CC approval on 11/9/04AGENDA REQUEST FORM
COFPELL
DEPT: Planning
DATE: November 9, 2004
ITEM #: 15
ITEM CAPTION:
PUBLIC HEARING:
Consider approval of Case No. S-1217-L1, Coppell South Substation, zoning change request fi.om LI (Light
Industrial) to S-1217-LI (Special Use Permit-1217-Light Industrial), to allow the construction of an electric
substation on 4.3 acres of property located along the north side of Southwestern Boulevard, approximately 500 feet
west of Coppell Road.
Motion to close the
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APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
ABOVE DATE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Public Hearing and
Approve
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Vote - 7-0 ,~'_ ~'''
Date of P&Z Meeting: October 21, 2004
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approved (7-0) with Commissioners Borchgardt, Hall, McCaffrey,
Foreman, Milosevich, Kittrell and Reese voting in favor. None opposed.
Approval is recommended, subject to the following condition:
(CONDITION MET)
(CONDITION MET)
Due to written opposition from more than 20% of the property owners within 200 feet, a % majority affirmative
vote of Council is required.
Staff recommends approval.
Agenda Request Form - Revised 09/04 Document Name: ~ 6S-1217-LI, CopSS 1-AR
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE NO.: S-1217-LI, Coppell South Substation
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
October 21, 2004
November 9, 2004
STAFF REP.:
Marcie Diamond
LOCATION:
Along the north side of Southwestern Boulevard, approximately
500' west of Coppell Road.
SIZE OF AREA:
4.3 acres of property.
CURRENT ZONING:
LI (Light Industrial)
REQUEST:
S-1217- LI (Special Use Permit-1217-Light Industrial) to allow the
construction of an electric substation.
APPLICANT:
HISTORY:
TRANSPORTATION:
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Dallas Cothrum
MASTERPLAN
500 S. Ervay, suite 112B
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 761-9197
FAX: (214) 748-7114
There has been no piatting or zoning history on this tract of land.
This utility company has owned this property for over 15 years.
Southwestern Boulevard is currently designated on the
Thoroughfare Plan as a four-lane divided thoroughfare, requiring
90' of R.O.W. However, this road is constructed as a four-lane
undivided thoroughfare, within 60' of R.O.W. A Thoroughfare
Plan Amendment, to revise the designation to a four-lane
undivided thoroughfare (requiring 70 feet of right-of-way) will be
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considered by City Council in the near future. A 10' sidewalk and
utility easement will be required along the southern property line
of this parcel to address the existing substandard right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - DART R.O.W. and office/warehouse & undeveloped land; LI
(Light Industrial)
South - vacant; LI (Light Industrial)
East - Fire Station and Fire Administration Building; LI (Light Industrial)
West - Office/warehouse; LI (Light Industrial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan of May 1996 shows the property
as suitable for Light Industrial/showroom uses.
DISCUSSION:
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Oncor has owned this property for over 20 years, and now they need to
construct an electrical substation to serve this area. Although, not the
preferred use for this industrial land, it is an essential service facility.
Approximately one-half of this 4.3-acre site will contain the actual
facility, and the remaining two acres will be devoted to landscaping,
including overstory trees, shrubs and ground cover. This facility will
ultimately contain a 900-square-foot control center (450-square feet in
the first phase) to house the equipment. This manufactured building will
have a brick-clad exterior to match the fire station, which abuts this
property to the east. This facility will also contain two 100' transmission
towers to replace the existing 90' transmission tower. This equipment
will be placed on a crushed rock base. Finally, this substation will be
accessed via a concrete driveway from Southwestern Boulevard.
Although the initial submission indicated a solid screening wall around
three sides and chain link on the north side, the applicant is currently
requesting an eight-foot-high chain link fence, with barbed wire on all
four sides of the facility, with two- to four-foot high Nellie R. Stevens
planted along the fence.
Per Sec. 12-33-1.6(A) of the Zoning Ordinance:
"All ground and wall mounted mechanical and utility
equipment including, but not limited to, air conditioning units,
generators, and transformers shall be visually screened by a
solid screening wall at a minimum height so as to provide
visual screening of such equipment from adjacent properties
and public rights-of-way. Installation of evergreen
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landscaping material, as deemed acceptable to the director
of plannin§, may be substituted in lieu of the screen wall,
under circumstances where the topography, zoning and use
of such property would promote the general health, safety,
and welfare of the community."
Since the initial submittal in May of this year, staff has recommended a
solid screening with landscaping around the perimeter of the facility,
similar to the existing substation at Coppell and Sandy Lake Roads. The
applicant initially committed to brick screening on three sides, with
chain link along the north side with landscaping, as existing at the
similar Sandy Lake facility. However, given the location of this facility
adjacent to City offices and the fire station, the proximity and visibility
from the future DART Line and the existing, under construction and
future industrial developments in this immediate area, staff's
recommendation for a solid screening fence on all four sides, with
landscaping is a necessity and will remain our position.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of S-1217-LI,
conditions:
1)
subject to the following
Provision of a six-foot-high brick-screening wall, similar to the
control center, encircling all four sides of this facility with low-
level landscaping to soften the view of the wall from adjacent
properties.
ALTERNATIVES
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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: 1) Site Plan
2) Landscape Plan
3) Elevations
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