Item 8 - Narrative, S-P-1 Regs and Variance ReqestJune 1, 2018
City of Southlake
Site Plan ZA18-0003
North White Chapel Office Complex
Southlake, Texas
Project Narrative
Lot 3R1 contains two existing one-story Office Buildings with General non -Medical
Office use. Existing parking spaces and a two entry drive approach from the Service
Road of Highway 114 shall remain intact. This site remains intact as is except for the
following:
1. The east property line will be defined as the centerline of a new expanded width drive
and fire lane that will serve existing parking spaces on this Lot and new parking spaces
on Lot 3R2.
2. A new dumpster enclosure shall be constructed at the northern end of the new drive.
Lot 3R2 is proposed to have a new Office Building that shall be a four level General
Non -Medical Use Office Building. The Building will be generally operated during
regular business office hours. The Owner plans to build four floor levels. The first
(ground) level of one-half of the Building shall be covered structured parking with three
stories of General Office use above. The other halve of the Building shall be four stories
of General Office use. The Building will be steel and concrete structural frame with a
Glass curtain wall appearance on over half the Building and stucco over metal stud
framing with multiple store front window openings on the rest of the Building. Vertical
stone structures will anchor the Building at the Entry Feature and at each end housing
Stair Towers. Roof top mounting of HVAC units will service all four levels and these
units will be screened from view by a parapet roof structure that matches the metal
banding that is a part of the design at each floor level.
The requested S -P-1 Zoning shall be based upon "O-1" District Zoning regulations with
the following exceptions:
Lot 3R1:
1. Bufferyards shall not be required along the shared drive.
2. No fencing or screening of adjacent properties is required due to the adjacent
Zoning being C-2 or Agricultural.
3. Existing Landscaping shall remain and this shall satisfy bufferyard conformance
requirements.
4. The west boundary Line setback shall be 15 feet with a variance allowed for the
existing extension of the front Building to be allowed to remain with a minimum
setback of ten feet.
Lot 3R2:
1. Maximum impervious coverage shall be 70%.
2. Maximum Height allowed shall be four stories with a maximum height 64 feet
and 5 inches.
3. Bufferyards shall not be required along the shared drive.
4. Screening of all roof -top equipment shall be allowed per a metal panel screen that
the matches the metal panel bands at each floor level of the Building.
Lot 3R1 and 3R2 combined:
1. The Parking Ratio of 1 space to 311 square feet of General Office shall apply to
the combination of both Lots.
2. Allowed use of General Office Space does not include Medical Uses or any other
Use that would require a more stringent parking ratio.
Variance Requests:
Masonry Ordinance #557-A requires 80% Masonry Product all Exterior surfaces
of the Building. Glass windows and doors are not a part of this equation.
Variance requested is to allow for the South Elevation to have 76% percent
masonry, East Elevation to 78% masonry and the North Elevation to have 72%
masonry. The non -masonry material on all Elevations shall be "anodized Metal
Panels" that match the glass window frame material.
Driveway Ordinance requires 75 feet of stacking depth at both Drive Entries.
Variance requested is for the existing stacking distance of 47 feet 8 inches be
allowed for the Drive off of Highway 114 service road and for the stacking depth
for the new Drive off of White Chapel Blvd. to have a depth of 50 feet 2 inches.
Sincerely,,
Roger (Skip) Blake, Architect