Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2015 03 12

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 12, 2015 Page 9 of 12 • The Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) requires a City facility must be approved by a SRU. It is a performance standard requirement. According to the Louisville Municipal Code, Section 17.24.30, the placement and use of a private utility, or the expansion of a municipal land use, in the A zone district requires a special review use (SRU). The plat is needed because the property has never been platted. • The applicant, City of Louisville Public Works Department, has applied for a final plat and special review use (SRU) to authorize an outdoor drying bed (an expanded municipal use) on the Howard Berry Water Treatment Plant property. The drying beds are needed for the water treatment process. The property is currently zoned Agricultural (A). • A Louisville Public Works employee and a consultant are present to give a further definition of a drying bed. Drying beds, also known as "residuals handling facility ", are one of the final steps in the water treatment process. According to the applicant's consultant, "residuals are a byproduct of the treatment process and essentially consist of coagulating chemicals and organic suspended solids removed from the raw water stream. Currently, the residuals are discharged to the City's sewer system and processed at the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Elevated metal concentrations have been measured in the WWTP effluent and there is concern that the residuals loading from the water treatment process are the primary source. Handliesiduals on site should reduce the solids and metals load to the WWTP." • The setbacks and height proposed for the drying beds comply with the yard and bulk standards in the LMC. Setback (accessory) Required Front (north) 40 feet Side (east) 20 feet Rear (south) 10 feet Proposed 50 feet 110 feet 50 feet • Overall site plan shows the beds will be located on the northeast side of the existing concrete water tank. There will be little to no impact from the visual because these are ground based and built to go with the topography of the ground. • Public notices were sent out to properties within 500 feet of this property. As of the PC meeting today, no comments had been received. • Staff is working to place a bike route which would connect the existing path coming through Davidson Mesa to an underpass under US 36 and continue on the north side of the treatment plant to connect with the Marshall Open Space. The location of the path will be determined and be part of the condition that discussion continues for the bike path • The Louisville Municipal Code § 17.40.100.A lists five criteria to be considered by the Planning Commission in reviewing a Special Review Use application. All five criteria have been met. Staff finds the proposed drying beds development with condition is consistent with the Louisville Municipal Code Chapter 16, Section 17.40, and Section 17.12.040. Staff recommends Planning Commission approve Resolution No. 7, Series 2015, a resolution recommending approval of a Final Plat and Special Review Use at 7000 Marshall Road with the following condition: 1. "the Howard Berry Water Treatment Facility shall dedicate a combination of land and or cash - in -lieu equivalent to, up to, 12% of the project site area needed for the portions of the planned trail and improvements as determined in the Alternatives Analysis" Commission Questions of Staff:: O'Connell asks about barbed wire currently in place.