 AM to 5 PM Sun
Retail — 24 hours /Day, 7 Days/Week
II. SIGNAGE
a. Signage regulations for this proposed Planned Development shall remain as defined in Zoning
Ordinance No PD- 199 -HC -S -1211, with the following amendments
Tract 4 shall be allowed two (2) monument signs, each of which will display the
name of both the retail center and automotive service center, the square footage
of each above reference sign shall not exceed sixty (60) square -feet.
DRAFT COPY
With staff revisions