CC approval on 5/10/2005AGENDA REQUEST FORM
COPPELL
DIgPT: Planning
DATE: May 10, 2005
ITEM #: 22
1TEM CAPTION:
Consider approval of the Denton Tap Development, Lot 1, Block A, Site Plan (Wachovia Bank), to allow the
construction of a 4,081-square-foot bank facility, with five drive-through lanes on 1.41 acres of property located at
the northwest comer of Denton Tap Road and Fitness Court.
GOAL(S):
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
Motion to Approve subject to
conditions I & 3 below
M - Tunnel1
S - Suhy
Vote - 7-0
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Date of P&Z Meeting: April 21, 2005
Decision of P&Z Commission: Approval (5-2) with Commissioners~Borchgardt, Hall, Foreman,
Milosevich, and Reese voting in favor; Commissioners McCaffrey and Kittrell opposed.
Approval is recommended, subject to the following conditions:
1) The bank facility be fully sprinkled.
Co~ ................... : .... ~,. (CONDITION MET)
(CONDITION MET)
(CONDITION MET)
Staff recommends approval.
Agenda Request Form - Revised 09/04 Document Name: ~8DTD, SP (Wach) I-AR
C1TY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
CASE: Denton Tap Development, Lot
(Wachovia Bank)
P & Z HEARING DATE:
C.C. HEARING DATE:
April 21, 2005
May 10, 2005
Block A, Site Plan
STAFF REP.:
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
LOCATION:
Northwest corner of Denton Tap t~oad and Fitness Court.
SIZE OF AREA:
1.41 acres of property
CURRENT ZONING:
C (Commercial)
REQUEST:
APPLICANT:
HISTORY:
Approval of a Site Plan to allow the ~onstmction of a new, 4,081
square foot Wachovia bank building~with five drive-through lanes.
Engineer:
Rhett Niewinski
Lawrence A. Cates & Assoc.
14800 Quorum Dr., Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75254
(972) 385-2272
FAX: (972) 980-1627
A Preliminary Plat for the Denton T~
approved in 1997, which encompassed thi,,
Fits lot and lot for the proposed Ballet Az
2001, Council approved a plat and Specia
restaurant. The approved Site Plan ind
property to the north. However, due to i
Appli cant:
Ken I ~lausen
Wacl ovia Bank, National Association
5080 Spectrum Drive, Suite 400
Addil on, Texas 75001
(972) 419-3140
p Development Addition was
tract, as well as the Everybody
ademy of Texas. In December
Use Permit-il93 for Grandy's
cated a mutual access to the
~sues with the abutting property
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owner, the site plan was revised, limiting access to two driveways along
Fitness Court. Grandy's closed in July of I[004.
TRANSPORTATION:
Detnon Tap Road is an improved six-lane divided thoroughfare
(P6D) contained within a 100froot Wide right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Town Center West (PD-178-C) (Commercial)
South - Taco Bell (S-1093-C) (Con~mercial-Special Use Permit)
East - Shopping center; TC (Towr~ Center)
West - vacant; C (Commercial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
The Comprehensive Plan shows the properly suitable for
neighborhood retail uses.
DISCUSSION:
The applicant, Wachovia bank, desires to demolish the existing
vacant building, which formally hogsed a Grandy's restaurant, and
construct a 4,081-square-foot bank ~vith 43 parking spaces and five
drive-through lanes. The Landsc4ape Plan exceeds the minimum
requirements by providing additiotml buffers along the property
lines and adding 15 ornamental tr~es to enhance the aesthetics of
the site. While this use is appiropriate and permitted by the
existing zoning on the property, thee are technical issues related to
access, topography, and elevations which need to be addressed.
As mentioned in
for this property
However, given
maximum slope
sprinkled.
the HISTORY section, the access and fire lanes
will be via two driveways along Fitness Court.
that the grades of the driveways exceed the
for fire lanes, this bank needs to be fully
The architecture of the building has been substantially revised
since the initial submittal. The applicant has made an effort to
incorporate the design characteris!ics of Coppell while retaining
the architectural elements of the: prototypical Wachovia bank.
Specifically, they have: increased the pitch of the standing seam
metal roof; extended the roof line t~ver the drive-through canopy;
added a roof peak over the main entry doors, and are utilizing a
combination of earth-tone brick and stone veneers, which are
typical building materials used along Denton Tap Road.
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However, staff still has concerns with horizontal stone elements
and the amount of glass utilized on the front fa9ade. Per the
provisions of the Zoning Ordinai~ce, "glass should not exceed
50% of the total area of any one facade of the building". The
architect's calculations indicate that glass accounts for 42.3% of
the front fafade, facing Denton Tap Road; however, staff
questions this calculation.
Similar to the building design, Waghovia has revised their typical
sign package to be in compliance with the City of Coppell Sign
Ordinance. The proposed attad~hed signage, which typically
would be blue letters, has been Changed to white individually-
mounted letters, with a full color blue, green and white logo,
which does not exceed 20% of lhe area of the sign. The 40-
square-foot monument sign will be externally lit and will also
contain white, individually pin-mounted letters with full color
logo. The brick on this monument sign will match the brick on
the building.
Finally, the vicinity map needs to be corrected to indicate 1-635
instead of S.H. 121 to the south of this property.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING CONiMISSION:
Staff recommends APPROVAL of Denton Tap Deyelopment, Lot 1, Block A, Site
Plan for Wachovia bank, subject to the following conditions:
1) The bank facility be fully sprinkled.
2) Correction o f the vicinity map.
3) Re-evaluation of the amount of glass and horizontal features in the
front faqade.
4) The addition of manufacture specs to elevOtion sheets, as provided on the
color board.
ALTERNATIVES
t) 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 late~ date.
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ATTACHMENTS: 1) Sign package
2) Site Plan
3) Landscape Plan
4) Elevations (2 sheets)
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