Planning Commission Minutes 2005 08 11

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes AUGUST 11, 2005 Page 4 of 15 Conflict of Interest and Disclosure: None heard. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Wood presented the following summary points: A recall review of the 1990 final PUD amendment to Crystal Estates PUD and  SRU under the provisions of the Louisville Municipal Code, Sections 17.28.220 and 17.40.130. Originally plated October 1988 as a single lot with no public dedications for the  subdivision. Crystal Estates 1990 Subdivision Replat A subdivided in May 1990 into two lots  and the plat dedicated drainage and utility easements on the south boundary line of the property as well as a shared access easement to create a shared access for Lots 1 and 2. The 1990 PUD and SRU is currently in effect for the site and includes:  Site area = 27,125 SF  Auto Body Phase I = 5,786 SF  Future Retail Building Phase II = 3,533 SF  Total Parking / Drive area = 9,054 SF  Landscape / Open Space = 14,236  32 parking spaces for Phase I and a total of 44 space at project build out  (23 exterior, on-site space; 5 impound area and 16 inside the auto body shop) SRU may be called up by the Planning Commission or City Council for  noncompliance by the applicant with a SRU Plan, a written agreement, or conditions imposed by the Planning Commission or City Council. The intent of the process is to review factors such as traffic generation, traffic  flow and circulation, adequate parking standards and potential environmental effects on the character of the surrounding area. SRU criteria have not been amended since the approval of the SRU in 1990.  The PUD was approved with the following series of notes which were intended to  control the parking and screening of employee vehicles as well as inoperable or wrecked vehicles: 1.No operable or wrecked vehicles shall be parked in such a manner as to be visible from either adjacent public right-of-way (ROW). All inoperable or wrecked vehicles shall be parked indoors or in the screened impound areas. 2.On street parking or storage of employee or patron vehicles is prohibited. 3.The issuance of Phase 2 building permits shall be conditional upon unqualified continuance and availability of adequate off-street parking. Any additional off-street parking area acquired by lease agreement shall be within 300 feet of the building. Wood reviewed the action that the Commission can take as follows: If the Commission forwards a recommendation of approval for the proposed  amendment to the Crystal Estates PUD and SRU, the Commission may act to combine the two cases together.