Item 7A - Alternative 2 Land Use Narrative
May 13, 2025
Narrative for Zoning Change Submittal
S-P-2 Generalized Site Plan District for 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd, Southlake, Texas
Case Number ZA25-0026
This site shall comply with all conditions of the City of Southlake Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance No. 480, as amended, as it pertains to Section 22, C-3 General Commercial District
uses and regulations.
Development Regulations:
The property shall be subject to the development regulations for the C-3 Commercial District
and all other applicable regulations with the following exceptions:
To facilitate a contiguous development, buffer yards and building setbacks will not be
required along internal boundary lines.
Parking agreements for offsite parking for valet service will be in place prior to building
permitting to satisfy the combined parking requirements for the development.
Additional Information:
The focus of this application is to revise the building plans and zoning for the parcel at 1901 W
Kirkwood Blvd in Southlake from its previous configuration to a modified version. The parcel’s
zoning as SP-2 will not change.
The model we have been using for our zoning analysis is C3 Commercial. Please refer to Exhibit
A (attached) which is a portion of the Southlake Zoning Map which identifies our site and
zoning of adjacent parcels. Also refer to Exhibit B (attached) in which the site is shown as Mixed
Use in the Future Land Use Map.
The restaurant will be an upscale restaurant which will seat 250, for dinner only, 7 days a week.
The event space will seat 200 for dining and will likely only be in use on the weekends. Parking
requirements determined by the square footage of the restaurant. The site includes 5
freestanding storefronts with a total square footage of 10,975 sf. Our site plan is currently
configured to provide most of the required parking on site at the property - 1 space per 100 sf
of resturant and 1 space per 200 sf of retail. We have 220 out of 255 required parking spots on
site and all other required spaces will be provded by a free valet service arranged by the
restaurant and event space operator. We are developing a parking agreement with the
property North of W Kirkwood Blvd across from VariSpace for the remainder of the required
parking spaces.
Regarding Tree Conservation:
After further review of the previously approved Tree Conservation Plan, it appears that the
preservation calculation was obtained by dividing the 41 trees to be preserved by the 254
total trees on site.
41 /254 = .16 or 16%
Article VI of the Tree Preservation Ordinance, and verified by Keith Martin, Landscape
Administrator at the City, tree coverage is calculated by individual tree canopy. This is based
on caliper and canopy size. The old plan was not calculated correctly.
We did a quick calculation of the 41 trees from the old plan, using the correct calculation
method and came up with a 5.3% preservation, not 16%.
Tree Preservation is 8.5 % (more than the previous plan of 5.3%)