HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6278 Staff AnalysisFILE NO.: Z-6278
NAME: Sports Authority Long -Form PCD (Z-6278)
LOCATION: Frontage Chenal Parkway and Autumn Road. North of
Chenal Parkway and west of Autumn Road.
DEVELOPER:
Dan Moody III
Moody Rambin Interest, Inc.
6100 Hillcroft, Ste. 600
Houston, TX 77081-1006
AREA: 5.93 ACRES
ZONING: Existing R-2
Proposed PCD
PLANNING DISTRICT: #11 I-430
CENSUS TRACT: 24.04
VARIANCES/WAIVERS REQUESTED:
BACKGROUND:
ENGINEER•
Robert Brown
Development Consultants, Inc.
10809 Executive Center Dr.
Suite 210
Little Rock, AR 72211-6021
PROPOSED USES:
None
• Retail Commercial
• Office
On March 20, 1997 the Planning Commission approved a change in
the Land Use plan for this property. The area adjacent to Autumn
Road was designated office and the remainder commercial. The
rezoning request was delayed two weeks by the Planning Commission
to this date.
A. PROPOSAL RE UEST:
The developer seeks to divide 5.93 acres into two parcels of
Lot 1 consisting of 4.85 acres and Lot 2 containing 1.08
acres. The PCD application also request a 44,818 square
foot retail building on Lot 1 and 7,200 square feet one
story office building on Lot 2 facing Autumn Road. Hours of
operation proposed for The Sports Authority (Lot 1) are:
Business hours 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
(except 12 p.m. on some holidays)
• Deliveries 6:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Trash pickup 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Proposed use breakdown within the The Sports Authority
building is 87.6% in sales floor, 6.1% in office area, and
6.3% in receiving and storage areas. Typical goods offered
include: clothing, shoes, athletic equipment of all kinds,
fishing tackle, boating accessories, hunting apparel, fire
arms, diving gear, etc.
There are no specific tenants planned for the proposed
one-story office building on Lot 2. The developer has
proposed the following list of permitted uses for inclusion
in the PCD ordinance. They include:
• Bank or Savings and Loan.
• Church.
• Medical oriented clinics, such as health, dental,
optical, psychiatric, and other similar counseling or
treatment facilities for the care of people.
• Community welfare or health center.
• Convent or monastery.
• Day nursery or day care center.
• Duplication shop.
• Family care facility.
• Laboratory.
• Library, art gallery, museum or similar public use.
• Office - general and professional.
Photography studio.
Private school, kindergarten or institution for special
education.
School - business.
Studio - broadcasting and recording.
Studio - art, music, speech, drama, dance or other
artistic endeavors.
Travel bureau.
No drive-thru facilities will be allowed.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The site is currently vacant. The parcel fronts on Chenal
Parkway and Autumn Road. The property wraps -around the
Chenal Center project. Best Buys is located immediately to
the west.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
The Birchwood Neighborhood Association was notified of this
project. Mrs. Georgiana Henry submitted a letter to staff
dated March 31, 1997 concerning the project. Mrs. Henry's
letter expresses concern about drainage problems in the
Birchwood Neighborhood caused by area developments. She
says in part ..."All we ask is that the City take care of
one problem (drainage) before it contributes to more of the
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same by allowing additional commercial development adjacent
to our neighborhood."
D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS:
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS:
1. National Pollutant Discharge System (NPDES) and grading
permits are required prior to construction, site
grading and drainage plan will need to be submitted and
approved.
2. Provide striping plan utilizing 3M 380 & 381 permanent
striping tape and signage plans for the development,
for Traffic Engineering approval.
3. Dedication to 50 feet from centerline with a 10 foot
sidewalk and utility easement will be required as a
condition of closure. Chenal dedication must allow for
the Master Street Plan required deceleration lane.
4. All driveways shall be concrete aprons per City
Ordinance
5. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this
property.
6. Autumn Road is a collector on the Master Street Plan
dedication to 30 feet from centerline is required and
reconstruction from centerline. The drainage from this
site will have an adverse impact on the adjoining
residential property unless property engineered.
Recommend capture of all drainage to the west and
south, them combine with site drainage and direct to
new drainage designed to accommodate flows under Autumn
to the east.
7. Property frontage needs to have the sidewalks and ramps
brought up to the current ADA standards with any
planned construction on both street frontages.
8_ A guardrail may be required adjacent to lane widening
on Chenal due to retaining wall location. Recommend
extending deceleration to add lane to Autumn
intersection. Contact development of adjacent site
prior to the construction of improvements including
sidewalks.
9. Chenal Parkway has a 1995 average daily traffic count
of 21,000.
E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENTICOUNTY PLANNING:
Wastewater: Sewer main extension required with easements.
AP&L: Easements required.
Arkla : No comment
Southwestern Bell: Easements required.
Water: The water Works does not want to extend a public
water main through to the west line of this
property. A more direct route is requested. A
minimum 15' wide utility or waterline easement is
required.
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Fire Department: Check with fire department.
LATA: Recommends a bus turnout on Chenal Parkway west of
the access drive.
