Coppell YMCA/SPAm-AG011009T H 'E C I 1' Y0 F
C- PP-EEE AGENDA REQUEST FORM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: October 9, 2001 ITEM #
ITEM CAPTION:
Consider approval of the Coppell Family YMCA, Site Plan Amendment, to allow the addition of
approximately 17,500 square feet of building and the expansion of the parking lot to include 48 additional
spaces on approximately 5.36 acres of property located at 146 Town Center Boulevard.
TITLE: ~,,~__pirecto_r~of_~ng and Community Services
STAFF COMMENTS:
APPROVED
BY
CiTY COUNCIL... _,
DATE
Date of P&Z Meeting: September 20, 2001
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (5-0) with Commissioners McGahey, Kittrell, McCaffrey, Clark
and Stewart voting in favor. None opposed.
Approval is recommended, subject to the following conditions:
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OAdd Cedar Elm trees to fulfill the perimeter landscape requirement.
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., he extension of the fire lane needs to be established by separate instrument to be filed with
the County.
5) Letter of approval from the Town Center Architectural Control Committee is required.
Staff recommends approval.
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Agenda Request Form - Revised 5/00
FIN. REVIEW:
CITY MANAGER REVIE
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CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
COPPELL FAMILY YMCA, SITE PLAN AMENDMENT
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
STAFF REP.:
LOCATION:
SIZE OF AREA:
September 20, 2001
October 9, 2001
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
Southeast corner of Town Center Boulevard and Town Center Drive
Approximately 5.36 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING:
TC (Town Center)
REQUEST:
Site Plan Amendment to allow an additional two story, 17,500 square feet
of building, revised elevations and expansion of the parking lot.
APPLICANT:
HISTORY:
Owner:
Coppell Family YMCA
146 Town Center Blvd.
Coppell, Texas 75019
972-393-5121
FAX: 972-393-5947
Architect:
Scott Wegener,Good, Fulton&Farrell
2808 Fairmont Blvd. Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-303-1500
FAX: 214-303-1512
The preliminary plat for this property was approved by the City Council in
December 1997. In March 1998, the Site Plan and Final Plat was
approved for the construction of the first phase of the YMCA. In 1999,
the City of Coppell entered into an agreement with the YMCA to allow
the construction of 47 new parking spaces between the YMCA and the
Police and Municipal Court building for joint use by both facilities. City
Council approved the site plan for this parking lot on December 14, 1999.
TRANSPORTATION:
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28'-wide pavement within a variable width
Town Center Boulevard ha;parate[~~C~¥l.,~t,~a~ widens
right-of-way, dedicated by
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to 66 feet at its intersection with Town Center Drive. Town Center Drive
dead ends into the existing YMCA and the joint use parking lot.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- parking lot and undeveloped land; TC
South -Wendy's and Tom Thumb Shopping Center; TC
East - Chaucer Estates; PD-SF-7
West - retail under construction and Comerica Bank; TC
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
public/institutional uses.
DISCUSSION:
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As discussed in the HISTORY section, the site plan was approved for
this property in 1998. The site plan included a two-story, 34,000 square
foot building, with 120 parking spaces and also indicated future building,
parking and outdoor expansion areas. The site plan approval allowed for
18,600 square feet of additional building foot print (potentially 37,200
square feet of total building area if constructed to 2 stories) located along
the northern and eastern portions of the building. The current request is
to allow for two, two-story building expansions, additional parking and
the required extension of the fire lane.
The first building expansion area is proposed to consist of a 900-square
foot enlargement to the childcare area on the first floor. The second
floor expansion will house an enlarged aerobics room. This will be
located at the northeast corner of the building, as was anticipated as a
future expansion area with the original site plan approval.
The second expansion area is located along the eastern side of the
building along the southern end. This 15,700-square-foot addition will
allow for the construction of a Teen/Senior Center and locker rooms on
the first floor and Fitness, Exercise, Administration and rest rooms on
the second floor. All but 2,450-square feet of this area was, again,
anticipated for expansion with the original site plan. While the current
proposal extends the building by 26 feet beyond one portion of the
expansion area, it still maintains a 58-foot setback from eastern the
property line, and is, in fact, 14 feet further from the residential
properties to the east.
With these expansion areas, the Coppell Family YMCA has agreed to
eliminate 4,441-square feet of building footprint (8,882 square feet of
total floor area) of previously approved future expansion areas. One
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expansion area along the eastern elevation would have been
approximately 46 feet from the property line. Again, the current request
maintains a minimum 58-foot setback from that property line. In sum,
the approval of the current request will result in a net reduction of
approximately 2,000-square feet, which could have been 4,000-square
feet of total building area, if two story.
