Planning Commission Minutes 2021 02 11

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 11, 2021 Page 2 of 10 building, a Preliminary and Final Planned Unit Development and Special Review Use to allow construction of a convenience store and auto fueling station, and a Final Plat to create two parcels, two outlots, and four lots on the property at the northeast corner of S, 96th Street and Dillon Road (Resolution No. 2, Series 2021). o Applicant: United Properties o Case Manager: Lisa Ritchie, Senior Planner Hoefner shared that he had a conflict of interest and recused himself. All public notice requirements were met. Ritchie summarized that the application included a Final Plat, Preliminary and Final Planned Unit Development, and Special Review Use. She gave the history of the property and noted that the Commission had reviewed the project the previous summer for a General Development Plan Amendment. Ritchie described the Plat, which was substantively the same as the Commission approved in 2018. She stated that the Preliminary Plat accounted for the public land dedication and that the cash -in -lieu for the total development would be $521,718.18, with the dedication of outlots A and B to be completed now. She noted that the fee for United Properties property would be paid now, with the rest to be deferred. Ritchie described the PUD, which contemplated developments within two of the lots, in addition to associated infrastructure. She noted that there were three lots that could be developed at this time. She described the improvements on 96th Street that were contemplated in the GDP, including a gas station, convenience store, an industrial building with commercial design standards and a municipal trail. City Council had previously determined that the development would need to exceed standards regarding dark -sky lighting and staff had worked with the applicant to bring the gas station lighting into accordance with best practice in rural contexts. Ritchie described the three waivers regarding perimeter landscaping, street trees, and building materials. She noted that applicants sometimes made waiver requests for the building perimeter landscaping requirement when they did not want water close to a structure's foundation and that the applicant planned to place trees near the trail corridor. Ritchie described staff's recommended condition of approval that the east elevation meet the rest of the elevations in design, since the east side of the industrial building would be facing a public trail. Ritchie described the SRU, which staff found was consistent with a rural context and contributed to the economic prosperity of the City, and she explained that lot did not require waivers from the Code in the specified area. She added that staff found that the Plat was supported and that the public amenity would be provided. Staff recommended approval with the following condition: