Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/01/2006

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The building, iJroposes to utilize the parking ramp for parking spaces for both the apartments and retail uses. City Code requires a total of 136 parking spaces for the proposed uses. The Municipal Ramp has always been expected to serve this building and can accommodate the number of spaces required. An agreement will need to be worked out with the applicant regarding payment of a maintenance fee for the parking spaces for both the apartments and the retail portion of the building. The building is proposed to be composed of brick, stucco, and fiber-cement siding. All are permitted materials in the TC-1 District. The RTC technical advisory committee will be reviewing the site plan and building elevations; staff will provide a verbal report at the meeting. The building will gain access from an alley between the building and the parking ramp. This alley is 20 feet in width and is intended to provide vehicle access to facilitate deliveries and trash removal for the building. Staff understands that upper stories of the building will have a slight overhang that will encroach into this space; additional detail is required on this overhang to ensure that emergency vehicles can gain access to the rear of this building. The Planning Commission will also note that staff has included the Conclusions and Recommendations section from a study recently completed by Maxfield Research on the need for affordable and senior housing in the city. Please contact staff if you would like a full copy of the study. Recommendation: Staff is recommending approval of the request for preliminary site plan approval. Commission Action: Motion to recommend that the City Council approve the preliminary site plan contingent upon compliance with the City Staff review letter dated May 26, 2006 -or~ Motion to recommend that the City Council deny the preliminary site plan. Review Checklist: Community Development Director HRA Exec. Director/Asst. Community Dev. Dir. City 'Engineer PC: 6/1/06