Item 6A (2)Thank you Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, the following is a
proposal by TMA Architects on behalf of First Financial Bank for the
development of a new bank building approximately 7,800 square feet in size at
the southwest corner of Southlake Boulevard and White Chapel Boulevard
specifically located at 120 S. White Chapel Boulevard under Planning Case
ZA10-021.
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The Future Land Use designation for this site is Office Commercial
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Current Zoning is O-1 Office zoning district
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This is an aerial of the site outlined in blue.
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This is the site plan provided by the applicant. The development also involves
the construction of a driveway to the west of the site that will be taking access
from Southlake Boulevard. In addition there is also a drive along S. White
Chapel Boulevard that will be used for access to this site. Under the updated
Traffic Impact Analysis provided to staff, its been determined since the last
meeting that no deceleration lane will be needed along S. White Chapel into the
banks driveway. The applicant has also indicated that they are working with the
property owner on the current Bethel Methodist Church site to form an
agreement to use their driveway as a point of access.
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This is an enlarged site plan showing more clearly the layout of the site. I will be
discussing the changes in the layout of the site towards the end of my
presentation.
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These are the elevations provided by the applicant.
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And this is the artists rendering of the building upon completion.
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And this is the artists rendering of the building looking from Southlake
Boulevard.
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This is a rendering of the hard corner of Southlake Boulevard and S. White
Chapel Boulevard.
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This is the landscape plan provided by the applicant.
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This is a photo looking southwest towards the site.
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This is looking towards the north at the site from the Bethel Methodist church
site.
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This is looking towards the site from across Southlake Boulevard on the north.
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And this is looking towards the southwest where approximately the drive will be
located.
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The is one variance being requested that is a Variance is to Section
7.2 Standards for Approval of the Tree Preservation Ordinance No.
585-D for tree preservation percentage. The site currently contains
only 13,794 square feet of tree cover mostly adjacent to the
Southlake Boulevard and White Chapel and is requesting to preserve
21% of the required 70% by ordinance.
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This is the tree conservation plan showing the trees to be removed in red, the
trees to be preserved in green and the marginal trees in yellow. Since
Commission’s last meeting, the applicant revised the site layout , which will be
discussed in just a moment, to allow for more stacking depth and therefore has
had to remove more trees. The previous plan proposed for 24% of trees to be
preserved on site and now there is 21% being proposed.
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This concludes staff’s presentation, I am available to answer any questions the
commission may have.
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