CC approval on 8/12/03AGENDA REQUEST FORM
COPPELL
DEPT: Planning
DATE: August 12, 2003
ITEM #: 9
ITEM CAPTION:
Consider approval of the Sandy Lake Plaza Medical Building, Lot l, Block l, Site Plan, to allow the development
ora 30,000 square-foot medical office building on approximately 2.75 acres of property located at the northwest
comer of Sandy Lake and Moore Roads.
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
ON ABOVE DATE
GOAL(S): II~
Motion to Approve, subject to
condition I below
M - Peters
S - Brancheau
Vote- 7-0
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Date of P&Z Meeting: July 17, 2003
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approval (5-0) with Commissioners McCaffrey, Reese, Kittrell, Halsey
and Foreman voting in favor. None opposed.
Approval is recommended, subject to the following conditions:
l)
City Council waving the requirement for the screening wall along the western property line,
as permitted in Section 12-33.1(8) of the Zoning Ordinance, thus allowing for the preservation
of the existing tree line. This tree line shall be augmented by Wax Myrtle trees, especially
adjacent to the proposed building. Per Section 12-34-8(C) of the Zoning Ordinance, a three-foot
tall hedge shall be required in the perimeter landscape area, adjacent to the parking lot, if the 6-foot
wall is not constructed. (Landscape Plan revised to include ornamental trees.)
In the event the wall is required (waiver not being granted), ornamental trees, totaling a minimum
of 39-caliper inches, shall be planted along the western property line. These trees shall be a
mixture of Wax Myrtle (evergreen) and Red Bud (deciduous).
2) Confirmation the brick used on the screening walls will match that of the main building.
(CONDITION MET)
Staff recommends approval.
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Agenda Request Form - Revised 09/02
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CM REVIEW:
Document Name: .~2SL Plaza Med. Bldg. SP I~AR
July 23, 2003
Marcie Diamond
Assistant Director of Planning
& Community Services
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, TX 75019
RE: Sandy Lake Plaza Medical Building
Dear Ms. Diamond:
This letter is to inform you that we have revised our drawings for the City Council submittal to comply with
the following items listed under the Planning & Zoning conditional approval recommendation.
The metal gates on the dumpster enclosure will match the metal panel screening for the mechanical roof
top units. The metal panel specification is "Alpolic - Metal Panel" and the color is Champagne Metallic.
The site plan has been corrected to show the property north of our site classified as C- Commercial
zoning.
The other two conditional approval items dealt with a 6-foot tall brick screen wall, which runs in a 15-foot
wide overhead line easement along the length of the western boundary. The first item concerning the
screen wall, recommended the waiving of the wall as allowed per section 12-33.1(8) of the Coppell zoning
ordinance. The second item concerning the screen wall, dealt with the color of brick for the screen wall if
its construction is required.
As requested by Oncor, our civil consultants prepared a package consisting of the site plan, landscaping
plan and civil plans for their review. Oncor will allow parking within the 15~foot wide easement. Oncor
will also, allow us to plant new ornamental height trees under the power lines. The new trees are
acceptable to Oncor height guidelines and permissible by the City of Coppell landscaping requirements.
However, Oncor will not allow the construction of the 6-foot high brick screen wall, as they feel the wall
would cut off access to the power poles.
It is our intent to preserve the existing tree line along the western boundary at the easement. The project
would augment the existing tree line by planting new ornamental trees in the landscaping buffer and
installing a 3-foot high hedge to screen our parking as required by the City of Coppell. Therefore, on our
site plan submittal for City Council we are not showing the screen wall along the western boundary.
During the Planning and Zoning meeting it was mentioned that the members would prefer to keep a
"living screen" at the western property line instead of building a brick wall. The adjacent site to the west is
a church, which we feel has a compatible building use to our own, and in our opinion does not need
screen wall separation. That being the case, we agree with the City of Coppell planning department and
the Planning and Zoning board recommendation to waive the requirement for the screen wall.
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We look forward to working together with the planning department to allow for this project to be
developed. We also are open to talking with Oncor concerning any further concerns that they might have
at the western boundary.
Sincerely,
Mark Diaz
Project Coordinator
GSR-Andrade Architects
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANN1NG DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: SANDY LAKE PLAZA MEDICAL BUILDING
LOT Iv BLOCK 1~ SITE PLAN
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
July 17, 2003
August 12, 2003
STAFF REP.:
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
LOCATION:
At the northwest comer of Sandy Lake & Moore Roads
SiZE OF AREA:
Approximately 2.75 acres of property.
CURRENT ZONING:
C (Commercial)
REQUEST:
Site Plan approval for a two story, 30,000 square foot medical
building.
APPLICANT:
The Cirrus Group
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2730
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 953~1722
FAX: (214) 953-0278
Architect:
John Garrison
GSR Andrade Architects
4121 Commerce Street, Suite One
Dallas, Texas 75226
(214) 824-7040
FAX: (214) 887-0559
Engineer:
Brandon O Donald
Brockette.Davis. Drake
4144 N. Central Expry.
Dallas, Texas 75204
(214) 824-3647
FAX: (214) 824-7064
Item # 5
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HISTORY:
This area was preliminary platted as the Sandy Lake Plaza Addition.
In the mid 1980's, the lot to the north of the subject tract was final
platted as Lot 4 of this addition, and a Site Plan was approved for the
Children's World day care center.
In 1997, a request for a Special Use Permit for Phillips 66 gas
station, convenience store and car wash on 1.2 acres at the northwest
comer of Sandy Lake and Moore Roads was recommended for
denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission; this case was not
appealed to City Council.
In 1999, an application for Site Plan and Minor Plat approval for
Sav-On Drugs was submitted on the subject property. The
application was withdrawn prior to Planning and Zoning
Commission consideration.
