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October 29, 1997
G.M.A.C. Commercial Mortgage Corporation
650 Dresher Road
Horsham PA 19055-8015
re: Braewood Centre, Coppell, Texas
Dear Sirs:
The 3.345-acre property at the northeast comer of Denton Tap Road and Braewood Drive in
Coppell, recorded on December 1 l, 1984, in Volume 84241, Page 1666, of the map records of
Dallas County, Texas, is within the "C" Commercial District of the City of Coppell Zoning
Ordinance. The City established this district December 8, 1983, with no requirement for an
interior side yard. The side yard requirement had not changed as of May 1, 1988. However, the
wording has been changed since 1988, and today the side yard requirement within the "C"
District is 30 feet both adjacent to a street and adjacent to an interior property line.
The plat filing date indicates a high probability that construction on the site occurred in the mid-
80's. If so, the buildings today are legal non-conforming structures. The uses of the buildings
(restaurants, retailers, offices, credit union, etc.) are conforming uses.
According to the terms of the Coppell Zoning Ordinance, buildings or structures which do not
conform to the area regulations or development standards of the ordinance, but where the uses
are deemed conforming, may be enlarged. Also, where the uses are deemed conforming,
additional buildings or structures may be constructed on the lots which contain buildings or
structures which do not conform to the area regulations or development standards of the
ordinance. In both case, however, the total area of buildings and structures, after enlargement or
addition, shall observe the current maximum lot coverage requirements of the "C" District, and
all new construction and pavement to accommodate such enlargement or addition shall observe
all the current area regulations and development standards of the ordinance.
Sincerely,
Pert Virtanen
Assistant Director of Planning and Community Services
cc: Greg Jones, Building Official
P. H. VIRTANEI~I
1505 Glastonbury Drive
Piano, Texas 75075
(972) 423-0545
October 29, 1997
Mr. John J. Roark
PACIFIC RETAIL TRUST
Suite 400
Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas TX 75231
re: Park Boulevard/Preston Road Overpass
Dear John:
The recent debate over Plano's 20-year-long plan to engineer a grade separation at the northwest
comer of your property has captured my interest. I trust that you are not involved in attempting
to defeat an improvement designed to benefit me and the rest of the public who frequent that
intersection.
Knowing that you were once the City Engineer of Wichita Falls, I should think that would not be
the case. Knowing also that you spent massive amounts of time for Rosewood lobbying for
roadway improvements in Plano, Arlington and elsewhere, and attempting to obtain very-hard-
to-get State highway funding for projects such as 190 and 360, it would indeed be an about-face
if you were now opposed to State funding of a major improvement in front of a Pacific Realty
Trust shopping center.
Your firm knew or should have known about the proposed overpass before purchasing its
Park/Preston property. Walmart, Randall's, Kroger, Brinker, Target and the developers of the
various other shopping facilities at Park and Preston knew or should have known about it. To
my knowledge no one begged any of them to place retail and restaurant buildings there.
Furthermore, if they had chosen not to develop those comers for the uses permitted there, the
need for an overpass now probably would not be under current consideration.
So I hope that your company will be highly visible in its support of the public plans for a grade
separation at this major Plano crossroads. The plans will benefit too many people for you to do
otherwise.
Sincerely,
P. H. Virtanen