Comp. Plan excerpt re land uses 3. The area around the intersection of Denton Tap Road and Sandy Lake Road is developing as a new
Town Center. The new City Hall is now Town Center, and uses should be compatible
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and supportive to the city complex located in the Town Center. The Town Center concept was
adopted by the City approximately three years ago in conjunction with the efforts of private
developers and is still considered to be a viable concept for the City's Town Center. The Town
Center should continue to be envisioned as a place well situated for pedestrian and business uses,
with substantial space for the pedestrian shopper. The design of the Town Center proposes a
i variety of non-residential uses integrated with the new City Hall and adjacent residential areas.
The Town Center concept will develop as the City matures.
~ 4. The frontage along Sandy Lake Road, east of Denton Tap Road, is developing as a higher intensity
multiple-family, office and retail area. Design standards should be established to protect the visual
~ integrity thoroughfare, as as capacity, areas adjacent to Sandy
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Lake Road should be protected through screening or landscape treatment. The treatment of private
properties, as well as any landscape treatment done within the right-of-way of Sandy Lake Road,
should complement the "gateway" treatment immediately west of the river, as recommended in the
following paragraph.
5. Four major points of entry into the City are proposed by a special land use category for mixed use.
The locations are: Belt Line Road, Sandy Lake Road, MacArthur Boulevard and Denton Tap Road
at Denton Creek. The category identifies these areas for a mix of office, retail and limited commer-
cial uses. The site characteristics for each area should be designed in a manner to reflect the
importance of the "gateway" to the City~ Emphasis on building arrangement, setbacks, parking and
landscape treatment are intended to be elements influencing the character of each
entry,
whereby
unique and attractive entrance into the City of Coppell is created at these points. Since each of
10. The Future Land Use Plan designates an area of the City from the intersection of Belt Line Road
and Interstate 635, northwest along the frontage of Interstate 635 to the proposed extension of
Royal Lane, for commercial-retail, office, and highway-oriented uses such as hotels, restaurants,
and Iow- and mid-rise offices. It is envisioned the interstate corridor will develop into a broad
mixture of land uses, accomplished through special zoning regulations. Proposed regulations are
designed to create an attractive appearance from 1-635 and an impressive "gateway" into the
Community.
11. Similar land use treatment for highway-oriented uses is proposed along existing State Highway 121:,~-
and the proposed eastern extension across the north edge of the Community to Denton Tap Road.
These frontage area§ should devel~p uses similar in character to those proposed for the Interstate
635 frontage. A broad mixture of land uses encouraged by special zoning will encourage this area
of northwest Coppell to become an attractive addition in the high visibility corridor along the exist-
ing and future State Highway 121 frontage. The existence of Noise Zone regulations from D-FW
also will influence area development and should be considered in development review of the
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Possibly some reclamation of flood prone areas immediately south of the proposed section of S.H. 121 ::::
can be accomplished through reclamation processes. Similar development criteria should apply to
any land recovered from the flood plain.
12. The Future Land Use Plan proposes a larger area as a mixed-use category for the section of the
City south of Belt Line Road in the vicinity of MacArthur Boulevard. The area is north and adja-
cent to the Valley Ranch development in the City of Irving. The mixed use category is intended to
mirror development occurring in Valley Ranch. Permitted uses would include commercial, office,
retail, hotel, theater and recreational uses supporting the Dallas Cowboys athletic facilities.