Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2020 08 13

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 25, 2020 Page 15 of 24 o Case Manager: Lisa Ritchie, Senior Planner Staff Presentation: Before staff begins their presentation, Ritchie verifies that this application's public notice requirements have been met. They were mailed to the surrounding property owners on May 22, 2020, published in the Boulder Daily Camera on May 24, 2020, and the property was posted on May 22, 2020. Ritchie begins her presentation with discussing the property's location and background history. She then discusses the GDP proposal. The proposal is as follows: • Amends use areas to align with existing property lines • Allows portions of Zone 1 to develop with Zone 2 uses • Adds light industrial to Zone 2 as a use by right • Adds car wash as a special review use • Amends FAR zones to a two -tiered system rather than three -tiered • Revise street network from public to private • Reduce building setback to 55' from 60' • Allow parking between buildings and S. 96th Street with enhanced landscaping, rather than behind buildings • Adds option for slanted roofline elements for buildings fronting S. 96th Street, rather than only requiring pitched roofs • Amends heights for Zone 2B to 40' from 35' • Amends FAR to increase from 306,531 sf to 369,479 sf She also compares the properties current FAR and proposed FAR. She then gives an in depth analysis of the 2013 comprehensive plan and discusses the components that do meet the policy and components that do not meet the policy. The components that meet policy are: • Uses are acknowledged in comprehensive plan • Private streets provide same connectivity • Height increase is consistent with intended character of GDP and surrounding development • FAR increase is within comprehensive plan limits and maintains the west to east transition • Traffic study reflects slightly less impact • Fiscal benefit to the city The components that do not meet policy are: • Setback reduction • Roof proposal in Zone 2A Staff Recommendations. - Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2, Series 2020, with the following conditions: • The applicant shall revise the application to provide for a minimum 60-foot building and parking setback.