Gunner Sub/PP-AG 970909IL MEETING: September 9, 1997 ITEM #
ITEM CAPTION:
Consider approval of the Gunner Subdivision, Lots l&2, Block A, Preliminary
Plat, to permit construction of a 600-unit apartment complex to be
constructed in two phases on separate tracts of land totaling 37.77 acres
of property located on the south side of Beltline Road, approximately 2,100
feet east of MacArthur Boulevard.
SUBMITTED y L. Sieb ~
TITLE k Director of Planning and Community Services
STAFF RECO~. Approval _~_.~ Denial
STAFF COMMENTS:
Date of P&Z Meeting: August 21, 1997
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (6-0) with Commissioners Redford,
Cruse, Lowry, McCaffrey, DeFilippo and Stewart voting in favor. None
opposed. Commissioner Jones resigned from the Commission.
Approval subject to Engineering comments (attached to Staff Report) and the
following recommended conditions:
Accommodation of a Hike and Bike Trail to provide a pedestrian
link between the Riverchase development and nearby school
facilities.
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Placement of overhead wiring along the Beltline Road frontage
underground.
APPROVED
BY
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DIR. INITIALS: ~S
Agenda Request Form - Revi~l 1/97
FIN. REVIEW~
CITY MANAGER REVIEW:
Document Name ~er. PZ
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: GUNNER SUBDIVISION, LOTS 1-2, BLOCK A,
PRELIMINARY PLAT
P & Z HEARING DATE: August 21, 1997
C.C. HEARING DATE: September 9, 1997
LOCATION:
South side of East Belt Line Road, approx. 2,100 feet east of
South MacArthur Boulevard.
SIZE OF AREA:
37.77 acres, 600 residential units proposed
CURRENT ZONING:
PD-MF (Planned Development, Multi-Family)
REQUEST:
Construction of a 600-unit apartment complex to be built in two
phases.
APPLICANT:
WHRB Real Estate L.P.
4801 Woodway, Ste 102W
Houston TX 77056
713-624-7909
Fax 713-624-7902
Engineer:
Carlson-Salcedo-McWilliams
1201 Main St, Ste 1530
Dallas TX 75202
214-741-4640
Fax 214-741-4610
HISTORY:
There is no previous platting history on this property.
TRANSPORTATION:
East Belt Line Road is a PD6 6-lane divided major arterial
thoroughfare built within a 120'-wide right-of-way.
Item # 8
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North -
South -
East -
West -
Railroad, vacant; A and MF-2
Grapevine Creek, single-family residential development; City of
Irving
vacant floodplain; LI
Garden center, self-storage warehouse; LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property suitable for
light industrial/showroom uses.
DISCUSSION:
At the City's request, the applicant is agreeable to providing a hike and
bike trail on the property, but prefers that City staff locate it. This can
be accomplished between preliminary and final platting.
The applicant does not agree with placing existing overhead wiring along
Belt Line Road underground. However, the C.I.V.I.C. report of
February, 1997, proposes that the City find a way to eliminate overhead
utilities on its main thoroughfares. The report further recommends that,
in its review of plats fronting on thoroughfares classified as Primary
Image Zone, the City should require that existing overhead power along
the street be relocated to the rear, or placed underground. In this case the
better of those two alternatives is to leave the power in the front, but to
place it underground. If the recommendations of the C.I.V.I.C. report are
to be implemented, the City must require developers to retrofit existing
overhead electric facilities with service that is out of sight.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Planning staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plat subject to
Engineering Comments and the following conditions:
1. Provision of a hike and bike trail.
Placement of overhead wiring along the Belt Line Road frontage
underground.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Recommend approval of the request
2) Recommend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
ATTACHMENT: Preliminary Plat
Item # 8
ENGINEERING COMMENT 2
ITEM: Gunner Subdivision, Lots 1-2, Block A, Prelit u nar~ Plat, to P~r~
construction of a 600 unit apartment developmetu to oe con.u~u~
in two phases on separate tracts of land totaling 37. 77 acres of
property, located on the south side of Beltline Road, approximately
2,100 feet of MacArtkur Boulevard, at the request of Carson-
Salcedo-Mcl]rdliams, Inc.
DRC DATE: July 31, 1997 and August 7, 1997
CONTACT: Mike Martin, P.E., Assistant City Engineer 004-3679)
COMMENT STATUS: DD~ ta.tnTA Dv ~tnTA · ./REVISED
AFTER P&Z
Preliminary Plat
1. Provide utility easement for meter vaults.
Informational Comments
2. Permission must be provided from the Trinity River Authority (TRA) to connect to their
sanitary sewer line.
3. There needs to be discussion about participation in the cost of the proposed traffic light at
Fairway Drive.
4. Provide conduit and traffic pull boxes at driveway for possible future traffic signal.
Site Plan
5. Show the correct sight visibility triangles at entrance driveway.