Planning Commission Minutes 2016 04 14

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 14, 2016 Page 12 of 19 Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Trice presented from Power Point: • Applicant not present. • Located in NW corner of Colorado Technology Center along Taylor Avenue • Lots 11 &12, Block 1, Business Center at CTC General Development Plan • 10.77 acres, zoned PCZD-1 (Planned Community Zoned District Industrial) • Not a request for rezoning but a request to change the sub area for Lots 11 & 12, Block 1 and expand the list of allowed uses. It would match allowed uses on Lot 1-5, Block 1. • Current Allowed Uses: o `Area to be used only for office, industrial, or research/office and corporate uses. " • Proposed Allowed Uses: o "Area to be used only for office, industrial, or research/office and corporate uses. • The following uses are uses by Special Review...: o Restaurants, indoor eating and drinking establishments, outdoor dining and other food service uses including but not limited to: delicatessens, catering facilities, banquet rooms, meeting rooms, and o Medical and dental clinics and financial institutions, and o Studios for professional work or teaching of any form of fine arts, photography, music, drama or dance..." • If approved, the applicant intends to proceed with a PUD and SRU application for the proposed wedding/event center on Lot 12. Staff has analyzed the request. • 17.72.060 A broader list of allowed uses will not "affect an increase in the permitted gross density of dwelling units or result in a change in character of the overall development plan" • 2013 Comprehensive Plan The Colorado Technology Center (CTC) is a Special District which includes "a mix of industrial, office, and research and development facilities". The addition of catering and banquet facilities, along with other listed uses, has the potential to benefit the whole CTC. • City of Louisville Zoning Map Retaining the PCZD-1 zoning and expanding the allowed uses will be consistent with the properties to the south and east. The additional uses will be evaluated through a Special Review Use, on a case by case basis, for their compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends Planning Commission move to approve Resolution 09, Series 2016, a request for an amendment to Lots 11 & 12, Block 1 of the Business Center at CTC General Development Plan to allow for a Wedding Event Center on Lot 12. Commission Questions of Staff.- Tengler asks if there is any reason why we would not look at the adjoining block to the right and do the same consideration. Regarding the lot to the north and east of this block, are we likely to get a similar request from it? Trice says we could, but we chose to add Lot 11 is because it is a vacant lot. The lot to the north and east is Lockheed Martin and Pearl Izumi. Hsu asks about the property to the south and east that is colored orange. What are the allowed uses of the orange? Is that land all built out? Can I get a list of allowed uses on the orange and how it is different from purple and green? Trice says it has a different list of uses. I would need to pull out the GDP to list it all. Most of the orange colored land is built out. I believe the green which includes Lockheed Martin and Pearl Izumi is the most restrictive. The orange area is area to be industrial CTC, city or other