Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2015 06 11

Home Browse Search

Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 15 of 19 Public Notice Certification: Published in the Boulder Daily Camera on April 26, 2015. Posted in City Hall, Public Library, Recreation Center, and the Courts and Police Building on April 24, 2015. Mailed to surrounding property owners and property posted April 24, 2015. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Trice presented from Power Point: • 480 West Dahlia behind Albertson's building. It is adjacent to the carwash. It is adjacent to two residential areas, the Townhomes at Coal Creek and the Meadows at Coal Creek. • Cheng's Place PUD was approved by City Council in 1994. • Cheng's Place PUD was amended in 1997 to add a 1,060 SF addition on the west side. • Zoning - Structure is zoned Planned Community Zone District—Commercial/Residential (P-C/R). Parking lot on east side zoned Commercial Business (CB). • Request is to remove the existing vestibule on the south side and create a new entrance including the 698 SF addition. • It will add a mechanical screen on the north elevation. • It will create a new monument sign in the same location. • It will reconfigure parking which includes removing 11 parking spaces. • It will develop a new trash enclosure. • It will redesign the vehicular pedestrian circulation to go from a one way drive access to a two way drive access. • Site Plan - Change entrance to east elevation, 698 SF addition. • Circulation - One-way access off W. Dahlia to two-way. • Parking - Current 84 spots, Required: 29 (based 4 spots/1000 SF), Proposed 73 spots • Landscaping — Six trees will be removed and removed trees will be replaced. CDDSG minimum open space 30%, proposed 33%. • Architecture & Signs - Addition, mechanical screen, trash enclosure, and monument comply with CDDSG. • Neighborhood Impact and Public Comments - Minor changes. Existing fence and landscape buffer. Proposed office use open fewer hours than existing gym. Received public comments regarding access drive and trash enclosure. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends Planning Commission approve Resolution 16, Series 2015 with the following conditions: 1. The applicant must make the changes stated in the memo from Public Works, dated May 7, 2015, prior to publication of June 9, 2015 City Council packet. Commission Questions of Staff - Moline says he has been in some backyards of homes abutting the parking lot. There is more than two times the amount of parking needed. Is it possible to look at reducing the amount of parking or improving the relationship of the east side of this property to the property owners? Trice says there is a detention pond located there. There is a substantial amount of landscaping in the southeast corner. It is over -parked. It is not a part of this application. Email from Margo Graves, 501 Ridgeview Drive, Louisville, CO entered into record. Motion made by Brauneis, seconded by Russell. Voice vote and submitted. Applicant Presentation: Renee Golobic, MKL Architecture, LLC. 3200 Carbon Place, #S211, Boulder, CO.