Planning commission approves O'Neil Painting site plan and minor plat on South Freeport Parkway

Coppell, Texas — The Coppell Planning and Zoning Commission on May 15 approved a site plan and a companion minor plat allowing construction of a one-story office-warehouse for O'Neil Painting and the creation of two lots on roughly 2.8 acres on the east side of South Freeport Parkway near West Sandy Lake Road.

In a staff presentation, Mary Perron Boswell, planning staff, said the proposal places the building toward the front of the site and preserves the back half in its natural state. "The site plan provided shows that the building is situated towards the front of the lot, leaving the rear in its natural state and preserving the trees found therein," Boswell said. The commission voted unanimously to approve both the site plan (Lot 1, Block A) and the minor plat (Lots 1 and 2, Block A), each with the conditions recommended by staff.

Why it matters: The approvals allow a commercial use to proceed adjacent to existing residential zoning to the north and east and include two variances to subdivision rules — one related to use of an existing median opening on Freeport Parkway and one to allow access to Lot 2 by an easement rather than direct adjacency to a dedicated street. Staff supported the variances…