Town Center L2/FP-CS 950720CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
CASE:
STAFF REPORT
TOWN CENTER, LOT 2, BLOCK 1, FINAL
PLAT (WENDY'S)
P & Z HEARING DATE: July 20, 1995
LOCATION:
East side of Dent~ n Tap Road, approx. 523' north of Sandy Lake
Road
SIZE OF AREA:
.934 acres
CURRENT
ZONING:
TC (Town Center)
REQUEST:
Approval of a Final Plat for a 2,861 sq. ft. restaurant
APPLICANT:
Wendy's International, Inc.
(Applicant)
4545 Fuller Drive, Ste. 404
Irving, TX 75038
(214) 717-0165
Dowdey, Anderson & Associates, Inc.
(Engineer)
16250 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 100
Dallas, TX 75248
(214) 931-0694
HISTORY:
In 1994 the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial and
City Council denied a special use permit for a Wendy's restaurant on
property immediately adjacent to the south. The applicant threatened a
law suit. Subsequently, the City and The Parks of Coppell Trust entered
into a settlement agreement entitling the Parks of Coppell Trust to
construct and operate 2 restaurants with window service on two specific
locations in Town Center. The Wendy's site is one of the two specified
restaurant sites. One of the terms of the settlement is that no special use
permit shall be required as a condition for issuance of a building permit
or certificate of occupancy on either site. The preliminary plat was
approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 15, 1995 and
by City Council on July 11, 1995.
Item 13
TRANSPORTATION:
Denton Tap Road is a P6D, six-lane divided thoroughfare built to
standard in a 100 foot right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North -
South -
East -
West
vacant; Town Center "TC"
vacant; Town Center "TC'
vacant; Town Center ~TC~
Woodside Village of Coppell; Commercial 'C~
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The 1987 Plan showed Town Center uses.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed Wendy's restaurant reflects the city's masonry architectural tradition. The
landscape plan attempts to preserve three post oak trees and one hackberry tree ranging in
size from 10" to 17" in caliper. Cedar Elms will be the dominant street tree as required by
the streetscape plan which establishes a sense of cohesiveness throughout the City.
The proposed monument sign is cast stone on a brick pillar with a cast stone cap. The total
area of the face of the pillar is to be 60 square feet. Although we prefer a sign of 40 to 50
square feet in size, the proposed sign is acceptable. Proposed parking facilities are more
than adequate to meet the demand generated by the restaurant, and the site plan meets all of
the city's landscape requirements.
City Council has asked the copies of the architectural renderings be placed in the plat file to
show what the finished building will look like.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of this final plat subject to the following conditions being met:
1. Revise signature block for P&Z Chairman, P&Z Secretary and City Secretary.
2. Show the existing 17" post oak tree on the eastern property line on the site plan.
3. Show visibility sight triangle easements at all ingress/egress points.
4. Show all utility easements.
5. Elevation(s) of finished building to be placed in plat file for reference.
Item 13
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Approve the Final Plat
2) Deny the Final Plat
3) Modify the Final Plat
AT'FACHMENTS:
I) Final Plat
2) Site Plan
3) Landscape Plan
4) Irrigation Plan
5) Departmental Comments
Item 13
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEd
ENGINEERING COMMENTS I
ITEM: Town Center Lot 2, Block 1, Final Plat, to allow the operation of a
Wendy's drive-through restaunmt, located on the east side of Denton
Tap Road approximately 52 feet north of Sandy Lake Road, at the
request of Dowdey Anderson and Associates, Inc.
DRC DATE: Sune 29, 1995 and Suly 6, 1995
CONTACT: ~Ken Griffin, P.E., Assistant City Manager/City Engineer 004-3679)
COMMENT STATUS: t~o~~ ~FINAL REVISED
APTF. R P&Z
1. Show visibility sight triangle easemems at all ingress/egress points.
2. Show all utility easemems.