Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/05/1993

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uses ever erase for a period exceeding 6 consecutive months, they may not be re-established without a ¢6nditional use permit. The City aggressively supports their eventual removal as proposed by ihe applicant. The total square footage of the existing and proposed structures is within the 35% lot coverage requirement.: The site plan does not provide dimensions to show that all proposed construction will meet the setback requ';~ements for the B-3 Highway Business District. Following Ci. ty Code to the letter, the existing and proposed uses should be providing as many as 60 off-street ~arldng spaces when all phases of the development are complete. The site plan has scaled off 19[off-street parking spaces. Additional spaces could be gained by scaling off parking spaces in th6 fenced area which is providing required parking for the auto repair and auto body businesses. The f'mai determination on the number of off-street parking spaces to be provided will be a matter for discussion by the Planning Commission. The site is aurrently served by two accesses onto Highway #10. It is the City Engineer's recommendation 'that these two accesses be merged into one as part of the City's goal to reduce the number of accesses onto the highway. By the time ~e Planning Commission meets on October 5, the applicant will have already installed concrete curbing along the front of the site and overlaid the existing pavement on the site. Phase I of the expansion will require paving the driveway to the auto repair shop expansion area on the west side of ihe strip center, the secured parking area in the northeast comer of the site and at minimum, a driveway to the secured parking area. Phase II will require paving the balance of the traffic maneu, venng area in front of the two suites to be added to the center. The applicant is seeking a 21year time frame, versus the standard 1 year, to complete the required site improvemenB. The outer perimeters of these paved areas are to be finished with continuous concrete curbing. Some of the additional parking spaces required can be accounted for by scaling off the secured parking area ~ the northeast comer of the site as this area is providing required parking for the auto repair businesses. Because of theft and vandalism problems, the applicant is proposing to fence this area in. ~A combination of privacy fencing and chain link fencing will be used to provide screening froth Hwy. #10 and visibility into the area to officers on patrol. I I I I I I The site is presently served by on-site septic and well. The site plan should be modified to indicate the location of these services to support that expansion will not impact these utilities. As with past policy, the de~,elopment permit will be drafted to obligate the property owner to participate in a petition, if and when it is presented, for a feasibility study to extend municipal utilities to the property. The only lan~caping proposed is along the south end of the proposed body shop delivery/estimate center and betp0veen the existing strip center and its Phase I1 expansion area. The types of plantings to be established have not been indicated on the site plan. If area permits, some unobstructive plantings should also be established along the front of the site. The exterior f~tcing on the strip center has recently been replaced with stucco. The expansions to the strip cent. et will also be faced with stucco. The auto body accessory building is proposed to be faced with lag siding. This is in conformance with City Code. The applicant has also expended a great deal of time and expense removing accumulated debris from the property. Staff is requesting that a grading plan be provided to avoid 'bird baths' in the pavement.