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Consideration of Four Variances to Planned Development Ordinance No. 4225-11-2015 Regarding Building Layout, Parking Location, Architecture, and Sidewalks and One Variance to the Lewisville City Code Regarding Turn Lanes, for The Village at Lewisville, a Proposed Multifamily Development Located at the Northeast Corner of Summit Avenue and Grandys Lane; Further Identified as a Portion of Lewisville Corporate Center, Lot 1 Block A; as Requested by Cross Engineering Consultants on Behalf of The NRP Group, the Developer, and FLSC LTD & FLCT LTD & NSHE Alpha Accommodation LLC, the Property Owner.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:
The Planned Development (PD) for The Village at Lewisville was approved by Council Ordinance No. 4225-11-2015 on November 16, 2015. The planned development allows for variances paralleling the City's regular variance process. The NRP Group is proposing 347 apartment units, below the 850 multifamily units permitted in this area by the existing planned development. The following four variances are requested to The Village at Lewisville PD: a) to exceed the maximum gap for a parking lot between buildings of 70 feet; b) to allow parking within 60 feet of an intersection but maintain the City standard of no parking within 20 feet of a cross walk; c) to provide less than 80% masonry by demonstrating an alternative method of achieving the standard of quality with the proposed allocation of masonry materials; and d) to provide a six-foot sidewalk with strategic sidewalk connections to the parallel parking in lieu of providing an eight-foot sidewalk along the two east/west shared access drives. One variance to the Lewisville City Code is requested as follows: e) to allow an oversized approach apron in lieu of a right turn lane for the northern ancillary entry off the IH-35E frontage. The first four (a-d) of the overall five requested variances are specifically to standards set in the planned development. The fifth variance request (e) i...
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