TRANSPORTATION:
Sandy Lake Road has recently been improved to a 4-lane divided
thoroughfare, built generally within 95-feet of fight-of-way. Moore
Road is a 2-lane undivided collector street, built within 60-feet of
right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North-Day Care Center; C (Commercial)
South- Single-Family homes; SF-12 (Single Family-12)
East - vacant and Austin Place residential subdivision; C
(Commemial) and PD-130-SF-7
West - Sandy Lake Road Baptist Church; SF-12 (Single Family-12)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The 1996 Comprehensive Master Plan shows this property
as suitable for Neighborhood Retail.
DISCUSSION:
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This request is to allow for the development of a two-story,
30,000 square-foot medical office building, with 172
parking spaces. As discussed in the HISTORY section of
this report, various developments have been proposed on
this tract (gas station and drug store), and this proposed
medical building is a preferable use.
The proposed Site Plan is in compliance with the zoning
regulations in terms of setbacks, parking, signage and
building height. As shown on the Landscape Plan, plant
materials are in general compliance with City ordinances in
Item # 5
terms of area devoted to landscaping and quantities. The
only issue is along the western property line of this tract,
where, per ordinance, 13 trees (one per 40-linear feet,
adjacent to residential zoning) are required. Given this
residential adjacency, a 6-foot masonry screening wall is
also required; however, there is an existing 15' TP&L
easement running parallel to this western property line,
where there are overhead power lines and a tree row. The
preliminary response from TP&L (Oncor) is that they will
allow for parking and the required screening wall within
this easement; however, they expressed concern over the
planting of new trees under the existing power lines, as
required by the Zoning Ordinance.
As previously stated, there is an existing tree row along the
western property line consisting of nine, 8-caliper inch
Hackberry trees, which provides a fairly dense visual
screen. However, due to the size and species, these trees
may be removed without mitigation, which is indicated as
such on the plan. The only tree subject to mitigation is the
20" Hackberry located in the southeastern portion of the
site. The applicant has proposed to mitigate the removal of
this tree through the upsizing of 10 of the required three-
caliper inch to 4-caliper inch trees.
The issues relating to this western property line are:
· Thirteen 3-caliper inch trees are required along the
western property line.
· A six-foot screening wall is also required, due to the
adjacency of residential zoning, even though the
property is developed with a non-residential use
(church).
· TP&L (Oncor) is reluctant to allow new trees to be
planted in their easement, due to the overhead power
lines.
· The existing nine Hackberry trees could be preserved to
fulfill a portion of the tree requirement; however, the
erection of the required 6-foot masonry screening wall
would kill the existing trees.
The following solutions may be available, subject to
negotiations with TP&L (Oncor), or variations of the
following:
· The installation of plant materials that, at mature height,
would not interfere with the power lines and the
planting of the required 13 trees elsewhere on the site.
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Item # 5
Work with Oncor to place the trees within the eastern
portion of the easement as not to interfere with the
power lines.
Requesting that the Council waive the screening
requirement, given that the adjacent property is
developed for a non-residential use, with the caveat that
if the church property is redeveloped for residential use,
the required screening wall can be built by this property
owner. With this option, the nine existing trees (total of
72-caliper inches) would be preserved, which could
fulfill the requirement of the 13, three-caliper inch trees.
· Any combination of the above.
It is the applicant's and staff's intent to resolve this issue
prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on
July 17th.
Minor technical issues relating to this Site Plan are: the
provision of specification as to the color of the metal gates
on the dumpster, and verification that the brick color used
for the screening wall match the color of the main building.
Finally, the screening indicated along the northern property
line adjacent to the day care is not required due to the fact
that this property is also zoned for commercial uses. The
applicant may eliminate this portion of the wall, if desired.
The zoning classification on the property to the north needs
to be corrected on the Site Plan to indicate C (Commercial)
instead of MF-2 (Multi-family-2).
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of the Site Plan for the Sandy Lake Plaza Medical
Building, subject to the following conditions:
Resolution to the perimeter landscape and screening issues along the western
property line;
a)
If City Council waves the requirement for the screening wall along
the western property line, as permitted in Section 12-33.1(8) of the
Zoning Ordinance, this will allow for the preservation of the
existing tree line. This tree line shall be augmented by Wax Myrtle
trees, especially adjacent to the proposed building. Per Section 12-
34-8(C) of the Zoning Ordinance, a three-foot tall hedge shall be
required in the perimeter landscape area, adjacent to the parking
lot, if the 6-foot wall is not constructed.
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Item # 5
2)
3)
4)
b)
In the event the wall is required (waiver not being granted),
ornamental trees, totaling a minimum of 39-caliper inches, shall be
planted along the westem property line. These trees shall be a
mixture of Wax Myrtle (evergreen) and Red Bud (deciduous).
Confirmation that brick used on the main building will also be used on the
screening walls.
Specification of the color of the metal gates on the dumpster.
Correction of the zoning to the north of the property from MF-2 to C.
ALTERNATIVES
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3)
4)
Recommend approval of the request
Recommend disapproval of the request
Recommend modification of the request
Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATTACHMENTS:
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Site Plan
Exterior elevations (2 sheets)
Landscape Plan
Existing Tree and Mitigation Plan
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Item # 5
MOORE ROAD
,SANDY LAKE PLAZA
MEDIC;AL OFFIOE BUP nlNG
COPPELL, TEXAS
A PROJECT FOR THE CIRRUS GROUP
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SANDY LAKE PLAZA
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A PRO3ECT FOR THE ClFIIiU$ CROUP
SANDY LAKE PLAZA
MEDICAL OFFICE BUlLDIN~i
COPPB. L, TEXAS
A PROJECT FOR THE CIRRUS CROUP