Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/07/2019

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• Door is approximately 16.5 feet from lot line • Drainge and utility easement of 10 feet on both sides of lot line • Leaves approximately 6.5 feet for paving/maneuvering of vehicles Applicant proposal: Drive cars on grass to driveway, then into the building. Staff recommendation:Close east access and resod or pave appropriately and secure cross access easement. Indoor • Currently vacant building previously used for furniture mart • Space does have customer bathrooms, but staff does not have information on where bathrooms are Applicant proposal: 24 indoor staging spaces and southeastern area reserved for employee parking. Applicant proposes that employees drive across grass on eastern lot line into building each day and remove at end of each day. All cars would be brought into the building via the eastern door and across grass. Staff recommendation:Work with Fire Marshal to ensure safe exits, Staff anticipates approximately 20-24 cars could be staged indoors. Staff does not support indoor showroom as currently proposed as there is no way to get into the building without driving across grass and drainage/utility easement or through neighboring property. Staff would support a ramp into the building or widening of existing entrance to get into building. Staff does not support maneuvering on grass as a long-term solution. Armstrong Vacation • The applicant has requested that the City vacate Armstrong Boulevard (cul-de-sac) in this area • Staff has not received the necessary information to move forward with that request, and needs to coordinate with additonal departments and property owners, but wanted to bring forward as a preliminary, high-level request to the Planning Commission. It should be noted that if the cul-de-sac were vacated, the Applicant would only be entitled to half; the adjacent property entitled to the other half. Further more, using the cul-de-sac as a private parking lot could be confusing to motorists. Applicant proposal: City vacates cul-de-sac and property closes off portion of entrance (see applicant site plan). Applicant stages cars on cul-de-sac. Staff recommendation: Staff does not support vacation of the cul-de-sac at this time; there is additional research that needs to be done and additional information is needed from the Applicant. Staff would not support staging on the cul-de-sac as is, but coud support the applicant repaving and expanding their exisiting (west) parking lot. Funding Source: The Applicant is responsible for all costs associated with review. Recommendation: Alternative 1: Motion to recommend the City Council adopts Resolution 19-037 granting a Conditional Use Permit for Auto Sales at 8000 Highway 10 NW contingent upon submittal of an UPDATED site plan by the Applicant addressing the issues raised in this case. Alternative 2: Motion to Recommend the City Council denies request. Alternative 3: Table the request until the March 2019 Planning Commission meeting and request additional information from the Applicant on site design in order to consider vacation request together with Conditional Use Permit review. Due to the incomplete nature of the application, staff could support any of the above listed alternatives. Action: Motion to recommend the City Council adopts Resolution 19-037 granting a Conditional Use Permit for Auto Sales at 8000 Highway 10 NW contingent upon submittal of an UPDATED site plan addressing the issues raised in this case.