Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/07/1999

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Zitco, Inc. Review Letter Page 2 of 4 September 3, 1999 Utilities: The property is within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The facility will be served by City sanitary sewer and water. There are no service laterals provided for this facility, however, both a ten-inch water main and a ten-inch sanitary sewer are located north of the paved area of Highway #10. Setbacks: The buildings meet the 35-foot setback from the front property line. Per Staff's request, a 40-foot corridor along the front property line is being preserved for a possible future frontage road. The buildings also meet the 10 foot side yard setback. In accordance with City Code, no use or activity will occur within the 20 foot wide landscaped area required parallel to Hwy. #10. However, the mini-storage portion of the main building does not meet the 35-foot rear yard setback. The building encroaches seven feet on the west end and 14.5 feet on the east end. This encroachment requires a variance for which proper application has been made. Screening: No screening is required as the site is surrounded by commercial zoning and development. Architectural Standards: City Code restricts structure heights to 35 feet and exterior wall finishes must be brick, natural stone or pre-cast concrete, or fabricated panels of these materials. The Exterior Elevations provided indicate that the building will range between 8.5 to 20 feet in height. The building exterior will be faced with rock-faced block, except the front of the retail building will be brick or a combination of rock-faced block and smooth brick. The plan meets City Code requirements for architectural standards. Waste Storage: The plan indicates that waste storage will be indoors. Off-Street Parking - Design: City Code requires ail driveways, off-street parking areas, and maneuvering areas and display areas to be paved with concrete or bituminous and finished with B-612 concrete curbing. The site plan identifies parking areas and maneuvering area~:"~,vill be bituminous pavement and finished with B-612 concrete curbing in accordance with City Code. Off-Street Parking - Spaces Required: City Code requires 1 parking space for every 200 square feet of retail space. The code also requires one space per employee for warehouse space. In this case there is 11,336 square ~eet of retail space (requiring 57 parking spaces) and 4 employees on the maximum work shift in the auto parts warehouse (requiring 4 parking spaces) requiring 61 parking stalls. In addition, there is the mini-storage use that may or may not necessitate a few additional stalls. The plan proposes to provide 60 stalls. Adequate maneuvering space is provided in the mini-storage area to allow vehicles to park in front of their respective garage door when they are loading/unloading. Therefore, staff believes additional spaces are not necessary for this additional use of the property and the shortfall of one parking stall is acceptable for the retail uses.