Planning Commission Minutes 2014 04 10

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April; 10, 2014 Page 4of 37 McCartney says that it is not necessary because the 931 South Street owner is fine with the encroachment as is. They are allowed the zero setback and they have worked out the issue. Rice asked if there other comparables in this area where this kind of redevelopment has occurred recently. McCartney says that typically an existing structure iseither demolished or added on to. The Bittersweet property has had that set-up in existence for some time. There is nothing recently where there has been a second building in back. Old Downtown Louisville is difficult to work in because of the lot widths and existing situations. This situation was fortunate because the building was located so farto the east,they had area in back. Moline asked the zoning allows two buildings. Was there a consideration to having it be one building and added on to the first building; McCartney says we can ask the applicant. Code does permit two buildings on the property as long as there is 5’ separation between eaves. They have more than the 5’ required. One thing to be addressed is that they are keeping the existing building which has the Main Street appearance and character and this is not common. Pritchard asked if the City of Boulder allows this type of development any longer. He believes the City of Boulder no longer allows this type of pseudo-subdivision of one property in front of another. He is curious to find out more information about Boulder’s thought process since it has been changed since Pritchard moved here. He asks if McCartney can find out. Pritchard asked how signage will be addressed. McCartney says they can have a freestanding sign out front based on the Louisville Downtown Sign Manual. Whatever they bring forward with the signs will have to follow the downtown sign code. Pritchard asked if the original house signage would have to consolidate the signage. McCartney says correct. Pritchard asks how many businesses downtown utilize the alley in this capacity, not just for parking. We are in essence putting a business with an alley access astheir only access. McCartney says the reason the walkway was established was so they have conductivity to the front. People who park there canaccess the office from the front walk. It is very similar to what is found at Bittersweet where there are uses behind the existing building. People can access from front and rear. Pritchard asks if staff has thought about working with the applicant tohaving employee parking only in the back,thereby pushing the customers to the street surface.