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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes .# "'l approval of thIs request. ~I":'o Noone .else spoke. The .Pllblichearing..was . closed. Mr. . Brochu - said. that he is not overlyconcerlledwith thisrequestespeciaHyinview of the precedents set and the fact. that the'" area is virtually landlocked. and ,the domino, effect would not have far to go if it did follow. Mr~ Wendler made a motion 1:orecODDDendapproval of this request. Mr. Colson seconded the motion' which 'carriedunanimously .,,(7....0}. AGBlfDAITEMHO. 4: 88~203:A.publicheariDgtocoDsider a resubdivisionplat of Lot A, D.'A...S.ithsubdivision. Mr. . Callaway <explained the plat. locate~thesubject tract( s), and stated staff recommends approval of ,the plat .,with '. Presubmission Conference conditions. The public hearing was-opened. LarryWelIstrepresentativeofthe owner came forward. offered to anS~eranyquestionsandreques ted approvlll of the . plat. Mr. stewart referred ..tos9m.eproblems the.. site... had . when. .itwas reviewed by....the Project Review .Committee,....and...s.~gestedthat a way.... to solve..the problema ...encountered would.be to take in more land.. . Mr. Wells repl.ied> that the decision(s) oftheP.R.C. will be appealed to Council, and the ,applicant would.requestapproval of this plat as submitted. Noone else ~poke. The public hearing was closed. Mr. Dresser made amotion which carried ' ,unanimously the request. Mr. Stewart seconded the motion AGENDA. IT.EM NO.5: ...88-'102: . . A public hearing on the question of grllntingaConditio~",IUse. P~nlit:fo.raparkinglot . to be located on Lot 14 Block8.es~park addition subdivision (200 Montclair). Applicant i8~.]~.Loupot. OwIler<ofthepropertyis.Manitou Ltd. Real EstateIDvest.ents. Mrs.Kee explained that this request is fora conditlonal use permit for a parking lot toser\'e a bookstore businesswhicb,will be built north of and across the alley from this property. She located the portion of the lot the proposal covers, described the physical features of the lot, area zoning> and land uses, and. pointed out tnesubject property and the surrounding prQpertiesareshown as low density residential on the land use plan. with exception ofthe>property to the north, which is reflected as cODDllercial. Shepoint~doutthat the subject tract is. actually zoned R-6, but there is asingle:t'amilyresidenceon the eastern portion of the lot, and the parking lot will occupy the western portion of the lot. Mrs. Kee went on to explain that the applicant is requesting that the Commission consider only the proposed use at. thismeeting,andto table consideration of the site plan until. a later date. which will give the applicant time to actually develop a site plan. and haVe it reviewed by thePrpject Review CODDllittee. She also e.~lained the conditions and safeguards the CODDDissipD may consider in determining whether or not to grant, a C.U.P. Mr. Brochu. asked if the ..standardpaving.and. curbing will be applied to the alley as well as the parking lot and Mrs.. Kee replied that the alley is owned by the City and is used primarily as aservicealley...buft;lur:facing Can be addressed by the Commission. Mr. Brochu then asked if there will be no conflict of uses of this alley P&ZMinutes 4-21~88 Page 2 <'l ,.., and .Mrs . Keeansweredthat atthte. present time the alley is mostly used by garbage trucks,andthoserunsare normally made in the early morning, befor~most.of the businesses open for operation. Mr. Colson asked for clarification of/the request,. and Mrs. Kee referred to the wall graphics to ,help. clarify, ,'.explfiiningthat thecondi tionalusepermi twi 11 cover the entire lot. but the parking 10't.willoJ}IY oc(:upythe western portion of the lot; and that the lot would beconsidered9.S.having2 principal uses: .. One being the single family dwelling and the other being the parking lotto be used for the. .commercial bookstore on the lot across the alley. Sheadd~dthat if the uses of any portion of the.lot>were.to change. additional consideration would be requiredbythe.Commission at that time, as that would constitute a change in an approved Conditi,onal Use Permit. The public hearing was opened. M. o. Lawrence, Jr. came forWard as the architect and representative of.theowner. J. E.Loupot~ He explained the request, and informed the Commission of) the variances which were granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the . siteoftheb99kstoreacross theaUey, which