Gatew-1.1/Re-AG 981013 AGENDA REQUEST FORM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: October 13, 1998 ITEM #
ITEM CAPTION:
PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of the Gateway Business Park, Replat of Lot 2, Block 1, to allow the creation of a
common area on an 8.3 acre site located at the southwest corner of Freeport Parkway and Gateway
Boulevard.
PPROVED
BY
DAS Y COUNCIL
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SUBMITTED
TITLE: Director of Planning and Community Services
STAFF RECOMMENDS: APPROVAL
STAFF COMMENTS:
Date of P&Z Meeting: September 17, 1998
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (5-0) with Commissioners Nesbit, Stewart, Kittrell, Lowry, and
McCaffrey voting in favor. None opposed. Commissioner Turner was absent. Commissioner DeFilippo
has resigned.
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Agenda Request Form~/Revised 3/98 Document Name: ®GWYBB21.re
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: GATEWAY BUSINESS PARK,
REPLAT OF LOT 2, BLOCK 1
P & Z HEARING DATE: September 17, 1998
C. C. HEARING DATE: October 13, 1998
LOCATION: At the southwest corner of Freeport Parkway and Gateway'
Boulevard.
SIZE OF AREA: 8.3 acres of property.
CURRENT ZONING: LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST: Creation of a new common area.
APPLICANT: Developer: Engineer:
Catellus Development Corporation Halff Associates, Inc.
4545 Fuller Dr, Ste 100 8616 Northwest Plaza Dr
Irving TX 75038 Dallas TX 75225
972-719-6100 214-346-6200
Fax 972-719-6149 Fax 214-739-0095
HISTORY: City Council approved the final plat of Gateway Business Park in
1990 and a previous replat of Block 1 in 1996.
TRANSPORTATION: Freeport Parkway is a C4D/6 four-lane divided thoroughfare
within a 95'-wide right-of-way. Gateway Boulevard is a C4U
four-lane undivided collector street within a 70'-wide right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- Vacant; LI
South- Vacant; LI
East - Vacant; LI
West - Fritz Companies, Inc.; LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
freeway office uses.
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DISCUSSION: During the original development of Gateway Business Park, concrete
structures were built at the street entrances ultimately to serve as
backdrops for park identification. These have remained incomplete for
approximately 8 years. In the interim, the City adopted sign regulations
which preclude monument signs of this scale. The Building Official,
however, has agreed to permit completion of these identification
monuments provided that they are treated as landscape elements,
established within common areas and approved by the Planning and
Zoning Commission and City Council. This replat establishes the
requisite common area at the southwest corner of Gateway Boulevard and
Freeport Parkway.
Landscaping of this corner is part of an overall $494,000 landscaping
contract to improve the business park. Much of the expense is to improve
the appearance of Grapevine Creek. Landscape plans for this intersection
and for the intersection of Freeport Parkway and LBJ Freeway are
included herewith.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
The planning staff recommends approval.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the request 2) Recommend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Replat
2) Landscape Plans, Wall Sign Plans, and Wall Sign Elevations
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