ParkW CC-7/Re-CS 971223COPPELL, TEXAS 75019
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas 75019
972-462-0022
December 23, 1997
Mr. Charles Reagan, AIA
Alliance Architects, Inc.
Suite 550, Lockbox 52
12750 Merit Drive
Dallas TX 75251
Dear Mr. Reagan:
re: IBM Call Center
The Coppell Zoning Ordinance stipulates that, with only two exceptions, a parking space shall be
a minimum of 9 feet in width and a minimum of 19 feet in length. The two exceptions relate to
conditions where the fi.om of a car may overhang the pavement provided, either over a sidewalk
or over low landscaping.
To accomplish what you suggest in your letter dated December 17, 1997, the appropriate means
is to request a special exception from the Board of Adjustment. City Counc'fl has authorized the
Board of Adjustment to waive or reduce parking and loading requirements when the use of a
building is such as to make unnecessary the full provision of parking or loading facilities (in this
case, relative to size of spaces, not number). Whether or not the Board would see fit to reduce
the requirements remains to be seen. However, the property owner may request the special
exception by contacting the Building Inspection Department.
Sincerely,
Pert Virtanen
Assistant Director of Pla.nning and Community Services
CC:
Gary Sieb, Planning Director
Greg Jones, Building Official