This site plan amendment also includes an expansion of the parking lot to
the south. Again, this area was designated for parking expansion with the
original site plan approval. An additional 48 parking spaces will be
constructed. The landscaping is in accordance with the provisions of the
Landscape Ordinance; however, it is recommended that the plant materials
match the existing landscaping in the parking lot. Specifically, Bufordi
Nana is being requested to fulfill the requirement of the screening hedge,
however, the existing hedge is Nellie R. Stevens. This Nellie R. Stevens
hedge should be continued. The existing parking lot has utilized Live
Oaks in the parking lot islands. The current request calls for Shumard
Oaks. Again, a continuation of the existing landscape materials is
recommended.
Section 12-34-8-C. 3. of the Landscape Ordinance, requires that the
perimeter landscape areas contain at least one tree for each 50-linear feet,
of fraction thereof. Therefore, six trees are required, three on Town
Center Boulevard and three along the northern property line. Again,
Cedar Elms were used to fulfill this requirement on the existing facility.
Tree reparation will be required to allow for the building addition and
parking lot expansion. Specifically, two 10-caliper inch and one 16-caliper
inch Hackberry trees will need to be removed to accommodate these
expansions. Additional Hackberry trees, less than 10 inches in caliper will
also be removed, but reparation is not required for those trees. As
required, the trees greater than 10-caliper inches that will be removed will
be replaced, on site, with seven 3-caliper inch and four 4-caliper inch
Shumard Oak trees. In sum, the 36-inch loss in Hackberry trees will be
replaced with 37- caliper inches of oak trees. These replacement trees will
be planted east of the expanded parking lot area.
All the materials and colors proposed for the exterior of the building will
match the existing materials, and they will be a combination of face brick
and concrete tilt-up panels. The applicant has revised the elevations from
the original submittal, including the reduction in the size of the second-
story windows along the eastern elevation, as well as to actually brick in
an existing window along the same elevation. In addition, similar to the
northern end of the building, an external exit stairway is proposed from
the second floor aerobic room. To obscure the view of these external
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stairs from the retail facility to the north, the applicant has agreed to
include an architectural screening wall adjacent to these stairs, as was
provided along the northern end of the building.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL to the amendment of the site plan for the
Coppell Family YMCA, subject to;
1. Revise the Landscape Plan for the parking lot expansion to utilize
the same plant materials as are utilized within the existing parking
lot.
2. Add Cedar Elm trees to fulfill the perimeter landscape
requirement.
3. Correct the number of parking spaces under PROJECT
DESCRIPTION to reflect 48 versus 51 spaces.
4. The extension of the fu'e lane needs to be established by separate
instrument to be filed with the County.
5. Letter of approval from the Town Center Architectural Control
Committee is required.
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) Site Plan/Landscape Plan/Tree Reparation Plan
2) Elevations
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FROM : COPPELL FAMILY YMCA PROG REG FAX NO. : 9727457571 Sep. 19 2001 03:5~PM P1
September 19, 2001
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To:
From.'
Marcie Diamond
Coppcll Planning Department
Curt Hazclbaker, Executive Director
Copp¢ll Family YMCA
Re: Copp~ll Family YMCA Building Expansion
I spoke with Craig Capua, an atxorney representing a few of the homeowners in
thc Chaucer Estates subdivision, yesterday rcgardin~ some concerns the
homeowners ha& Wc have agreed to three of thc conditions that wexc expressed.
They wa-c:
1. We will plant a minimum of three 3" caliper trees on the ;:ag side of the
expansion that is not included in thc submitted landscape plan.
2. We will apply a film to the windows in the aerobics room and upstairs
fitness area that will give the appearance of frosted glass from the
interior and exterior of the facility.
3. Wc have talked to our cleaning crew about Ieaving lights on ovea'nighI.
We a~sked thorn to clean the aerobics room and offices first and to make
sure they turn thc lights off when they are done.
The attorney asked us to apply the window treatment on all of the second floor
windows on the east side. We are not treating the windows in the meeting rooms
to allow more natural light in and to allow our members and gucsas to see the
trees on the east and south sides of our property.
We were also asked to raise the sill height of the windows on the second floor
bom 5'4" to 6'. Wc have already reduced the amount of glass by 50% bom the
original design that was submit-md. Wc have decided not to raise the sill height
because all of the other second floor windows arc at the sam, height aron,a the
building and we would like to maintain thc architectural integrity of the YMCA.
Thc plan that we have si~bmitted reduces the square footage by a net 2,000 square
feet from what was approved during initial construction. The e:~pansion we arc
proposing is fourteen feet back from thc common prolxxty line than what was
originally approved.
Please let mc know if you have any questions. I can be reached at 972-393-5121
extension 202.
Thank you.
146 Town Center Blvd. · Coppell,.TX 75019
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