Item 7 - S-P-2 and Variance Request Letter
October 21, 2019
SS01-01
Mr. Ken Baker
Mr. Dennis Killough
City of Southlake
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
1400 Main Street
Southlake, TX 76092
RE: ZA19-0064- Chapel Crossing- ReZoning Request- Revised S-P-2 Regulations
Ken & Dennis,
We are respectively requesting approval of a revision to the previously approved S-P-2 Concept Plan
for the Chapel Crossing office development, located at the SW corner of SH-114 and White Chapel
Blvd.
The current S-P-2 (Generalized Site Plan District) zoning was approved in 2014, as Ordinance No.
480-667. This zoning approval allowed for a Phase I, 3 story, office building of 51,000 s.f. to be built,
as well as an expansion of approximately 23,000 s.f. to be built in a future phase. The Phase I building
was built; the expansion has not.
The approved Concept Plan (Exhibit B, dated September 29, 2014), shows the expansion building
adjacent and attached to the Phase I building, on a single lot. With this revision, we propose to
separate the expansion building from the existing building, and carve out a separate lot for it to be
located on.
The revised Concept Plan, submitted herein, proposes substituting a separate, 3 Story Office building,
of approximately 22,000 s.f., located on the NW portion of the site, within a new, separate lot. This
new structure would be instead of the previously approved 23,000 s.f. addition to the existing building.
The façade of the new structure would be of a similar nature to the existing Phase I structure,
complementary in design and materials.
Also included in our submission is a Tree Conservation Plan and a Landscape Plan, using the
previously approved Landscape Plan as a guide, but making sure to meet the Bufferyards and Interior
Landscaping requirements for the site as a whole.
The requested zoning is S-P-2 Generalized Site Plan District, following the O-1 Office District Uses,
with the following exceptions and additional requirements:
1. A parking requirement of one space for every 215 square feet of building area, regardless of
occupancy.
2. Allowable Building Height shall be increased to three (3) stories.
3. Maximum predominant building height (actual) shall be increased to 50’-0” and ornamental
elements increased to 60’-0”.
4. Building Setbacks along internal property lines shall not be required.
5. Buffer Yards along internal property lines shall not be required.
6. A shared parking, cross access easement and shared maintenance agreement shall be required.
Required parking for all built uses shall be provided within the S-P-2 boundary; parking
requirements for individual lots shall not apply.
7. Parking Space Requirements:
All Uses: One (1) space for each two hundred fifteen (215) square feet of Net Leasable Area.
8. Dumpster Enclosure Location:
Dumpster enclosure shall be permitted as shown on the Concept Plan, on Lot 1R1. This double
dumpster enclosure shall serve both lots, and will require a shared use agreement prior to
issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed building on Lot 1R2.
The following variances are also requested:
1. A driveway entrance on Countrywide Court.
2. A reduction in the required stacking distances at the two entry drives, to the distances labeled
on the Concept Plan (39’ for the SH-114 entry, and 47’ for the Countryside Drive entry).
Thanks for your attention to this matter, and let me know if you need anything additional.
Respectively submitted,
SAGE GROUP, Inc.
Curtis W. Young AIA
Attachments:
1. Concept Plan
2. Tree Conservation Plan
3. Landscape Plan
4. Drainage and Utility Plans