PD113-CS 900816P & Z HEARING DATE:
C. C. HEARING DATE:
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE #: PD-113
August 16, 1990
September 11, 1990
LOCATION:
North of Sandy Lake Road; along and adjacent to Lodge Road.
SIZE OF AREA:
37.4 acres, of which 16.2 acres is on the east side of
Lodge Road (Parcel A), and 21.2 acres is on the west
of Lodge Road, (Parcel B).
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REQUEST:
Zoning change from (SF-12) Single Family-12, to (PD-SF-9)
Planned Development Single Family-9.
APPLICANT:
Mr. Ron Fraze
International Gateway, Inc.
10751MapleridGe Drive
Dallas, Texas 75238
(214) 349-4095
HISTORY:
There is no recent zoning history on this tract, although
early this year a PD request for single-family uses was
approved on the property north of Parcel B.
TRANSPORTATION:
Lodge Road is projected to be a two lane street from
Parkway Boulevard to Sandy Lake Road contained within a 50
foot Right-of-Way. Sandy Lake Road is projected to be a
six lane divided thoroughfare with 110 feet of Right-of-Way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
Parcel A: North - Duplex (TH-2 zoning) East - Apartments (MF-2)
South - Scattered single-family (SF-12)
West - Scattered single-family (SF-12)
Parcel B: North - Developing single-family (PD-SF-9)
East - Vacant, scattered single-family (SF-12)
South - Single-family (PD-SF}
West - Vacant, scattered single-family (SF-12}
ITEM 5
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The plan indicates that this property should be utilized
for low density, single-family development.
ANALYSIS:
This request proposes a 111 lot single-family subdivision
in an area projected for residential development. The
proposal has been divided into two parcels. Parcel A is
located east of Lodge Road, contains 16.2 acres, and
delineates 52 lots with a density of 3.2 dwelling units per
acre. Lodge Road is projected to be widened and contain
heavy landscaping adjacent to the parcel. In addition, the
application states a minimum air-conditioned house size of
1800 square feet, and offers landscaped areas - maintained
by a homeowners association - in the cul-de-sacs shown on
the site plan.
Parcel B is a 21.2 acre tract west of Lodge Road and
contains somewhat larger lots which closely conform to the
lots adjacent in the Pecan Hollow subdivision. The total
lot count is 59 with a resulting density of 2.8 dwelling
units per acre. Houses built in Parcel B will contain at
least 2000 square feet of air-conditioned space. The
screening proposed for Pecan Hollow is planned to be
extended across this property adjacent to Lodge Road, and -
if not identical - at least similar screening and
landscaping is proposed here. Along Sandy Lake Road, the
applicant shows a major, extensively landscaped primary
entry into the subdivision, including a landscaped median
along the entrance drive. The overall density, figuring
both parcels lot count, amounts to 2.97 units per acre.
This density is appropriate for the area.
In analyzing the plan, staff was troubled by two concerns.
One relates to the Hitchcock/Grimes parcels, immediately
south of Parcel A. With no extension of the proposed
street pattern into those parcels, eventual single-family
development patterns would offer less options for
development on the Hitchcock/Grimes property. The second
problem relates to the small leave-out parcel at the
northwest corner of Sandy Lake Road and Lodge Road. It is
our understanding that the zoning applicant has attempted
to included this property in the PD request to no avail.
Although its inclusion would make for a more comprehensive
plan, the zoning request can function without it, and the
property could eventually develop, (even with right-of-way
dedication) with residential structures.
This request is appropriate for the area in that it:
conforms to the Comprehensive Plan
recognizes the impending development of Pecan Hollow
and compliments that proposal
continues the landscaping (initiated by Pecan Hollow)
along both sides of Lodge Road
basically conforms to our proposed PD guidelines which
call for 65% of the lots conforming to the base zoning
requested
results in a low density, single-family residential
land use compatible with existing and proposed
development on contiguous tracts.
Staff recommends approval of this request predicated upon
submittal of detailed landscaping plans prior to Council
hearing, possible alteration to the street pattern on
Parcel A, and inclusion of the property at the northwest
corner of Sandy Lake and Lodge Roads if at all possible.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Approve the zoning request
2) Deny the zoning request
3) Modify the zoning request
ATTACHMENTS: 1) PD Site Plan
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