2015-04-28 Meeting Report (8000 Sq. Ft)
SPIN MEETING REPORT
Case Number:
SPIN Item Number:
SPIN2015-14
Project Name:
8,000 Square Foot Office
SPIN Neighborhood:
SPIN #11
Meeting Date:
April 28, 2015
Meeting Location:
1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX
City Council Chambers
Total Attendance:
10
Host:
Sherry Berman, Community Engagement Committee
Applicant(s) Presenting:
Paul Moss
City Staff Present:
Jerod Potts, Planner I
City Staff Contact:
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FORUM SUMMARY
Property Situation:
2419 Southlake Blvd.
Development Details:
SE Corner of Brock Dr. and Southlake Blvd.
Applicant mentioned they are proposing a professional office just under 8,000 square
feet in a residential setting. Presenter noted that previously completed offices have a
residential-look to them, where it is a single-story building with brick, stone, or maybe
stucco
Applicant mentioned there would possible be between 1-3 tenants that would occupy
this property
The presenter referenced the site plan for the project, which proposes an entrance off
Southlake Blvd. that is about 170 feet east of Brock Dr. The presenter mentioned they
are trying to get separation for a few different reasons; such as to reduce confusion of
people turning into the wrong drive
The presenter noted that the building itself would be 60 feet from the nearest residential
property, with a 10-foot landscape buffer, with about 40 feet of parking lot, and another
10 feet to the actual building wall
Parking would be on front, side, and rear – Applicant mentioned that rear parking would
primarily be for tenants use
During the Questions portion of the presentation, the presenter mentioned that if
approved, they would be building an 8 foot tall masonry fence so there will be an 8 foot
buffer fence and then 60 feet before the building would start to the nearest residential
property
Presented at SPIN:
QUESTIONS / CONCERNS:
Brock Drive is a residential street, how are you able to put a business on the corner?
Property would need to be rezoned to turn it into an office project
o
What is to prevent other developers from moving down the street?
Cannot speak to that, this would be a case-by-case basis
o
Do you have an answer to the traffic for residents coming out of Brock Lane?
If there is a problem there right now we are probably not going to exacerbate that
o
problem greatly because the traffic we would have coming in and out of our office
complex would probably be about 1/100 of the traffic that goes by there every
day
How many parking places will you have in the business property
43
o
How many does it take to pass it?
This is an informal informational meeting tonight. The homeowners would get a
o
chance to speak at a P&Z meeting or a Council meeting. The P&Z and Council
will listen to our presentation and they will take a vote on it
Would you clarify the zoning? What specific zoning are you applying to be changed to?
Professional office space
o
What zoning are you applying for?
O-1 – we haven’t applied for anything yet
o
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strongly encouraged to follow the case through the Planning and Zoning Commission and final action by City Council.