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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes PC 10-15-19 Brad: I do not like the position of commercial district on the west end along Smokey Row Road. Can you flip the location of the commercial buildings on Smokey Row and move them closer to US 31? Justin Moffitt: We welcome the direct conversation with the Kensington Place residents to hear their concerns and comments. The footprint of the commercial building across from Kensington Place is 8,000 sq.ft. This is not a large structure. We are looking to do gable roof lines to give it a townhome look and make it feel residential. We can show a few concepts and try to make everyone happy. Brad: The UR does allow for 5 stories or potentially more. Justin Moffitt: We can bring a rendering with a better scale. Carrie: If you bury commercial retail along US 31 or within this development it becomes an accessibility issue. Having commercial at the edge,along Smokey Row is better for accessibility and making it successful. It makes sense to have the apartments along US 31 as opposed to the commercial buildings. Brad: I agree with Carrie. I was speaking of just within the commercial district. Bring the building off of Smokey Row and orient it towards US 31. Josh: I really like the community farm and open green space of this development. We should come up with a better access point for Kensington Place,and how the roundabout can connect to it. Justin Moffitt: The urban farm space will be donated to the Cannel Parks Department. Josh: This is a tough piece of land to build on,with the watershed and floodplain. Nick: Bring to committee a better traffic plan on how the roundabout connects to the Smokey Row Road. Where are your ins and outs? Locate where the Hagan Burke trail will connect. How will the urban farm operate? Justin: I will bring these items to the Committee. A Motion by Sue and seconded by Josh to continue Docket No. 19080006 PP to the Nov. 7 Residential Committee with the final voting authority to the full Plan Commission. Motion Passes 8-0,absent Kegley 3. Docket No. 19080009 DP/ADLS: Schafer Powder Coating—Building Expansion The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for a 31,500 sq.ft. building addition to the existing facility and also proposes to add 34 new parking spaces. The site is 5.44 acres in size.It is located at 4518 W. 99th Street and is Lots 4A& 5A of Block 3 of Mayflower Park commercial subdivision. It is zoned I-1 and is not within any overlay zone. Filed by Mike Timko of Kimley-Horn on behalf of the owner, Schafer&Gehlhausen,LLC. Petitioner: Bill Butz, Kimley-Horn • The company is doing well,and want to expand their floor space to accommodate the hiring of more staff • The expansion will be on the backside of the building • We have a few outstanding items on parking spaces and are willing to work with Staff • Our total employee count would be 65,with 3 shifts of 30,25,and 15 employees at a time. • We will add a sidewalk in the front yard Public Comments: None Department Report: Rachel Keesling: • All required yards are met • 34 new parking spaces will be added. The ordinance requires 1 space per 500 sq. ft.of floor area. 159 spaces are required.They are short by 65 spaces. A variance will be needed or they can obtain a shared parking agreement with a neighboring property owner. • We want them to accommodate the extension of Mayflower Park Drive or contribute to the non-reverting thoroughfare fund for a future connection • A sidewalk will be installed around the building and multi-use path is required along the street frontage • The building will be constructed of precast concrete panels and the existing building will be painted to match the newly constructed building • They will work with the Urban Forester to plant anything that has died since 2005 to match the original landscape plan 4 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes 10-15-19 • We recommend this continue to the Nov. 7 Commercial Committee with them having final voting authority ICommittee Comments: Brad: What is the maximum number parking spaces the Plan Commission is allowed to waive as oppose to the Petitioner having to obtain a variance for the parking standard? Is it a 10%waiver? Rachel: I will have to look that up. John Molitor: The waiver authority only applies to overlay district and it couldn't be applied in this case. Josh: Is there any hope there will be any pedestrian connectivity on Mayflower Park Drive? Or we are asking to build a path to nowhere? Rachel: I do not know of any current plans. I would advise them to contribute to the non-reverting thoroughfare fund. Brad: Is the Mayflower Park Drive a dedicated City street? Rachel: It's private. A Motion by Josh and seconded by Laura to continue Docket No. 19080009 DP/ADLS to the Nov. 7 Commercial Committee with final voting authority. Motion Passes 8-0,absent Kegley 4. Docket No. 19060018 DP: Carmel Hotel and Office. (Additional public hearing for defective notice) (Public Hearing and Old Business) The applicant seeks site plan approval for two building pads and associated parking on 2.96 acres. The site is located at 12166 N. Meridian Street. The site is zoned MC/Meridian Corridor. Filed by Brad Schrage of American Structurepoint on behalf of Michael Garvey of Diversified Land Acquisitions, LLC. Petitioner: Brad Schrage • We spent the majority of our time at the Committee meeting discussing parking spaces and side yard setbacks. • The shared parking agreement with the Ritz will be approximately 167 spaces. 130 spaces will be provided on our site. • A parking study was done to show the distribution of parking. We ran calculations to show what times of the day used up the max number of parking spaces. • Staff concluded that a maximum of 289 spaces would be needed. Our study showed we would only need 248 spaces at 4:00 p.m. being our max time. • We are requesting three variances at the Oct. 28 BZA Meeting. Side yard setback of 5' where 20' is required, Lot width coverage of 45%, where 75% is required, and no parking lot setbacks/bufferyards along future shared property line between buildings. Public Comments: None Department Report: Rachel Keesling: • The petitioner failed to include the address of the property in their legal ad, but all other public notices requirements were met • The Hyatt needed 8 parking spaces in order to meet their requirement. The Hyatt's shared parking agreement will not affect Carmel Hotel and Office shared parking agreement. • They will be heard at the Oct. 28 BZA public hearing for their 3 variance requests • There are few outstanding TAC comments that need to be addressed • We recommend approval tonight subject to approval from the BZA and that all TAC comments are addressed Commercial Committee Report: IAlan: I have nothing to add to what was said by the Petitioner and Staff. Committee Comments: Nick: I still have a concern for the amount of parking available. Last week, I was at an event at the Ritz Charles that took up all the parking. If the Ritz has a 100%occupied event, where are the people for these two proposed building 5 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes 10-15-19