From
Chris Hartmann
Title
S170605 - Site Plan - Harmony School of Innovation (City Council District 2). Approval of a Planned Development Site Plan to a Planned Development (PD) district to allow a school. The 12.78 acre property is currently zoned Planned Development-17 (PD-17). The property is located at the intersection of Fish Creek Rd. and S. Belt Line Rd. The agent is David Etzold, the applicant is Joyce Stanton, DiSciullo-Terry, Stanton & Associates, and the owner is James Morgan, Danny Reeves, and Tommy Winn. (On June 5, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 5-2).
Presenter
Assistant City Manger Bill Crolley
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
PROPOSED USE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTION:
The proposed Harmony School of Innovation-Grand Prairie at 1441 Fish Creek Road, is located near the intersection of Fish Creek Road and S. Belt Line Road (FM 1382). The school will serve a 30% portion of the existing Kindergarten - 12th Grade student body currently attending the Harmony School of Nature campus. The students will transfer to the new school and be served by grades Pre-K through 5th at the new campus. The school is proposed to be 50,000 square feet in size, on a 7.794-acre tract of land currently zoned PD-17 for retail uses. However, this request will consider Site Plan approval to allow for use as a school. There will be occasional weekend activities will be held at the campus in the form of Science Fair and Spring Festival. There will be additional parking for weekend and evening activities will be provided in the outside lanes of the queuing area. The entire school campus will be securely fenced and gated. Traffic flow and access will be controlled and monitored by trained staff, and will be implemented consistent with the approved Circulation Plan. The gates will remain open at least one hour before and one hour after any time students are on campus. All AM and PM pick-up and drop-off traffic will be required to enter via Driveway 3, which is located along the east boundary of the school between the campus and future retail shopping. There will be an off-duty police officer hired by the school from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM daily, to assist with the left turn movements into Driveway 3, which is located at the intersection of N-S collector road and Fish Creek Road. The school will coordinate with Grand Prairie Police and Transportation Departments to determine if any additional traffic control measures are needed on the City’s Streets. There will be no food preparation on site. Food catering will be provided for lunch with service arriving daily.
School Opening is planned for August 2018 subject to approvals and permits being issued.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
The development of Harmony School will directly impact traffic on Fish Creek Road. Fish Creek Road is planned to be reconstructed and widened in the near future. Staff recommends Harmony to participate in signal modifications at Belt Line Road (FM 1382), improvements to Fish Creek Road to facilitate Harmony traffic and additional rights-of-way (ROW) on Fish Creek Road to accommodate the reconstruction. All driveways and roadways intersecting the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) ROW will require coordination and approval from TxDOT.
See Attach - Landscape Data Table and Facade and Exterior Materials Requirements.
Parking Summary
Parking Spaces Required: 78
Parking Spaces Provided: 110
Queing Required: 208
Queing Provided: 228
RECOMMENDATION:
The Development Review Committee (DRC) recommends approval pending that all of the comments from the Development Review Committee are addressed.