CC approval of ZC 4/11/00~The City With A Benutlful Furze
CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
AGENDA REQUEST FORM
April 11, 2000 ITEM
ITEM CAPTION:
PUBLIC HEARING: Consider approval of Case No. ZC-601, Sn_m_rt O2qeal Office Building, zoning change
request from SF-12 (Single Family-12) to C (Commercial), to allow the development of a 4,342 square foot
office building on a .5 acre tract of property located along the north side of W. Sandy Lake Road,
approximately 1,100' west of N. Denton Tap Road.
SUBMITTED~
TITI~~pf, P~ing and Community Services
STAFF ~ ........
APPROVED
BY
CITY COUNCIL
Date of P&Z Meeting: March 16, 2000
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (5-2) with Commissioners Nesbit, McGahey, Kittrell, Clark,
and Stewart voting in favor. Commissioners McCaffrey and Halsey opposed.
Approval recommended, subject to the following conditions:
Staff recommends denial of this request.
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Agenda Request Form --Revised 2/99
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Document Name: ~ZC601st
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: ZC-601, Stuart O'Neal Office Building
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
LOCATION:
SIZE OF AREA:
March 16, 2000
April 11, 2000
Along the north side of W. Sandy Lake Road, approximately
1,100' west of N. Denton Tap Road.
Approximately .5 acre tract of property; Office building 4,342 sf
CURRENT ZONING:
SF-12 (Single Family-12)
REQUEST:
C (Commercial)
APPLICANT:
Representative:
Leanna Watson
500 S. Denton Tap Rd.,
Suite 110
Coppell, TX 75019
(972) 393-9679
FAX: (972) 393-2155
Architect:
Comerstone Architectural Services Inc.
10719 Piano Road, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75238
(972) 669-1900
FAX: (972) 669-2565
HISTORY:
The property has been zoned SF-12 for over 25 years. The
Shadydale Acres subdivision has been recorded for 50 years
or more. On September 17, 1998, the Planning Commission
denied a PD for 14 single-family lots on 4.15 acres out of this
subdivision. On December 8, 1998, City Council granted a
PD to allow the development of 13 residential lots on 4.16
acres of property located along the south side of Willow
Lane, between Oak Trail and Shadydale Lane.
TRANSPORTATION:
Sandy Lake Road is a two-lane asphalt road within a variable-width
right-of-way, shown on the thoroughfare plan as a C4D four-lane
divided collector street to be built within a 110'- wide right-of-way.
Item # 4
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North- residential; "SF-12" Single Family-12
South - GTE switching center and vacant; "R" Retail
East - retail; "C" Commercial
West - residential; "SF-12" Single Family-12
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
low density residential.
DISCUSSION:
With this zoning change request, the applicant is proposing
to rezone a 0.5-acre parcel of land from Single Family-12 to
Commercial zoning to allow the construction of a 4,267
square foot office building.
Staff can not support the request because it departs from the
comprehensive master plan recommendation, which
suggests low density residential for this parcel of land.
Having a single lot located within the Shadydale Acres
residential subdivision zoned Commercial would encourage
inconsistent application and administration of the
recommendations of the comprehensive plan, as well as
encourage a rezoning that is obviously out of context with
the surrounding area.
An argument could be made that the property in question
fronts on Sandy Lake Road, a collector street to be built
into an undivided four-lane thoroughfare, and properties to
the east and south are zoned Commercial and Retail.
However, the applicant is trying to rezone a single-family
residential lot for commercial purposes. From staff
perspective, this is a case of bad zoning. The request not
only contradicts the recommendations of the
comprehensive master plan, but it involves an individual
half-acre lot and if rezoned to commercial would be
incompatible and detrimental to the surrounding single-
family residences.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends denial of this zoning change request for a
variety of reasons. First of all, the rezoning is in conflict
with the recommendations of the Comprehensive Master
Plan. Secondly, the proposed commercial use is totally out
of context with the single-family residences in the Shadydale
Item # 4
Acres subdivision. Thirdly, the rezoning proposal involves
a small, individual lot in a purely single-family residential
subdivision and the reclassification would be detrimental to
the adjacent single-family residences.
However, should the Planning and Zoning Commission be
inclined to approve the zoning change request the following
items on the Zoning Exhibit should be corrected:
1) Furnish zoning of property to the west.
2) Revise legal description to reflect .5 acres of
property.
3) Show proposed zoning on the document.
4) Clarify what the dash line represents parallel to
the eastern property line.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the request.
2) Recommend disapproval of the request
3) Recommend modification of the request
4) Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Zoning Exhibit
Item # 4
SANDY LAKE ROAD
SITE PLAN
SCALE: 1' = 20.0'
VICINITY MAP ~
N..L CERT/dN LOT, 15~r OR PARCEL OF LN~ID SITUATED IN 1'HE CITY OF
C,~ ~ COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PART OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK C OF REV.
SHADY ACRES, A SLIBDNISION IH SAID CITY AS ~-IOWN OF RECORD IN VOLUME 42,
PAGE ~, OF THE PLATRECORDS OF DALLAS COUNTY. ';--r. XAS. AND BEING MO~E
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED A8 FOLLOW8:
BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2, AND
BEING THE 80~JTHEAST CORNER OF REV. SHADYDN..E ACRES;
THENCE WEST WITH THE SOU'FH UNE OF LOT 2, 1:~4.0~ ~-P..J=~ TO AN IRON PIN FOR
~ER;
THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREE8 05 MINUTES WEST, 162.50 FEET TO AN IROH PiN FOR
CORNER,
THENCE EAST 134.03 FEET TO AN IRON PIN FOR CORNER IN THE ~ LINE OF LOT 2,
SAID, BEING THE EASI' BOUNDARY UNE OF REV. SHADYD,N,.E ACRES;
THENCE SOUTH 00 OEGREE$ 05 MINUTES EkST, WITH THE EAST LINE OF REV.
~HADYD, N..E ,ACRE~ A, ND TEH EAST UNE OF LOT 2, 162.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF
LEGAL DESCRIPTION