Planning Commission Minutes 2010 08 19

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 19, 2010 Page 5 of 17 Subject property is within the 100 year floodplain. The applicant was  granted a floodplain development permit by the Louisville Board of Adjustment in August 2008. The facility will consists of six (6) separate buildings, housing  approximately 300 storage units, space for portable storage containers on top of the storage buildings and 1,640 SF office. The site will be surrounded by an architectural wall which will screen the  majority of the storage activities from the public view. The facility and pavement will over 69.4% of the 129,280 SF property.  Maximum coverage permitted by the IDDSG is 75%. All of the structures associated with the facility meet the IDDSG setback  requirements. Access will be from two (2) separate locations off of Empire Road and will  be 187 feet apart. There will be 10 surface parking spaces on the south side of the facility,  which will meet the parking requirement. Parking for the storage units will be in the drive aisles internal to the site.  Empire Road will be reconfigured to accommodate a six (6) foot shoulder  adjacent to the property. These improvements will be completed by the applicant as part of the development. A landscape buffer will be provided along the northern side of the property  adjacent to the Harney Lastoka open space. All proposed site landscape meets the IDDSG requirements. The site has been designed to screen the interior operations from the  public view. Staff is recommending the signs be limited to one sign on the southern  side of the facility and one on the western side. Staff recommends no sign on the northern side of the facility. Staff recommends approval for Resolution No. 17, Series 2010 with the following conditions: 1. Prior to issuance of the first building permit, the applicant will provide written documentation confirming that the parties who have water rights in the irrigation ditch on the south side of the property have abandoned or agreed to abandonment of the irrigation ditch, or otherwise have consented to the PUD improvements affecting the ditch. 2. The owner shall execute a development agreement for this PUD. The development agreement will stipulate that maintenance of all drainage improvements located in City of Louisville right of way will be the responsibility of the owner. 3. The development agreement will stipulate that maintenance of the private sewer line located on City of Louisville property will be the responsibility of the owner. 4. Prior to completion of foundation inspection for any foundations for the storage facility, the applicant will provide a FEMA elevation certificate