Gatew-2.1/SPRv-CS 980211 Coppell, Texas 75019
The City With A Beautiful Future 972-462-0022
/L_._..,// P.O, BOX 478
COPPELL. TEXAS 75019
February 11, 1998
Ms. Laurie Hodges
Gromatzky Dupree and Associates
Suite 100
2626 Cole Avenue
Dallas TX 75204
re: Lucent Technologies, Gateway Business Park, Coppell TX
Dear Ms. Hodges:
In our initial review of your project, it appeared as though the site plan complied with
landscaping area requirements. However, to confirm that, we asked that you provide area
calculations of pavement and landscaped areas. Unfortunately, the numbers that you have
provided show that we were wrong and that the site plan does not comply with landscaping area
requirements.
The vehicular perimeter requirements for landscaping, which may be measured at the shortest
boundary around the parking pavement, is approximately 23,000 square feet (a 10-foot band
around the sides and rear plus a 15-foot band across the front). The requirement for landscaping
within the interior of the vehicular pavement is 10% of the pavement area, or 17,775 square feet,
assuming that the 177,752 s.f. pavement area figure you provided represents vehicular pavement
area only. The non-vehicular landscaping requirement is 15% of 239,030 s.f., or 35,855 square
feet.
These three required elements add up to at least 76,660 square feet. You are showing only
64,698 s.f. of landscaping, a shortfall of about 12,000 square feet.
To expedite this project, staff will recommend approval subject to correction of the landscaping
shortfall and a few other far more minor conditions. My purpose in notifying you now is so that
you will not be surprised by the staff report and can take prompt action toward solving the
problem. A 4% to 5% increase in the site area, by incorporating some of the common area to the
north within the site, is one solution. A reduction of the pavement by slightly over 6% is another
possibility.
Sincerely,
Pert Virtanen
Assistant Director of Planning and Community Services
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