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Item 7A - Cover LetterKimley>»Horn January 22, 2020 City of Southlake Planning Department 1400 Main Street #310 Southlake, Texas 76092 RE: Cover Letter for Proposed Life Time — ZA19-0072 Attached, please find the Zoning and Site Plan Submittal for Life Time — Southlake project. The subject property, described as Tract 1F, James J. West Survey Abstract No. 1620, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, is a 25.914 -acre property located at the Southeast corner of SH 114 and Dove Road. The current zoning under Ord 480-220A is "SP -2 Generalized Site Plan". The purpose of this request is for a zoning change and Concept Plan/Site Plan approval, with the zoning being changed to S -P-2. Attached exhibits and narrative below are to aid in intent of zoning request. History: The original zoning of this property, S -P-2 Generalized Site Plan, Ord 480-220 was amended and approved as S -P-2 Generalized Site Plan, Ord 480-220A on May 1s' 2018. The subject tract currently remained vacant and unplatted. Southlake 2030 Plan: Consolidated Future Land Use Plan/Southlake 2035 SH 114 Corridor Plan The 2030 future land use designation for this site is "Mixed -Use". The purpose is to provide an option for large-scale, master -planned, mixed-use developments that combine land uses such as office facilities, shopping, dining, parks and residential uses. Per the LU1 recommendations of the Southlake 2035 SH 114 Corridor Plan, 1) The proposed zoning allows the subject tract to retain the existing underlying mixed -used land use designation. 2) Development has been sensitive to the existing tree cover by: a. Reducing the footprint of the proposed Life Time Athletic Club to a new prototype, which will reduce the limits of disturbance. b. The applicant has provided a traffic parking study to determine what is the required parking count to serve their use based on existing clubs. See attached memo. This study allows the development to reduce its parking count by half, which the City has reviewed and has no further comments on. Reduction of parking significantly reduces the development's limit of disturbance. c. Along the entrance of SH 114, an open space area is provided to preserve existing mature trees. Additionally, to the north of the entrance, a retaining wall is proposed to preserve existing trees east of the detentin pond. d. Landscape islands are provide along the southern property line to preserve existing mature trees, specifically a 35" Oak tree. Kimley>»Horn Page 2 e. Design grades of the site are intended to allow the topography to tie back into existing as soon as possible, while maitaining resonable, non-erosive grades along the north property line. It is the intent of the applicant to allow felxibility with cross -access, both vehicular and pedestrian, with the future development of Parcel Al. Consequently, retaining walls are not proposed along the north proeprty line of Parcel A2. 3) Any development should be walkable and pedestrian friendly. a. To allow for a cohesive development that will be pedestrian friendly, Per Exhibit B, sidewalk is to be built from the front door of the Life Time building to Kirkwood Blvd ROW sidewalk. Additionally, sidewalk will be built along the front of proposed building, north to future development of Parcel Al. Per Exhibit B, a 5' pedestrian path is also proposed along the north property line for further pedestrian connectivity. 4) LU 15 of SH 114 Corridor Land Use Plan discourages surface parking along SH 114. a. To accommodate the vision of LU 15, the applicant invested in a traffic parking study to determine the practical and necessary parking count required to serve the use based on existing clubs. See attached memo. This study demonstrates that the actual parking need is approximately half the parking count required by code, which the City has reviewed and has no further comments on. Mobility and Master Thoroughfare Plan Tract 1F is bounded by W. State Highway 114 to the west, Dove Rd to the North and the future alignment of Kirkwood Blvd to the East. The Master Thoroughfare Plan shows Kirkwood Blvd to be a four -lane divided arterial with 100' of Right -of -Way, 50' of the ROW being on Tract 1 F and the other 50' being on the proposed Metairie Development, being Tract 1. The developer of Tract 1 F is responsible for dedicating 50' of Right -of -Way on the Final Plat and constructing one-half (1/2) of the required street section, along the entire length of Tract 1 F East property line, according to City of Southlake Standards with the proposed development of Parcel A2, as shown on Exhibit B.