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Perry Jasiecki, Commissioner
q/alter Kirkpatrick, Commissioner
Commissioners John Dalrymple, Frank Pope and Marry ~'alsh were not present:
Also present were Administrative Assistant Mark Sweeney and Secretary Anne
McDoweI1.
The meeting was called to order and everyone was asked to stand while Commissioner
Nordstrom gave the invocation. Following the invocation, Chairman King asked if
all Commissioners had read the minutes of the previous meeting. All indicated
they had. Commissioner Norstrom then moved :hat the minutes be approved as
submit:ed; Commssioner Jasiecki seconded and motion carried
ITEM NO. 4: P~ublic hearing to consider a variance request of Laurie A:
Marcus for a variance to Ordinance no. 297, Section 16:3;
paragraph c (there shall be a rear yard having a depth of
not less than twenty (20) feet). The location of the
variance is 938 Sugarberry (Lot 21, Block I, ~Voodridge
Section Two).
Ms. Laurie Marcus made the presenta:ion :o :he Commission. Ms. Marcus stated
:hat there was currently a car pad and tha: wha: she was requesting was :o cover
:he car pad with a carport. Chairman King declared the public hearing open and
asked for :hose persons who wished to speak for the variance request; There were
none. He :hen asked for those persons who wished to speak against :he variance
reques:. Again, :here were none. Chairman King :hen closed the public hearing.
Following discussion, Commissioner Clements moved :hat :he variance reques:
be denied; Commissioner Nords:rom seconded and motion carried 4-I.
ITEM NO. 5: Public hearing :o consider a variance reques: for a variance
Ordinance No. 297, Section 13.3.1 (a) Fron: Yard - Requirement
id 30' building line. {b) Side Yard - Requirement is 8' between
:he building and :he property line. Also a variance to Sec:ion
13.3.2 (a) Lot Area - Requirement is 7,000 square feet minimum
and (b) Lot ~Yidth - Requirement is 65' minimum a: the building
line. This variance reques: applies :o the Park Meadow
Subdivision which is generally located north of Parkway Boulevard
and west of Lodge Road.
Chris Chisolm and Mike Allen made the presentation :o the Commission. Also present
was Tom Wise. The variance request was for all forty-one (41) acres of custom homes.
Chairman King declared the public hearing open and asked for those persons
who wished :o speak for :he variance reques:. Th~ere were none. He then asked
for those persons who wished :o speak against :he variance reques:. Again, there were
none. Chairman King then closed the public hearing. Following discussion, Commissioner
Norris:rom moved that the variance request be approved; Commissioner Kirkpatrick
seconded the mo:ion and the motion carried 4-~0 with Commissioner Clements
abs:aining from :he voting.
The meeting was then adjourned.
ATTEST:
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
November 21, 19g~
Hr. Hark Sweeney *-
Administrative Assistant
Planning & Zoning Commission
616 South Coppell
Coppell, Texas 75019
Re-.
Park Meadow Subdivision
Coppell, Texas
Dear Mr. Sweeney=
In accordance with your instructions, we are hereby requesting a
variance by the Board of Adjustment for a number of items in the
City of Coppell Zoning Ordinsn6e pertaining to the SF-7 category'
The accompanying plans are the ~proposed replat of our Park Meadow
Addition which was originally Platted under its present zoning of
TH-2 ss SF-O, zero lot line patio homes. The final plat of Phase
l, Park Meadow, was approved in August of this year, and we have
proceeded with the development of this project until October.
After further market research, we now find this type of patio
home has very limited market potential, especially in the Coppell
area. Despite the adjustments required in the Coppell Huntotpal
Utility contract and in-place utilities, we have decided it most
prudent to abandon our previous plat and to proceed with ·
modified SF-7 single-family development at this time.
The accompanyinq plan represents our best effort to achieve a
workable density and to salvage as much of the street pattern and
utility infrastructure ss possible from the abandoned SF-O plat.
Both Phase I and the future Phase II have been redone, end our
total lots wilt be now be 162 es opposed to 213. We will be
marketing these units to custom home builders and will carry
through the previously proposed concept of e landscaped, walled
custom home community which we feel will be a definite asset to
the City of Coppell. To achieve this end, we ere specifically
requesting a variance on the following items defined in the SF-7
zoning category. In each case, we have worked closely with
several of the local Coppell builders to define the minimum and
optimum size lot for the types of custom homes which are popular
in the marketplace today.
6350 LBJ FREEWAY / SUITE 228 / DALLAS, TEX~ 75240 / PHONE (214) 233-5771
Mr. Mark Sweeney
November 21, 1984
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Section 13.3.1. Size of Yards.
a. Front Yard - Requirement is 30' building line.
Request: We hereby request a 25' setback because
1) we need a deeper lot to accomodate a normal 55'
wide building and 2) a 25' setback line allows
greater flexibility in siting the units. In all
cases, we have provided a minimum of a standard 50'
front building width and 5' side yards.
Side Yard - Requirement is 8' between the building
and the property line.
Request: We hereby request a setback of 5' because
of the need for a 55' wide house on the standard
65' lot. We feel that 5' is adequate for access
between buildings end for light and air circula-
tion. Moreover, there is more efficient utiliza-
tion of land, particularly in cul-de-sac areas·
Section 13.3.2.
Lot Area - Requirement is 7,000 square feet
minimum·
Request: The smallest lots are 65' X 100', or
6,500 square feet. All of these lots, however,
front on the Park. The lots range in size up to
16,400 square feet, with the typical lot averaging
?,500 square feet, which represents greater than
60~ of all 82 lots.
Lot Width - Requirement is 65' minimum at the
building line.
Request: All lots, except a few o? the cul-de-sac
lots, meet the requirement. The cul-de-sac lots
all meet the minimum width for e 50'to 55' front
building dimension, but not at the requested
setback line· Each lot will accomodste a minimum
building pad area of 50' X 40', with the typical
lot having a 55' X 65' building area· The
cul-de-sac lots have also been designed to allow a
normal front building orientation to the street.
In summery, we are making this request for a variance in the
revised Park Meadow Subdivision as part of our repletting process
Mr. Mark Sweeney ~.~'i: '~ '
Novembe~ 2~,
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which we are proceeding with simultaneously. We feel the
variability of the marketplace and the uniqueness of this site
are best suited for the single-family home product so popular in
Coppell today. The proposed change would be wholly in keeping '
with the overall plan of the Parks of Coppell development and the
existing single-family and duplex development by General Homes'.
Therefore, we request your favorable review of these variances in
order that construction can proceed soon, brinqing more tsxpayinq
citizens home to Coppell.
Respectfully submitted,
UNIVEST DEVELOPMENT COMPANY/
WISECO LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
Christopher T. Chisholm
CTC/mb
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