PD-195R-O, Callahan Medical - AG 06 1010
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DEPT:
Planning
October 10, 2006
AGENDA REQUEST FORM
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DATE:
ITEM #: 1 0
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ITEM TYPE: PUBLIC HEARING
ITEM CAPTION:
Consider opproval of Case No. PD-195R-O, Callahan Medical/Office Addition, zoning change request from PD-195-0
(Planned Development-195-0ffice) to PD-195R-O (Planned Development-195 Revised-Office) to allow additional
attached signage and a revision to the monument sign to allow for a multi-tenant sign on 1.95 acres of property
located at 848 S. Denton Tap Road, north of Belt Line Road.
GOAL(S):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The following P&Z conditions remain outstanding:
1. Additional attached signs shall be in accordance with the following regulations:
. Maximum total square footage of attached Zoning Ordinance signage shall be 100 square feet;
· All signs shall be similar fonts;
. All letters shall be individually-mounted, channel letters;
. Black letters on the cast stone portions of the fac;ade and white letters on the brick portion of the building are
allowed.
. Once all signs are installed there will be a balanced appearance.
2. The multi-tenant monument sign shall adhere to all provisions of Section 12-29-4.2(A). iii of the Zoning Ordinance.
FINANCIAL COMMENTS:
Decision of the P&Z Commission at the September 21 st meeting:
APPROV AL with Commissioners Borchgardt, Hall. McCaffrey, Foreman,
Haas, Kittrell. and Reese voting in favor.
ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL:
APPROVED BY
Crry COUNCIL
ON ABOVE DATE
Motion to close Public Hearing & Approve
with conditions 1 & 2 above
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends approval. subject to the conditions listed above.
M - Brancheau
S - Peters
. Libby Ball
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Vote - 7-0
@lPD-195R-O, Callahan M/O, l-AR
CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
Case: PD-195R-O, Callahan Medical/Office Addition
P&Z HEARING DATE:
c.c. HEARING DATE:
STAFF REP.:
LOCATION:
SIZE OF AREA:
CURRENT ZONING:
REQUEST:
APPLICANT:
HISTORY:
September 21, 2006
October 10, 2006
Marcie Diamond, Assistant Planning Director
884 S. Denton Tap Road, north of Belt Line Road
1.95 acres
PD-195-0
To allow additional attached signage and a revision to the
monument sign to a multi-tenant sign.
SRFNPMCE, L.P.
Nina Cahan, M.D.
848 South Denton Tap Road, Suite 100
Coppell, Texas 75019
972-393-5559
FAX: 972-471-1646
In August 1998, City Council approved a site plan to allow the
development of three retail/office buildings with limited
warehousing on 4.6 acres of property. In August 2000, this site
plan expired. In April 2000, City Council approved a minor plat
for this property, which was never filed with the county and
expired in October 2000. The subject property contains
approximately 2 acres of this 4.6-acre tract; the remaining acreage
was developed for two office buildings, known as the Mercantile
Addition in 2005.
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The PO for the subject property was established in 2002 to allow
for the development of the existing two-story, 19,400-square-foot
office building.
TRANSPORTATION:
Denton Tap Road is a P6D, six-lane, divided thoroughfare within a
110-foot right-of-way.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Colonial Storage; C (Commercial)
South ~ Mercantile Office Complex; C (Commercial)
East ~ Riverside Church of Christ; LI (Light Industrial)
West - Retail and vacant; C (Commercial)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Coppell Comprehensive Plan shows the property as suitable
for mixed uses.
DISCUSSION:
When the zoning on this property was established in 2002, the
owner/applicant included in the elevations, as a PD condition, that there
would be a maximum of 50 square feet of attached signage on this
building, indicating the name of the major occupant of the building,
Coppell Associates in Family Medicine, P.A. This sign measures 33.75
square feet. Since that time, a Yoga studio relocated from Georgetown
Shopping Center, and brought their existing 14.5-square-foot sign with
them for a total of 48.25 square footage of existing attached signage.
