The Coppell Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 20 approved a planned-development zoning request for Greystone Construction’s office at 192 Southwestern Boulevard, imposing site-specific conditions after neighbors raised concerns about driveway access, parking and on-site storage of trailers.

Mary Boswell, community development staff, summarized the application: the site includes an existing garage/warehouse toward the rear of the lot, which the applicant proposed to retain, and a new 1,800-square-foot office building accessed from Howell Drive. The applicant removed an earlier proposal to store trailers on-site and added wainscoting to the existing warehouse façade to better match the new office.

Co-owner Danny Didick told the commission Greystone uses the site as a small home office and storage area for reconstruction and disaster-recovery work; he said trailers would be stored off site and pledged not to leave commercial vehicles parked along Howell Drive. Neighbors said they opposed any new driveway from Howell because they view the street as residential and worry about future uses should the current owner leave.

After public testimony, commissioners asked the applicant to consider site modifications. The applicant agreed to move the overhead door on the existing garage from the east elevation to the south elevation, to provide a single interior driveway aligned with a reconfigured parking layout, and to convert the existing driveway area into a lot-access parking space. Chair Edmund Haas moved approval of PD-317R-C with the conditions staff recommended plus those three modifications; Commissioner Freddy Guerra seconded.

The roll call vote recorded ayes from Vice Chair Sue Blankenship, Commissioners Freddy Guerra, Samit Patel, Edmund Haas, Commissioner Maurer (listed in the record), and Commissioner Hackman; one commissioner (Cindy Bishop) had dropped off by the time of the vote. The motion carried and the case will proceed to City Council; staff said any final engineering comments will be addressed during building-permit review.

The commission’s conditions require the applicant to: work with staff on detailed engineering review, allow the reduced setbacks and landscaping as shown in the PD, permit the glazing and parking as proposed, move the garage door to the south elevation, consolidate driveways to a single interior access aligned with the parking lot, and reconfigure the existing driveway into a single lot-access parking space. City staff also noted that the legal alley behind the garage exists on the plat and that alley access and setback questions influenced the discussion.