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10.

Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	08/09/2016
Department:	City Manager

AGENDA CAPTION:

Hold A Public Hearing, Discussion And Consider Action On An Ordinance Rezoning Approximately 18.2 Acres Of Land Located At 14345 Dallas Parkway, The Former Site Of The Ewing Auto Dealership,From I-1, Industrial-1, To A Planned Development District Allowing For Office And Other Commercial Uses And Establishing Development Standards Including A Minimum Building Height. Case 1737-Z/14345 Dallas Parkway.

BACKGROUND:

The properties located at 14345 Dallas Parkway are currently zoned I-1, Industrial-1. This zoning designation provides for a wide variety of low-density uses. This is not in keeping with the guidance provided in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan which calls for high-density office buildings along the Dallas North Tollway corridor. The proposed Planned Development would bring the use of this property in line with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the adjacent uses along this corridor.

The Addison Planning and Zoning Commission, meeting in regular session on June 21, 2016, voted to recommend approval of this item:

Voting Aye: Ennis, Griggs, Robbins, Robinson
Voting Nay: Schaeffer, Smith
Absent: Morgan

Speakers at the public hearing:
For: none
On: none
Against: Mary Hutchinson, Ewing Enterprises LP, Ewing 8, JV, Gail O. Ewing 1996 Trust, 6455 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX

The attached staff report provides background on this case as presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission and to the City Council at the July Council Meeting. Since that time, staff has met with the main property owner as well as a potential developer. In an attempt to address their concerns about the feasibility of the zoning requirements in today’s market, staff has revised the requirements of the proposed Planned Development (PD). These requirements have been adjusted to reflect the requirements of the Tollway Center PD. Whereas the Tollway Center PD requirements were established graphically based on an approved site plan and building elevations, this PD is not approving a specific development. Therefore, these requirements are being established in narrative form through text. Any future development will have to abide by the requirements set in the text of the PD.

The following changes have been included:

Minimum Building Height:
Originally, the proposed Planned Development required a minimum building height of 8 stories. This was established so that the scale of development on this property would be in keeping with the height of the surrounding development which ranges from 8-12 stories. Tollway Center is 6 stories with a seventh floor lounge area. The proposed Planned Development has been revised to require a minimum building height of 5 stories.

Parking:

Originally, the proposed Planned Development required that a minimum of 80% of the parking be provided through structured parking. This was intended to insure efficient use of the land so as to not utilize valuable Tollway fronting property for surface parking lots. This would also be in keeping with the surrounding development which provides the vast majority of parking within parking structures. Staff has revised the proposed Planned Development to require a minimum of 65% structured parking. For properties within the PD which may have multi-phased development, the first phase may provide a minimum of 62.7% structured parking so long as subsequent phases result in a combined total of not less than 65%. This mirrors the parking requirement for the Tollway Center. Phase I provides 62.7% structured parking. Had phase 2 been constructed as originally intended, it would have resulted in a 65.3% structured parking.

Additionally, the PD has been revised to allow for steel guard cables on the first floor if screened with landscaping. This also reflects Tollway Center.

Exterior Appearance:

Originally, the Planned Development did not include stucco in the definition of masonry. This would have limited the use of stucco to not more than 20% of each façade. This mirrors the Town’s standard language regarding exterior appearance in Planned Developments, though the Town has often approved the inclusion of stucco for various project, including Tollway Center. Staff has revised the proposed PD to include stucco in the definition of masonry allowing it be used without limit.

Staff believes that these changes address the property owner’s and the potential developer’s concerns about their ability to meet the zoning requirements given current market conditions.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
1737-Z Staff Report
Comprehensive Plan Excerpt
Ordinance