Planning Commission Minutes 2014 05 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 8, 2014 Page 5 of 13 TRANSITION ZONES height down to height adjacent to the north and Little Italy. This complies with that requirement except the relocated 50-year house which is too short. TRAFFIC In the preliminary, overall development was analyzed against the traffic volume in the Highway 42 corridor. There was no change in level of service with the development that is proposed. From traffic operations perspective, this is consistent with the Highway 42 Plan recently completed. ACCESS Phase 1/1A will be accessed off of Griffith Street. Future phases will come south from the Cannon extension. As Phase 2 comes on line consistent with the Highway 42 Plan and Redevelopment Plan of the district, Cannon Street will extend south to South Street. Short Street will be improved in Phase 2 as well as a traffic signal. The City has funding from the CDOT for a traffic signal. The timing of that signal becoming operational depends on getting the infrastructure in and warrants. The DELO Phase 2 development will need to come on line to warrant the actual activation of the signal, but there is funding for the infrastructure of the signal. SRU In the MUDDSG, in the mixed used residential district of the mixed use area, there is a ground floor retail requirement. In the preliminary PUD which was reviewed, it was waived because of practicality. The interior blocks and low traffic volumes showed the economical viability of ground floor retail in this portion of the redevelopment district did not make fiscal sense. The Louisville Revitalization Commission has studied it and they worked with City Council to change the requirement to a SRU. Staff believes the applicant has met all design requirements that were listed in the preliminary PUD. REQUEST FOR WAIVERS In Section 16.16 of the LMC, subdivision waivers specific to roadway design, the applicant is asking for narrower street on Cannon going from a cross section to a cross section on Cannon. The cross section is operating currently in Louisville at Elm Street which is in dimension as parking on both sides. Public Works has reviewed the street dimension as has the Fire Protection District and both are comfortable with the dimensions proposed for Cannon. In regard to the waivers identified for the relocation of the 50-year old house, Chapter 17.14 allows for waivers. It allows for a case by case basis where the City may approve alternative street design that varies from adopted standards. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the requested SRU, final Plat, and final PUD for the development called Downtown East Louisville. The waivers are appropriate under LMC 17.14 as well as 17.28 in the Planned Unit Development given the location of surrounding land uses. Staff also determines that the applicant has met the conditions required for the preliminary approval. Staff recommends approval with three conditions: 1. Should a regional offsite detention basin be created to detain the drainage of the Highway 42 development (including Phase 1 and 1A), staff requires the applicant reinstate the original plans for the community garden (if Comcast consents). 2. In the meantime, the detention basin and public gathering space located in Tract G, Tract H and within the E. Lafayette Street right-of-way, be designed to provide stairs, stepping down from Cannon Street through the proposed retaining walls, to make this space more publically interactive. The stairs should be a minimum