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CC approval on 12/9/03AGENDA REQUEST FORM COPPELL DEPT: Planning DATE: December 9, 2003 ITEM #: 13 ITEM CAPTION: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider approval of Case No. S-1198R2, Assured Self Storage, zoning change request from LI-S- 1198R (Light Industrial-Special Use Permit-1198 Revised) to LI-S-1198R2 (Light Industrial-Special Use Permit-1198 Revision 2), to amend the Site Plan to allow for additional attached signage for an existing 75,000 square-foot mini- warehouse facility on 4.83 acres of property located at 1751 E. Belt Line Road. GOAL(S): AiPiPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL N ABOVE DATE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Date of P&Z Meeting: Decision of P&Z Commission: November 20, 2003 Motion to close Public Hearing and Approve M - Suhy S - York Vote - 6-0 Tunnell absent Approval (6-0) with Commissions McCaffrey, Milosevich, Kittrell, Borchgardt, Foreman and Reese voting in favor. None opposed. Approval is recommended, subject to the following condition: CONDITION MET) Staff recommends approval. DIR. REVIEW: Agenda Request Form - Revised 09/02 FIN. REVIEW: ? CM REVIEW: Document Name: ~5S-1198R2, ASS I-AR signed by Jim Wit[ CITY OF COPPELL PLAN~'qlNG DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT CASE NO.: S-1198R2 Assured Self Storage P & Z HEARING DATE: C.C. HEARING DATE: November 20, 2003 December 9, 2003 STAFF REP.: Gary L. Sieb, Director of Planning LOCATION: 1751 E. Beltline Road SIZE OF AREA: 4.83 acres of property. CURRENT ZONING: LI-S-1198R (Light Industrial-Special Use Permit-1198 Revised) REQUEST: LI~S-1198R2 (Light Industrial-Special Use Permit-1198 Revision 2) to amend the Site Plan to permit additional attached signage to an existing 75,000 square-foot, 12 building mini-warehouse/caretakers development. APPLICANT: HISTORY: Applicant: Charles Bogard D/FW Signs and Graphics 101 N.W. 17th St. Grand Prairie, TX. 75050 Phone: (972) 263-8241 Fax: (972) 262-7427 Developer: Don Valk Assured Self Storage 1001 W. Pleasant Run Rd. DeSoto, TX. 75115 Phone: (214) 808-6667 Fax: (972) 223-2606 On May 14, 2002, Council approved S-1198 lbr Assured Self- Storage, rezoning the property from LI to LI-SUP-1198 (Light Industrial Special Use Permit 1198) allowing an approximate 64,000 square-foot mini-warehouse with on-premise residential use. In October of that same year, Council approved an amendment to the SUP, allowing an expansion to 75,000-square feet, conversion of two buildings to climate control, elimination of a second point of ingress off Beltline Road, and shifting of building footprints, which Page 1 of 3 Item # 8 increased lot coverage from 31% to 35%, still within zoning requirements. The tract has been reclaimed from the surrounding floodplain, platted, and developed with the above-described use. TRANSPORTATION: East Belt Line Road is a P6D six-lane divided major thoroughfare built within a 120' wide right-of-way. SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING: North- Railroad and vacant; A (Agriculture) and LI (Light Industrial) South -Vacant; LI (Light Industrial) East - Vacant; LI (Light Industrial) and A (Agriculture) West - Vacant; LI (Light Industrial) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for light industrial/sho~vroom uses. DISCUSSION: Having recently completed building the mini-warehouses, the owner of the property feels additional signage is needed to properly advertise his business. To that end, he has hired an area sign company to propose additional signage. The sign company has made considerable progress from its original submission of too many, too large and inappropriately colored signs. Size, number, and location of signs now conform to the Zoning Ordinance. The resubmitted colors also conform. What is being proposed is signage on three sides of the project. Two signs are proposed for the office/caretakers quarters on the north end of the property. One sign will advertise "Assured Self Storage" in brown in an arc over the main entrance. The other simply states "office" in white. Both signs conform to our sign guidelines relative to size, square footage and color. 'fhe next sign appears on the east side of the warehouse building in a lighted raceway and states the name of the business in white. The final sign, on the west side of the office/caretakers building, is also in a lighted raceway and, again, states the name in white letters to further advertise the business. That sign needs to be reduced from 48- to 28.5-square feet. RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNiNG AND ZONING COMMISSION: Staff is recommending APPROVAL of S-1198R2 Assured Self-Storage, subject to: Page 2 of 3 l) Sign on west side of office building being reduced to 28.5 feet. Item 4/8 ALTERNATIVES: 1) Recommend approval of the request. 2) Reconunend disapproval of the request 3) Reconzrnend modification of the request 4) Take under advisement for reconsideration at a later date. ATTACHMENTS: 1 ) Site Plan showing where signage will be located 2) Sign copy for each building facade. Page 3 of 3 Item # 8 s:x ~ [B~T "B'm