The o\vner desires to increase the allowable attached signage from 50
square feet to 100 square feet to be more in line with the amount of
signage that would typically be allowed on a office building with 100 feet
of building width on street frontage. The owner would like to retain the
flexibility as to placement and number of signs until all the tenants are
known. She has offered to:
. Cap the maximum total square footage of attached signage to 100
square feet;
. Require that all signs shall be similar fonts;
. Limit the signs on the cast stone portions of the building to be
individually-mounted black letters, and signs on the red brick portion
of the building to individually mounted white letters to match the
existing Yoga sign on the second floor; and
. Present a balanced appearance to the building with all additional
slgnage.
Included in the original site plan was a 40-square-foot monument sign,
indicating the name of the building and the address. However, since that
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time, the city-wide sign ordinances have changed to specifically allow for
multi-tenant monument signs in accordance with the following provisions:
"In the case of multi-tenant office and/or retail buildings, the individual
tenant names may be listed subject to:
(a) All individual tenant nameplates must be of uniform size, color
and font. in accordance with this ordinance.
(b) Minimum letter size shall be six inches.
(c) If a tenant vacates the lease space, the name plate must be removed
within 30 days of such vacancy by the monument sign owner,
owner of the property where the sign is located, or other party
having control over such sign.
No other advertising or promotional information is permitted thereon.
Such sign may be single or double-faced. Can signs made of plastic or
similar materials are not permitted as detached (monument) signs. Backlit
plastic is not permitted within detached (monument) signs."
The applicant, again, would like to retain flexibility in the final design of
this multi-tenant monument sign, until such time that all the tenants are
known. However, compliance with the provisions of the sign ordinance is
assured.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Staff is recommending APPROVAL of this request, subject to the following conditions:
1. Additional attached signs shall be in accordance with the following
regulations:
. Maximum total square footage of attached signage shall be 100 square
feet;
. All signs shall be similar fonts;
. All letters shall be individually-mounted, channel letters;
. Black letters on the cast stone portions of the fac;:ade and white letters
on the brick portion of the building are allowed.
. Once all signs are installed there will be a balanced appearance.
2. The multi-tenant monument sign shall adhere to all provisions of Section 12-
29-4.2(A). iii of the Zoning Ordinance.
A L TERN A TIVES:
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) Correspondence from the applicant/owner dated August 8, 2006, with
attachments.
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SRFNPMCE, L. P
848 South Denton Tap Road
Suite 100
Coppe/!. TX 75019
972-393-5559
.\ugust 8.2006
Dear Planning and loning.
I would like to request a change to my PD as soon as possible to allow me up to 100
:-;quare feet of signage for my building that spans 100 feet on the Denton Tap side. This
is within the code. I need this space as soon as possible for my new tenant and to not
ha\e to do this again for the next tenant.
I have enclosed a picture of my building with the present signs up and places marked
fell' the nev.. tenant (a personal trainer, marked Fitness) and for another tenant, as yet
unsigned so I have no idea what the sign will say. The signs are marked in different
types just to make it easier to see that they are discreet signs. The tenants will, of course,
have to get their own signs permitted. I can suggest that their signs all be black letters of
the same or close font to mine. The total additional square footage to what is already
there will be 51 square feet for a total of only 100 square feet. Since most buildings get
that even on a one-story building and mine is two-story, I feel this is more than
conser\'ati \e signage.
I would also like to request. at the behest of my tenants, to change the sign on the
kgend lip front to haH the names of the tenants in small black letters. It would look
:-;omcthing like this:
~-jo b~~~a~~-d- - ---~-P~rson;TT~~i~~r --1j' OQa - ------- - --------1
tT~)rE~E;; ssoci~t~~. i n____ F am_D.)- ~1edj c~~:_=---~ _~) .."\j=Fut -mor~_e\ e-~-~~-pa-c~eIJ
Ihis sign \\ould hc the same on each side oCthe legend and could include the number
k48 somewhere in the bottom half as th<.1t is only my office name but the font or size of
the letters would ha\l~ to he different to show up. l'v1y tenants \\ant this as it would give
our husinesses more \isibility from Denton Tap Road and increase street safcty as less
people would pass by it and ha\c to turn hack. Safety and health promotion are \cry
important to all the husinesses in my building so far.
Thank you for your prompt aTtention to this matter.
Sincerelv
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