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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />November 8, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 12 <br />2.Church building is 24,644 SF <br />3.Seating for 240-260 <br />4.198 parking spaces <br />5.Access onto Washington between Hawthorn and South Boulder <br />6.Unimproved baseball field <br />7.29.5% lot coverage <br />Proposal <br /> <br />1.Add 83 parking spaces <br />2.Landscape the new parking lot <br />3.Construct a 1,800 SF picnic pavilion <br />4.Improve existing drainage <br />5.Relocate the access to be in line with Hawthorn Street <br />6.Remove existing baseball field with new landscaping <br />7.No expansionto the existing church <br />8.40% lot coverage <br />Drainage <br /> <br />1.Currently served by two (2) detention ponds sized for 100-year storm; <br />a.One pond on the southeast corner <br />b.Other pond in the parking lot <br />c. Flows are not controlled. <br />2.Project will improve runoff release to Hawthorn Street: <br />a.Directed to anew sidewalk chase <br />b.Improvements to the pond in the parking lot <br />c. Improvements to the existing detention pond on the southeast <br />corner <br />Picnic Pavilion <br /> <br />Staff reviewed the five (5) criteriato the proposed project and believes the project <br />complies with all of the SRU criteria. <br />Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. 22, Series 2012, approval of a <br />Preliminary/Final Plat and special review use (SRU) amendment to allow for the <br />expansion ofthe existing parking lot and placement of a picnic pavilion in the <br />Agricultural (A) zone district, with one (1) condition: <br />1)The applicant shall extend the eastern sidewalk the entire length of the <br />property along the west side of Washington Avenue. <br />Commission Questions of Staff <br />Brauneis requested a basic review of drainage on hard surfaces. <br />Russ stated the applicant’s engineer would be better suited to address his questions <br />during their presentation. <br />Lipton discussed the fire code capacity, the number of parking spaces and drainage. <br />Russ stated the building was approved by the Fire District during the initial building. <br />He stated the 280 parking spaces should be adequate for a 300 person event. The <br />drainage concerns have been addressed by the applicantsengineer and would be <br />best to answered during their presentation. <br />