Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/06/2013

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Review File: Bethel Properties CUP Request May 31, 2013 Page 2 of 3 bays can accommodate a total of four (4) vehicles. The outdoor auto sales space requires one (1) parking space for each ten (10) vehicles displayed for customer parking. The total parking required for the use is fifteen (15) spaces, not including the designated customer parking spaces. The applicant proposes providing five (5) display vehicles per office, for a total of forty-five (45) stalls. The site includes surface parking for 44 stalls with an additional four stalls within the bays. As the use is not a typical office use with multiple employees but a series of individual offices (with a single user) mainly used for internet car sales, and limited display space, Staff is comfortable combining the required "office" parking space with the proposed display area. If this use were to be converted and returned to an office -only use, the required parking would be available. As the outdoor vehicle display requires one (1) designated customer parking space for each ten (10) vehicles displayed; a total of four (4) designated customer spaces will be required at the front of the building. This results in forty (40) remaining surface parking spaces. Please clarify on the site plan four (4) designated customer parking spaces in front of the building. As nine (9) offices are proposed with at least one (1) employee per office, a total of nine (9) parking spaces should be designated as employee parking. The remaining thirty-one (31) surface spaces will be available for vehicle display, which results in three (3) per office. The conditional use permit will be conditioned on a maximum of thirty-one (31) vehicles for display/sales. In addition, all required parking and vehicle display parking shall be located within the curbed bituminous parking area. No display parking can be located on the street or within unimproved surface areas. No display parking can be located on the street or within unimproved surface areas. Please clarify on the site plan nine (9) designated employee parking spaces. Landscaping: No existing landscaping plans have been submitted with this application. The ordinance requires that open and outdoor service, sales, display or rental shall be fenced or screened from view of abutting residential districts. This site abuts R-1 Residential (Single Family) to the south, therefore screening shall be provided along the south property line. In addition, as the existing drain field is located at the northwest corner adjacent to existing curbed parking area, Staff recommends some shrubs be planted along the outside of the curb to provide an additional visual barrier to prevent storage of display vehicles on the grass and drain field. Please provide a landscape plan that includes all existing landscaping and proposed landscaping in the northwest corner and screening along the south property line of the parking lot area to demonstrate compliance with the ordinance. Emphasis shall be placed on evergreen species that will provide year-round screening. Access to Individual Office Spaces: A sidewalk must be provided to the exterior door of each individual office. This improvement must be shown on a grading plan subject to review by the Engineering Department. Please contact the Building Official and Engineering Department for more specific details regarding the required sidewalk.