Planning Commission Minutes 2020 08 13

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 13, 2020 Page 2 of 12 Hoefner informs the commissioners that he will be absent from the board while agenda item A is discussed and deliberated. 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 July 24, 2020, published in the Boulder Daily Camera on July 26, 2020, and the property was posted on July 24, 2020. Ritchie discusses the property’s location and background history. In regards to the applicant’s proposal, Ritchie reviews the existing and proposed buffer standard. For the existing buffer standard, parking lots extending beyond the shadow of the building shall be shielded from S. 96th St using landscaping and berms that are a minimum of 30” above the parking lot level. For the proposed buffer standard, p arking lots adjacent to S. 96th St shall be shielded from S. 96th St using enhanced landscaping techniques such that it is effectively buffered. Enhanced landscaping will exceed the CDDSG by means such as additional trees, shrubs and/or screen wall to be further detailed with PUD process with goal of minimizing the view of parking areas from S. 96th St to the greatest extent feasible. In relation to staff’s analysis of the comprehensive plan and the applicant’s proposal, t he 96th and Dillon Road Rural Special District serves as the rural gateway to the City of Louisville. The area will include a mix of commercial, institutional, and industrial uses. The uses in this special district will be separated and buffered from the surrounding roads to maintain the appearance of a rural entryway to the City. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of Resolution 9, Series 2020 with the following conditions:  The applicant shall revise the application to provide for a minimum 55 -foot building and parking setback. Commissioner Questions of Staff: Rice reviews planning commission comments from the past meeting and clarifies that they recommended that this proposal get reduced to a 55 foot setback, and the position of staff is that neither buildings nor parking should be closer than 55 feet. Ritchie says that that is correct. She makes clear to the commissioners that as proposed by the applicant, there could be drive aisles within the parking setback. Rice confirms that parking cannot be closer than 55 feet as per staff’s recommendation Ritchie says yes, that is staff’s recommendation.