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NCH letter questioning changeNCHco ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP 2727 CHEMSEARCH BLVD. IRVING, TEXAS 75062 Fax to: Gary L. Sieb Fax #: 214-393-0948 Date: January 21, 1994 From: Don Moulton Fax #: (214) 438.0770 Fax Operator: (214) 438-0557 Number of Pages: 3 January 21, 1994 Mr. Gary L. Sieb Director of Planning and Community Service CITY OF COPPELL 255 Parkway Boulevard Coppell, TX 75019 Dear Mr. Sieb: It has come to our attention that the City of Coppell, in the course of updating the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, has identified various properties as candidates for City initiated rezoning. We have been informed that one of these sites is a portion of the approximately 150 Acre tract owned by the NCH Corporation, in western Coppell. The NCH Corporation has been a long term owner of this property. We have always been very interested in the planning, development, and growth of Coppell. We have cooperated fully with the City, and served on interested property owner associations, in an effort to ensure this portion of the City is developed in a planned and orderly manner. Many years ago, we worked hand-in-hand with the City to help solve a Thoroughfare Plan problem by altering the route of the proposed Freeport Parkway extension through our property. Considering our successful relationship in the past, we were obviously puzzled to learn that the City may be considering substantial changes to the zoning of our property and did not contact or consult with us. As we understand it, the proposal is to move the Multi Family zoned land fronting on Coppell Road further into our site (to the West) and to replace it with a layer of Single Family zoning in an effort to buffer the existing Single Family across Coppell Road to the East. Although we would like to learn more before we finalize our comments, our initial concerns are: On a factual basis, your report infers that our entire 150 Acre track is zoned MF-2, when in fact only that portion fronting on Coppell Road is zoned MF-2, comprising approximately 29 Acres. The rest of our property is zoned LI. Please refer to the attached map. TELEPHONE A/C 214-438-0211, TELEX 73336, CABLE NATCHEM IRVING, TELECOPY AIC 214-438-0186 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 152170, IRVING, TX 75015-2170 Mr. Sieb - 2 - January 21, 1994 We fail to understand how introducing Single Family on the west side of Coppell Road does anything but further complicate any perceived conflict between the MF and SF uses. As it is now, the two uses are separated and buffered by an existing thoroughfare. The proposal would place MF immediately adjacent to SF, necessitate traffic flow through the SF to reach the MF, and push residential development further into the existing "Industrial" section of the city. Surely, that is not what you desire. As a practical matter, Multi Family development is only marketable when it is visible and accessible from something other than a local street. Moving it off Coppell Road would severely impact the value of our MF-2 property. Additionally, there are minimum parcel size and shape considerations that may all but kill any hope for MF development, if we are left with a thin strip of MF-2 zoning between the proposed SF and the existing LI. We would like to continue our excellent history of cooperation with each other. We request that before your come to any concrete conclusions, we would like to: A. More fully understand your thoughts B. Be given a chance to participate in the process of determining the best course of action. I will be out of town for the next two weeks but have asked our planning consultant, Curtis Young of Peckham-Young, Inc., to contact you. Please work with him to address these concerns. Thank you. Sincerely, NCH CORPORATION Don Moulton, P.E. Director of Corporate Real Estate cc: Curtis Young, Peckham-Young, Inc. FROrd : PHONE NO. : 214 92~ 124:]. II 1:21 NCH Corporation' A~o~ 2g Ac.