Agenda - City of Dallas

Z101-335(RB)
Landscaping: The request site is currently governed by Article X. These
requirements are requested to be maintained with the exception of an expanded
definition of an artificial lot.
Current provisions within Article X permit installation of required landscape materials by
‘phasing’ such requirements. The artificial lot is established by the building official to
provide a footprint around the area of development, inclusive of street frontage. No
more than 50 percent of a building site may be considered for consideration of an
artificial lot.
Staff is supporting aggregate land area for an artificial lot to exceed this 50 percent
limitation. Additionally, 25 feet around the proposed improvements will be required in
the calculation of an artificial lot, thus providing for a greater ‘landscape footprint’ as
anticipated development occurs.
Traffic Management Plan: At this time, SUP No. 1621 (Tract 3) provides for a
maximum of 306 students and a maximum of nine classrooms for the private school, but
no regulations for the child-care facility. The applicant has indicated 1,029 elementaryaged
children utilize the child-care facility. The time period expires on April 26, 2016,
but provides for automatic renewal, subject to compliance with the automatic renewal
provisions as provided by the Dallas Development Code.
Normally, a traffic management plan (TMP) is required for any school but not for a childcare
facility. In consideration of the existing private school located on the same tract as
the child-care facility, staff has determined a TMP is warranted. The applicant
submitted this requirement on December 28, 2011. Staff concurs with the analysis of
the submitted TMP and furthermore will require biennial updates as noted in the
attached conditions.
With respect to the child-care facility component utilizing Tract 3, this property provides
for a significant paved parking area to serve for unloading/loading of children (structure
was constructed as a church, prior to the applicant developing a larger facility on what is
known as Tract 1 in this application), so any possible queuing within the site’s street
frontages is virtually eliminated. As noted in the TMP for the private school component,
the companion child-care facility operates on varied hours with no conflict for
unloading/loading operations associated with the school’s fixed hours; 8:00 a.m. to 3:15
p.m.
CPC ACTION
(November 17, 2011)
Motion: In considering an application for a Planned Development District for Mixed
Uses on property zoned an MU-2 Mixed Use District, MF-2(A) Multifamily District, and
the termination of Specific Use Permit No. 1621 for Child-care facility and private school
on both sides of Westmoreland Road, north of Wheatland Road, it was moved to hold
this case under advisement until December 15, 2011.
Maker:
Wally
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