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Planning commission clears Victory at Coppell replat and TownePlace Suites plan, grants parking exception and requires hotel shuttle
Summary
Coppell planners approved a replat for Victory at Coppell and a detailed plan for a five-story, 131-room TownePlace Suites on June 18, granting an exception from the city's parking standard (132 proposed vs. 146 required) and adding a shuttle-service condition; applicant cited airport travelers and two dedicated shuttles.
The Coppell Planning and Zoning Commission on June 18 approved a replat for the Victory at Coppell development and a detailed plan to build a five-story, 131-room TownePlace Suites hotel on South Beltline Road, granting a parking exception that allows 132 spaces in place of the 146 spaces required by the city's parking schedule and adding a required shuttle service as a condition.
Matt Steer, development services administrator, told the commission the applicant removed an oven and full-size refrigerator from guest-room plans, which changed the project's zoning classification. "Therefore the category of requirements that need to be met are under a hotel not a resident host hotel," Steer said, noting that the city’s residential-extended-stay standard (22 units per acre) no longer applied because the rooms lack a complete kitchen.
The proposed TownePlace Suites would occupy 2.46 acres as Lot 7 R-2 after a boundary adjustment with the adjacent Lot 6 R; the hotel building is shown as 76,346 square feet with 131 rooms, a 600-square-foot outdoor pool, meeting space and other guest amenities. The development's landscape plan follows the previously approved conceptual planned development, and the applicant told the commission it intends to construct the project's linear park amenity in the first phase.
Applicant Patrick Filson of Kirkman Engineering, representing Victory Real Estate Group and Stonewood Hotel Group, addressed parking concerns and told commissioners the hotel operator has experience with parking demand in similar projects. Filson said owners are prepared to provide on-site shuttles and described the site's broader parking context: "owners are certainly happy to provide that as part of the ordinance. They they will will have 2 shuttles." Staff cited precedent: while some hotels in Coppell have met full parking ratios, recent approvals have included variances when operators commit to shuttles or when a holistic site-wide parking analysis showed adequate supply.
Commissioners discussed potential remedies if on-site parking proved insufficient, including shared parking agreements within the overall development and a shuttle requirement. Commissioner Sue Blankenship proposed adding a shuttle requirement as a condition; the final motion approved the PD revision and included a condition requiring a hotel shuttle. Commissioner Cindy Bishop asked about meeting-space capacity; staff and the applicant said the primary meeting room would hold roughly 100 people and that meeting events typically occur during daytime hours when hotel parking demand is lower.
Action and conditions: The commission approved the replat (Victory at Coppell Addition, Lots 1R–11R) and the PD revision for Lot 7 R-2 and a modified conceptual plan for Lot 6 R-2. Staff conditions include completion of detailed engineering review and a required replat before permitting; the commission added a shuttle-service condition for the hotel. The motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Next steps: Staff noted a replat and the completion of engineering review are required before the hotel and other lots may receive building permits. The commission also recorded that the site's proximity to DFW Airport requires the developer to comply with airport approach and height regulations as part of the permit process.
