CC approval on 11/9/04AGENDA REQUEST FORM
COPPELL
DEPT: Planning
DATE: November 9, 2004
ITEM #: 17
ITEM CAPTION:
PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of Case No. PD-204-C, Cr6me de la Cr~me, zoning change request from C (Commercial) to
PD-204-C (Planned Development-204-Commercial) to allow the construction of a 20,425-square-foot day care
center on 2.8 acres of property, located along the east side of Denton Tap Road, south of the Vintage Car Wash.
GOAL(S):
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
ON ABOVE DATE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Motion to close the Public
Hearing and Approve subject
Io condition 4 below
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Date of P&Z Meeting: October 21, 2004
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (4-3) with Commissioners Borchgardt, McCaffrey, Foreman
and Kittrell voting in favor; Commissioners Hall, Milosevich, and Reese opposed.
Approval is recommended, subject to the following conditions:
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In reparation for the trees removed for the median opening, the applicant shall either provide the City
twenty 45-gallon Bald Cypress trees or transplant the existing trees to an existing park. (NOTED ON
LANDSCAPE PLAN)
Staff recommends approval.
Agenda Request Form - Revised 09/04 Document Name: ~ 8PD-2CeI-C, CdelaC 1-AR
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: PD-204-C, Cr me de la Cr me
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
October 21, 2004
November 9, 2004
STAFF REP.:
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
LOCATION:
East side of Denton Tap Road, south of Vintage Car Wash
SIZE OF AREA:
2.8 acres of property.
CURRENT ZONING:
C (Commercial)
REQUEST:
PD-204-C (Planned Development-204-Con'maemial) to allow the
construction of a 20,045-square-foot day care center.
APPLICANT:
HISTORY:
Applicant:
Steve Siegfried
Projects Solutions Group
580 Hemdon Parkway #500
Hemdon, Virginia 20170
(703) 668-0090
FAX: (703) 668-0091
Architect:
· Jerry V. Boland
The Boland Studio of Architecture
10628 W. Chautauga Mountain
Littleton, Colorado 80127
(303) 973-7483
FAX: (303) 973-7873
On May 13, 2003, Council approved a Site Plan to allow the
construction of a one-story, 6,700-square-foot bank facility, plus a
2,200-square-foot office on Lot 1 of the Texas Bank Addition. Also
approved was a minor plat for two lots, Lot 1 was the bank lot,
containing 1.74 acres of property and Lot 2, containing 3.61 acres of
property designated for future development. This proposed day
care center is on a portion of the original Lot 2.
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TRANSPORTATION: Denton Tap Road is a six-lane divided roadway, constructed within
100' of right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North-Vintage car wash; C (Commercial)
South-Undeveloped and gas station/convenience store and day care; C
(Commercial)
East - Braewood West subdivision; SF-7 (Single Family-7)
West - Undeveloped; O (Office)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable for
mixed-use development.
DISCUSSION:
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The applicant desires to construct a 20,425-square-foot Cr~me de la
Cr~me day care center on this 2.8-acre tract of land. This day care
center also includes a significant number of outdoor activities, including
tennis and basketball courts, soccer field, water facilities, trike paths and
playground functions. The maximum enrollment is 280 children, with
165 students per shift. Sixty-eight parking spaces will be provided for
employees, parents and visitors. The hours of operation will be from
6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The site is designed with two driveways off Denton Tap. There is a one-
way double drive-through in front of the property to allow for the
dropping off and picking up of children under a canopy. This canopy
will be setback 42 feet from the property line, and the main building will
be setback 90 feet. However, per the Commercial District regulations,
front yard setback is required to be 60 feet with front yard parking;
therefore, a PD was required to allow for this front-yard setback
variance for the canopy.
The property to the north is developed with a car wash. When originally
platted, a mutual access easement was stubbed to the common property
line of the subject tract. However, given the incompatibility of these
two uses (day care and car wash), it was determined that the existing
mutual access easement should not be extended and that this property
should share access with the property to the south, to Vanbebber. The
applicant is also constructing a new median opening in Denton Tap Road
to allow north and southbound access to this site. However, to construct
this median opening, seven existing Cedar Elm trees need to be
removed. The applicant has worked with the Parks and Recreation
Department to allow the applicant to either provide the City twenty 45-
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gallon Bald Cypress trees or to transplant the existing trees to an existing
park. This PD condition is specifically stated within the Landscape
Legend on Sheet 04 of this submittal.
Screening of this facility from the abutting residential is also an issue. Given
the amount of outdoor activity and the proximity to the existing homes, a
six-foot solid screening wall with trees is essential. The applicant is
proposing a double brick wall, with continuous concrete footer and no
colunms, to match the style of the existing wall to the north. The color of
the brick is requested to match the day care center, instead of the existing
wall. Staff has two concems, the lack of colmnns and the brick color.
Columns are required as stated in Section 12-33-1.8 of the Zoning
Ordinance, as follows:
"Masonry columns shall be expressed at a minimum of ten
feet and a maximum of 30 feet on centers and should
typically be taller than the remainder of the wall. Brick
detailing at the top of the wall shall produce a change in
plane or texture. Developers are encouraged to create
offsets in the wall"
The existing (car wash) wall does not have colutnns but it does have a
change in plane to articulate the top of the wall. However, given the length
of this new wall (approximately 440 feet), the impact on the abutting
residential neighborhood, and the need to have a consistent wall color along
this entire retail area, staff is recommending that the columns be included
and the brick be same or similar color of the existing (car wash) wall.
The landscaping is generally in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
Cedar Elms will be the predominate perimeter tree and Red Oaks and
Pond Cypress trees will fulfill the requirements for overstory trees internal
to the site. The Landscape Plan is non-compliant in two areas. First an
additional tree and island is required in the northern most parking row
perpendicular to Denton Tap, and second, three islands in the northern
parking lot and one in the southern parking lot appear to be substandard in
size.
The building will be 94% two-tone brick, with lighter brick on the upper
third and a red brick along the lower two-thirds. The canopy will be a
stucco and will contain the three attached signs, one on each facade. The
signs will be internally-lit/individually mounted white channel letters. No
monument sign is being proposed. The final issue is the need to submit an
acceptable color board to present at the Planning and Zoning Commission
meeting.
Finally, all of the property owners who were sent notices of this mzoning
were invited, by the applicant, to a meeting on October 14, 2004 at the
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Aquatics Center, to share information about the proposed Creme de la
Creme facility. No one from the neighborhood attended.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of PD-204-C for Cr~me de le Cr~me, subject to
the following conditions:
1. Revise the Site and Landscape Plans to include an additional
island with a tree in the northern most parking row perpendicular
to Denton Tap, and increase the size of the three islands in the
northern parking lot and one in the southern parking lot, which are
substandard in size.
2. The color of the brick screening wall adjacent to the residential
subdivision needs to match the color of the existing wall to the
north. This wall must also have columns, spaced a minimum of 30
feet, per section 12-33-1.8 of the Zoning Ordinance, unless
otherwise approved as a PD condition.
3. An additional fire hydrant is required in the southern parking lot.
The FDC connection will also be required in the landscape island
within 50'of the hydrant.
4. In reparation for the trees removed for the median opening, the
applicant shall either provide the City twenty 45-gallon Bald
Cypress trees or transplant the existing trees to an existing park.
5. Submission of an acceptable color board.
ALTERNATIVES
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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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5)
Creme de la Creme Brochure
Site Plan
Site Details
Landscape Plan (2 pages)
Elevations
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