Planning Commission Minutes 2016 05 12

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 12, 2016 Page 2 of 13 Published in the Boulder Daily Camera on April 24, 2016. Posted in City Hall, Public Library, Recreation Center, and the Courts and Police Building and mailed to surrounding property owners and property posted on April 22, 2016. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Lauren Trice presented from Power Point: • Located in the CTC between Pierce Avenue and Taylor Avenue • Property zoned Industrial (1) and required to follow the IDDSG • 27% landscape coverage whereas 25% is required • Four access points • Two scenarios o Warehousing with loading o Office without loading (requesting parking waiver) Parking Plan Required -�, A� -I& 1 space per 1,000 SF (63 spaces) 1.7 spaces per 1,000 SF 106 spaces • 4 spaces per 1,000 SF (250 spaces) 3.6 spaces per 1,000 SF 228 spaces Tilt -up concrete and board -formed concrete Signs comply with IDDSG The applicant is requesting the following waivers: o The "office without loading" amount of 3.6 spaces per 1,000 square feet requires a waiver from the IDDSG. Staff believes the waiver request is acceptable and recommends approval. o The proposed landscaping complies with the IDDSG, except the applicant is requesting a waiver to allow native seeding instead of turf. Staff supports the request because it will reduce water use while still meeting the aesthetic intents of the regulations. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends Planning Commission move to approve Lots 6 & 10, Block 3, CTC 1 Final PUD, Resolution No. 11, Series 2016. Commission Questions of Staff. - Moline asks if someone can split the uses on this lot, would they have to do a lot split in order to have warehousing on one side and office on the other side. Trice says Staff has seen a combination of office and warehouse. They divide up the parking requirements based on the square footage of office and square footage of warehouse. At tenant finish, Staff would do parking counts. Hsu says part of the IDDSG says you will have box -like structures, but don't make it look like a box. Can you give me Planning Department's view of that requirement with this property? Trice says on the rendering, there is articulation in the way the concrete is put on the facade. Staff looks for fenestration as well as a variety of colors that break up the facade. Applicant Presentation: Keith Conrad, Powers Brown Architecture, 1580 Lincoln Street, Suite 400, Denver, CO Home address: 1485 Foxtail Drive, Broomfield, CO John Comunale, 1855 South Pearl Street, Suite 20, Denver, CO I am representing the applicant tonight. To answer questions, in terms of how we are breaking up the facade, we have a wide variety of projecting planes of the tilt -up concrete going in and out. There are lots of reveals in and out and the same with the glazing. We have different paint colors, different projected planes in and out, and the same with the fenestration. We recess it