Staff letter-screening options Coppell, Texas 75019
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October 8, 1997
Dr. Greg Weber
All Care Veterinary Hospital
353 North Denton Tap Road
Coppell TX 75019
re: Vehicular Landscape Buffers
Dear Greg:
You have expressed concern about the manner in which perimeter landscape buffers will. be
measured relative to an area of open drainage at the northwest corner of your property on
Denton Tap Road. The zoning ordinance requires that any vehicular pavement be set back from
the property line. Adjacent to a street right-of-way the minimum setback distance is 15 feet.
For all other property lines, the setback distance is 10 feet. It makes no difference where the
property line is. I can be on top of a hill or at the bottom of a ditch. We simply measure a
horizontal distance from the property line.
In addition to the setback, the ordinance requires a low screen within the setback. This can be
accomplished with a fence or wall at least 3 feet high, with a berm, or with landscape material
that will grow 3 feet high. This is measured from the ground up, wherever the screening is
placed.
In your case, the presence of 10 feet of drainage easement along the western edge of your
property, and the presence of open drainage anywhere within it, will not affect your ability to
build vehicular pavement within 10 feet of your property line. The worst-case scenario that I
can envision would be the possibility of some difficulty planting shrubbery on the slope of the
open drainage channel. This could result in the necessity to build a 3'-high fence or wall at your
northwest corner, in lieu of landscaping, to satisfy screening requirements.
If you have any questions regarding this response, please call me at 972-304-3676.
Sincerely,
Pert Virtanen
Assistant Director of Planning and Community Services
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