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Item 6D ZA14-070 Zoning Change & Site Plan for Southlake Professional Park Item 6D ZA14-070 Owner: Bootstrap Investment, Inc.   Applicant: Southlake Professional Park   Request: Approval of a zoning change and site plan from “C-1” Neighborhood Commercial District to “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District to allow limited “O-1” Office District uses. Location: 1901 East Southlake Boulevard Existing Land Use Designation – Office Commercial Southlake Professional Park Aerial View Previously Approved Site Plan (ZA97-149) Previous and Revised Site Plan Comparison Revised Site Data Summary Updated Zoning Comparison Chart Previous and Revised Detailed Landscape Plan Previous and Revised Tree Preservation Plan Sample Colored Rendering Building 1 Elevations Building 2 Elevations Building 3 Elevations Variance Requests Driveway Ordinance Variance Requests: The applicant is requesting two (2) variances with this application: The driveway stacking depth at this location requires a minimum of fifty feet (50’). The applicant is requesting a minimum stacking depth of approximately thirty feet (30’). The minimum distance to an intersection for a commercial driveway on a local street is one-hundred feet (100’). The applicant is requesting a minimum distance of approximately eighty-five feet (85’). ± 85’ ± 40’ ± 30’ Site Photos Looking north towards Southlake Blvd. The drive is controlled by a stop sign and is one way exiting to the east Site Looking south towards Woodland Heights Site Site Photos Looking west Looking east Looking south Looking south from FM 1709 Site Photos Planning & Zoning Commission Action July 17, 2014; Approved (6-0) subject to the Staff Report dated July 11, 2014, and Site Plan Review Summary No. 2 dated July 10, 2014, specifically noting the following: Approving the variances to the Driveway Ordinance as presented; Noting the applicant’s willingness to exclude from the permitted uses found in the O-1 Office District – Real Estate Services, Travel Bureaus, Duplication and Mailing services; And, noting the applicant’s willingness to have lighting such that it is shielded and does not spill over into adjoining properties. City Council 1st Reading August 5, 2014; Approved 1st reading (7-0) pursuant to site plan review summary # 2, dated July 10, 2014, noting the following: the buildings will all be one-story; the applicant will provide a pedestrian access easement if needed along FM 1709 to complete the sidewalk segment; the applicant will work with staff to provide any needed access easement with sidewalk on Westwood Drive to mitigate the gas pipeline issue that is there and provide landscape screening drawings for Council prior to second reading; the applicant will provide more detailed drawings for the screening for the HVAC equipment for building 3; the stub-out to the east will be landscaped to prevent vehicular traffic that can be removed in the event connectivity is established with the property to the immediate east; the applicant will provide more detailed landscape drawings of the parking islands and to show screening of the parking lot from FM 1709; the applicant will provide a revised site plan relocating the northern driveway in an effort to save the tree at that entrance; specifically approving the requested variances to the Driveway Ordinance for spacing and stacking; and, noting the eliminated O-1 uses as listed in the S-P-1 zoning regulation document: Banking; Bill paying services; Employment services; Radio and Television Broadcasting Studios requiring any outside antenna towers; Savings and Loan; Duplication and Mailing Services; Real Estate Office; Travel Bureaus. Questions?