Freeport-2.4/SP,Re-DR010222 City of ¢oppell
Development Review Committee Comments
Planning Department
FREEPORT NORTH, LOT 2R,
SITE PLAN AND REPLAT
EASTSIDE OF ROYAL LANE, NORTH OF BETHEL
ROAD
DRC Date: February 22, 2001, March 1, 2001
Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting: March
City Council Meeting: April 10, 2001
15, 2001
SITE PLAN
1. There appears to be an existing drainage area and curb inlet at the approximate
location of the southem driveway, will this be relocated?
2. Access to this site being limited to one-way on Royal Lane is a concern.
Southbound access will require u-roms which is not acceptable. Consideration
needs to be given to utilizing existing median opening in Royal Lane.
3. See Fire Marshall's comments on substandard fire lanes.
4. The following revisions are needed in the data table:
· BUILDING CALCULATIONS, B. Parking Spaces Required Per Building
Type calculations are reversed, office requires 76 spaces and warehouse
showroom - 23 spaces.
· SITE/LANDSCAPING CALCULATIONS, B. Perimeter Landscape replace
"yes" with actual square footage required/provided.
· C. Interior Landscape 13 islands are required.
5. The southern elevations indicate eight (8) overhead doors only two of which are
served by loading areas. Per provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, loading areas
(minimum 12' x 30') are required at a ratio of one space per 20,000 square feet,
therefore a minimum of three are required. It is recommended that each lease
space have access to at least one loading area. If this results in a reduction of
parking then the ratio of office to warehouse will need to be revised.
6. There appears to be potential conflict between the loading ramp and the access to
the dumpster area.
7. Will paving and landscaping be permitted over the existing storm drainage
easements?
8. Eight foot wide brick pavers bands, located one foot in from the property line are
required at all driveways.
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LANDSCAPE PLAN
1. EXCELLENT JOB IN INTERPRETING, CALCULATING AND
ILLUSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE,
however, few minor revisions are needed:
· Per section 12-34-8(B)3 ..... "All planting islands must contain a minimum of
one tree", this includes islands between the parking rows and the dumpsters,
three additional trees are required. One tree is also required in the island
along the eastern property line.
· Additional shrubs may required adjacent to the eastern edge of the northern
parking lot if the proposed berm will not effectively screen the eastern most
parking spaces.
2. Need to provide assurances that the proposed trees along eastem property line and
in the utility easement along Royal Lane will not adversely impact the existing
drainage areas and utilities.
ELEVATIONS
1. While the proposed elevations gives this property a unique appearance, it is
recommended that the number of materials be reduced, i.e. replacing perforated
metal awning with another material from the color board, utilizing the tilt-up
panels instead of the concrete masonry block and the stone veneer base, or
expanding the stone veneer as the accent material, and eliminating the concrete
block.
REPLAT
1. See Fire Marshall's comments on the fire lane. All fire lanes must be called out
as easements.
2. Revise the franchise utility block to read "Verizon" instead of"GTE"
Note:
A.
Please revise plats, site plans, landscape plans, and building elevations based on staff
recommendations. Should applicant disagree with staff comments please provide reasons why
staff recommendations should not be followed when you attend the March 1st Development
Review Committee (DRC) meeting.
Each applicant will bring two new sets of revised plats and plans to the March 1st DRC meeting.
Applicants will be asked to show, explain and defend any revision. An Engineer for the project or
other representative is urged to attend the meeting.
Applicant will have till noon Tuesday, March 6t~ to resubmit fourteen (14) folded copies of
revised plans and three (3) reduced paper copies (8 1/2 X 11) of each exhibit to the Planning
Department
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