inqluded 8. parking variance. He statedthate"enth()~.the owner has received a variance t() the parking I'equirements,hewould.lilce toprovidesomea~ditional.parking/for.an area ,hich alrefidyh~..a);)arkingprob~em. atcertfiin time~. .. He. also state9 that the owner will be willing toworkwiththeCityregardingup~rading of thecollditi~n of th~alley, andthatthes'Ubject lothasbeen,and'isnow'usedforparkingforsomeone,:without any improvements.. Mr. Dresser asked Mr. Lawrence if the alley will be used to help thedrive-thro~h window of the proposed b<>okstore work and Mr. Lawrence replied in thea-ffi~tive, adding that an attempt will be made to direct the traffic to Highland rathe~ than to Montclair' by theuseof<.signs. No one else spoke. The public hearing was closed. Mr.> Moore made amotion to approve this request for the use only PQrtion of.theConditional Use Permit; Mrs. Sawtelle seconded the .,'., motion. Mr. Colson said that it would appear that the City will.beallowinga "Southgate" to develop similar to "Northgate", adding that he. has no real. problem .with the request since. it entails the whole lot. Mr. Uressersaidthat although the parking lot is for only one lot. thereape.20therhouseswhichbackupto the proposed lot, and he isconcernedbecause.thisisprojectedasaresiden~ialarea, and over time, the City has tried to preserve the uses of this area as residential. . He said also that once part of Southgate is expanded for the purposes of parking, others will be 'invited to expand it for other uses. Mr. Brochu said this is not a .real clean area, that part of the lot is already being used for parking, and by allowing this proposed use, the Commission would not be changing a use. but it.might gain some control over cleaning up the area and can even require a screening fence between the lot aIld the adjacent residential homes. Mr. Wendler pointed out that what isbeingconsideredisaConditional'Use Permit, and not a zoning change, so nothing else can goon the lot without additional review. Mr. Colson said that if.moreretailcoDlDlercialusesarebeingdeveloped,thenmore parking lots must be provided. Mrs. Sawtelle said that she believes a Conditional Use Permit allows more control of uses than; zoning changes would.. Mr. Moore agreed, stating that is one of the benefits of a Conditional. Use Permit. Mr. Brochu said that what must be considered is whether this proposal will negatively P&ZMinutes 4-21-88 Page 3 ~ , -l"' impact anare.a.and. beca\lsemuch of this area is occupied . by rental houses. many of which are worn . out . and need to. be reconditioned . or. .rebuil t . but. probably won't be because they ,are all under separate ownership, he reallydQesnot have a big problem with this request. Votes were cast on the <motioIl to approve the aConditional.Use Permit for the.use of a parking : lot . with. the site plan. to. be:. considered by this. CODDDission at a later date, withar,esultof6-1 (Dresser against ). AGBHDAITEMNO. 6: OtherbusiDess. Mr.. . Callaway announced that the pllblic hearingwillbeheldlo1ith . the. purpose of soliciting.public input.concerningth~ preliDlintiryGoals&Objectives. on May 5th. Mr. Dressersaidtbat. with the thollght. inmilld 1:hatthepubpchearingsare now scheduled, and public input will soon beforthcoming,perhapsit is time to move on to reviewing other sections of the; Plan. 2000 for p\lrposesof updating,andbewould like.. to ..look.. at Proper .... uses for ...severalundevelopedsr'eas.within the. . City limits, wi th ... the . aim . being determining . correct zonin~ ... antJ'W5es, . and . possibly seeing if the City can bring about the proper zoning. Mr.!Broch\lagr:~ed .Mr .CallawaY*3aidthat after the Goals&Objectivesarefinalized.~,ta:ffwill<briIlgother sections illcluding Land Use .Plan to theP&Z forconsideratioD8Ildstudy. Mrs. Keeannouncedthatin.keepingwiththedirection given some time ago by the CODDDission to the staff to review minor Cbang-estoConditional Use Permits in-house, staff has reviewed and approved thelocation:of 2 buildings to the First Baptist Church site on Welsh. Mrs. .. Kee also announced that Alders gate Church has filed. an appeal of the Commission's decision to deny the gravel parking lot, and ,that appeal will be heard before>the.Council on May 26th. AGEN:QAITEMNO. 7: Adjourn. Mr. Colson made amotion to adjourn which Mr. Wendler seconded. Motion carried unanimously (7-0). APPROVED: --~--Cj)~~aA-------- Chairman, D~vi~ Brochu ATTEST: City Secretary,DlanJones P&ZMinutes 4-21-88 Page #4