F. ISSUES/TECHNICAL/DESIGN:
Landscape:
Areas set aside for buffers and landscaping meet with
ordinance requirements.
If the two proposed structure sites are to have separate lot
lease lines, then a four to six foot wide landscape strip
will be required by the Landscape Ordinance along both sides
of the property lines except for entrance and exits.
Curb and gutter or another approved border will be required
to protect all vehicular use areas from vehicular traffic.
If dumpsters are to be used, they must be shown on the site
plan and screened on three sides with an eight foot high
wall or wood fence.
Issues:
Staff will present illustrations of staff recommended
signage.
Planning Division:
The Planning Commission approved a Land Use Plan change on
the property on March 20, 1997. The western portion of the
site was charged to Commercial the remainder Office.
G. ANALYSIS:
As of the preparation of this staff report the meeting with
the Birchwood Neighborhood to discuss drainage concerns has
not taken place. The proposed rezoning conforms to the Land
Use Plan and Section 36-452(3) of the Subdivision and Zoning
Ordinance. No variances or waivers are requested.
H. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVAL of the rezoning to PCD and a two lot plat per the
amended site plan dated April 15, 1997. The approval is
also subject to conditions in this staff report and letters
defining project restrictions dated February 24 and March
20, 1997 from Development Consultants, Incorporated.
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SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT:
(MARCH 13, 1997)
Robert Brown presented the project. Staff requested the
following information from the applicant:
• signage and lighting plan
• list of proposed office uses
• hours of operation for Sports Authority
• dumpster locations
• consider providing a turnout for CATA
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 3, 1997)
This item was included in the consent deferral agenda. The
rezoning was rescheduled for the April 17, 1997 Planning
Commission meeting.
The Consent Agenda was approved by a vote of 10 ayes,
0 nays, and 1 absent.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(APRIL 17, 1997)
Larry Jones presented the staff report. Project description
information included in letters dated February 24, March 20,
April 15, and April 17, 1997 from Development Consultants, Inc.
was included as conditions. Staff added the following conditions
in respect to signage:
* Single sign on Chenal Parkway west of the access drive as
shown on the project exhibit. Sign is to be a maximum of
8 feet high and 100 square feet total area.
• Sports Authority building sign facing Chenal Parkway with
dimensions of 10 feet by 60 feet not to exceed 600 square feet
in size. The top of the sign will not exceed 36 feet in
height when measured from the finished grade elevation.
+ Single sign on Autumn Road adjacent to the southern drive as
shown on the exhibit. Sign is to be a maximum of 8 feet high
and 100 square feet total area.
• Sports Authority building sign facing Autumn Road with
dimensions of 10 feet by 30 feet not to exceed 300 square feet
in size. The top of the sign will not exceed 36 feet in
height when measured from the finished grade elevation.
David Scherer summarized two meeting that were held in early
April with the Birchwood Neighborhood. Drainage and traffic
concerns were discussed. Mr. Scherer outlined the Birchwood
drainage improvements to be completed by the City this summer.
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FILE ND.:. Z-6278 (Cont
Robert Brown presented the project to the Commission for the
applicants. He presented preliminary calculations for this site
post development that show stormwater detention volume and
discharge rates.
Jeff Hathaway, representing the Gamble property, suggested that
the final grade be lowered by four feet for the retail building
and five feet for the office structure.
Ruth Bell spoke in favor of the staff recommendation in respect
to signage. She also asked that the developer provide CATA with
a bus turnout.
A group representing the Birchwood Neighborhood Association spoke
in opposition to the rezoning. Fred Cason spoke about what they
considered to be an inadequate buffer between residential and
commercial/office uses. Ken Davis indicated that traffic cuts
through the Birchwood Neighborhood between Chenal Parkway and
West Markham. F. B. Boyd is opposed to approval of new projects
until existing drainage problems are mitigated. Bill Ruck said
that the City Board and Planning Commission has violated the City
Code by allowing development adjacent to Birchwood.
Commissioners Putnam, Mizan and Hawn asked about preliminary
drainage calculations for this site after development. David
Scherer stated that he had just received the information and that
he could not verify the data. Commissioner Hawn asked if the
developer would work with CATA to accommodate the needs of mass
transportation. Commissioner Daniel agreed with Commissioner
Hawn comments on CATA. Commissioner Earnest asked that the
developer meet or exceed the preliminary drainage numbers
submitted by Robert Brown. Commissioners Adcock and Putnam
agreed with that comment.
Motion to approve the rezoning to PCD and the two lot preliminary
plat. Subject to conditions in the staff report with staff
verbal presentation on signage (in minutes) and with the addition
of the following:
■ The construction of the office building structure may be
delayed up to 3 years from date the rezoning ordinance is
approved by the City Board.
• The developer will discuss a possible bus turnout location
with CATA.
• The final drainage system must substantially comply with
preliminary calculations presented April 17, 1997 to the
Planning Commission for stormwater detention volumes and
discharge rates.
The motion passed with 10 ayes, 0 nays, and 1 absent.
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