Item 4B - Narrative and Variance RequestMemorandum
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To:
Mayor and City Council Members
DENTON
ALLEN
From:
Philip C. Varughese, P.E.
SAN ANTONIO
CC:
File — VLK 20062
CYPRESS
SUGAR LAND
Date:
April 8, 2020
GEORGIA
BLAIRSVILLE
RE:
Florence Elementary School Replacement — Site Plan Submittal
ALBANY
A new Florence Elementary School replacement campus will be constructed to replace the existing facility.
The new building will bring its learning spaces more in line with other Keller ISD elementary school and
the District's adopted educational specifications. The new building will be constructed south of the existing
facility and will be under construction while the current school is operational. There will be a phased
approach to the construction of the new campus and the existing building will be demolished upon
completion of the proposed building and associated improvements. Construction is scheduled to begin in
May 2020 and completed by August 2021.
Existing & Proposed Traffic Pattern
Per the City meeting on 2/25/2020, a TIA was not required and the City was acceptable with providing
a queuing analysis for the campus. Currently, the parent loop for the existing campus is from Harrell
Drive along the north end of the campus and the bus loop is along the south side of the existing building.
Based on the proposed site layout, the parent loop will be near the south side of the site and south of
the proposed building and the bus loop will be along the north end of the proposed building. The
proposed parent loop for the student pick up/drop-off is designed to be 24' wide to accommodate 2
lanes of queuing. Per the queuing analysis, all queued vehicles will be maintained within the school
property during the peak periods and not impede the flow of traffic on adjacent streets. The parent
loops are designed to minimize or eliminate any crossing of traffic flows within the queuing area.
Variance Requests
Variance to Driveway Ordinance No. 634, Section 5.2.d Required Internal Storage (stacking / Minimum
Throat Length)
• Request to allow a 51' stacking depth for north driveway (bus loop drive) and south driveway
(parent loop) along Harrell Drive.
Variance to Zoning Ordinance No. 480, Section 39.6.a and 39.6.f
• Section 39.6.a - Request to provide 6' vinyl -coated chain -link fence along Johnson Road and to
replace the existing 4' chain -link fencing that is existing along Johnson Road.
• Section 39.6.f - Request to keep the existing 6' chain -link fencing along the south property line
in additional landscaping is provided for screening.
TNP Firm Registrations
Texas Board of Professional Engineers, Firm No. F-230 I Georgia Board of Professional Engineers, Firm No. PEF007431
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying, Firm No. 1001 1 600 1 01 94381 1001 1601
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, Firm No. BR 2673