Planning Commission Minutes 2015 03 12

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 14 of 23 Office (Bank) Min.1/400 1/125 Max.125% of minimum req'd spaces Recommendations: o Staff acknowledges the development does the following: o Redevelopment is an investment in the community o Proposed use provides needed services within walking distance to surrounding residential, office and sports complex users o City will benefit from: • the platting of Cannon Street • City public parking (Downtown overflow and Miner's Field) Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the requested rezoning, final plat, final PUD, and SRU for DELO Plaza, with the following conditions prior to recordation of the plat: 1. The City and the applicant shall develop a shared parking agreement for the private surface parking lot for events at Miners' Field and larger downtown special events. 2. All signs, including any monument sign, shall comply with Chapter 7 of the CDDSG, as well as Section 17.24 of the LMC, including a 10 foot setback from right-of-way. 3. The applicant shall continue to work with Public Works on addressing the comments shown in the February 11, 2015 memo. 4. The proposed sidewalks shall match the sidewalk design included in the Highway 42 Plan. 5. Because the Hwy 42 sidewalk is required, the applicant shall modify the landscape sheets prior to recordation to remove the parking stalls, located along Highway 42, and be replaced with landscaping in compliance with the MUDDSG. The applicant shall also include an east/west sidewalk, connecting Highway 42 to the larger commercial building, via a sidewalk located within a landscape island. 6. Staff requests the applicant preserve as many of the existing trees as possible. The applicant shall work with the City Forester and Parks Project Manager, at time of construction drawings, to determine which trees may be preserved. Commission Questions of Staff. - Moline asks whether the parking agreement lock in the location in the plat. He is concerned that there will not be enough commercial surrounding the Woonerf. McCartney answers affirmative. There are 79 parking spaces and it was chosen primarily for its connectivity to the South Street Underpass and proximity to Downtown. Russ says that during the negotiation of the site, Staff agreed with you, and wanted it to be in turn an asset for more intense development. The landowner refused and this is the settlement, and the only solution Staff could get. Brauneis talks about the back of the building with a drive alley facing the parking area and the Woonerf. To activate a space and be pedestrian -oriented, he does not see it. McCartney says there is a landscape buffer between the back of the building to the parking area. It is fairly thick with dense trees. Moline asks why the parking and the street need the MUR designation. McCartney says the zoning establishes it. Russ says the "hatching" on the diagram represents ground floor retail within the MUR as mandatory. Moline says that the commercial/retail on the first floor, residential bring above it and adjacent to the road, he found this appealing. He is concerned it has become parking.