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Home My WebLink About1981 09-24 PCP PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA STUDY SESSION September 24, .1981 1. Call to Order: 7:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes: September 10, 1981 4. Chairman's Explanation: The Planning Commission .is an advisory body. One of the Commission's functions is to hold public hearings. In the matters concerned in these hearings, the Commission makes recommendations to the City Council. The City Council makes all final decisions in these matters. 5. Standard Oil 81064 Request for site and building plan and special use permit approval to remove the existing service station at 6600 West River Road and replace it with a Quik Six gas station/convenience store/car wash establishment. 6. Discussion Items — a) Restaurants in Shopping Centers. b) Separation between dwellings and accessory structures. 7. Adjournment . • Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 81064 Applicant: Standard Oil Location: 6600 West River Road Request: Site and Building Plan/Special Use Permit The applicant seeks approval of a special use permit and site and building plans i for a Quik Six service station and car wash at 6600 West 'River Road. The prop- erty in question is located at the northeast corner of West River Road and 66th Avenue North and is bounded on the north and east by R-5 zoned nand. The R-5 zoned land is vacant for the most part, except that a house sits directly north of the Quik Six site with access onto West River Road. Service stations and car washes are permitted to abut residential property which. is zoned R-4, R-5, R-6 or R-7. The presence of the single-family home does not make the gas station nonconforming. The land abutting across 66th and across West River Road is zoned commercial . The site is presently occupied by an abandoned service station (with no car wash) which has been unused since August, 1980. The proposed plan submitted for this application is changed somewhat from the plan approved under Application No. 79060 on September 24, 1979. Both plans call for the demolition of the existing structure to be replaced by the Quik Six station with self-service car wash and a canopy over the pump islands. The main building which is approximately 32' x 36' meets all setback requirements. The canopy which is not 'subject to setback requirements, will be at least 39' from the West River Road right-of-way (the setback requirement is 50' ). The canopy will be separated from the main building and, therefore, cannot be con- sidered a part of it for signery purposes. The canopy will have a 13' clearance • and a 22' black, aluminum fascia. The main building is divided evenly between a convenience store selling six items (snacks, candy, pop, beer, milk and cigarettes) and a car wash in which the washing equipment moves past a stationary vehicle, rather than vice versa. The exterior of the building is to be face brick with a 22 foot high black, aluminum fascia around the roof line. The fascia around the car wash is a thinner 16 band. The car wash extends 3' above the convenience store. The service station provides full service gasoline dispensing, and self-serve. Diesel fuel will be available at one pump. Eleven parking spaces are shown on the plan which meets the retail parking re- quirement for the entire enclosed structure, including the car wash. One handi- capped stall is provided, south of the convenience store and handicapped ramps are shown on the north and west sides of the building to allow access to the store and to a restroom on the north side 'of the store. Access to the site is to be gained via a 30' wide opening onto West River Road and a 30' opening onto 66th Avenue North. All parking and driving areas are bounded by curb and gutter (the site plan indicates B-612; curb and gutter detail B-618) . Generally, the site drains toward the access to 66th Avenue North. No storm sewer is proposed. The Assistant City Engineer has recommended -that drainage be directed toward the southeast corner of the lot and connected there with a spillway leading to a drainage ditch running parallel and north of 66th Avenue North. This would tend to keep the driveway openings dryer and, in the winter time; free of-ice. Drainage and utility easements exist over • the northerly 10' and easterly 5'of the property. The Assistant City Engineer also recommends that the sidewalk surrounding the store and the pump islands be bounded by curb and gutter (B-612 or B-618 is acceptable) . The plan indicates straight 6" curb with no gutter. 9-24-81 -1- Application No. 81064 continued Landscaping for the site includes two large existing Elms at the northeast corner of the site. Four Skyline Locusts are proposed. The landscape plan also calls for rock mulch landscape areas adjacent to entrances. These areas will have boulders and 9�� to 1011 diameter Cedar posts up to 9' to 10' high. Broadmoor Junipers are shown in these areas as well . Rock mulch treatment surrounds the north and east sides of the parking lot area between the curb and a 6' high wall fence. Berms of 2' to 3' in height are indicated in the south and west greenstrip areas. Sod is indicated in greenstrip areas; seed to the east of the paved area. No trash enclosure is shown on the proposed plan. An enclosure was shown on the 1979 plan, west of the car wash. Staff recommend that a trash enclosure be shown on the plan prior to City Council consideration. Site lighting is provided by three light fixtures of unspecified height and design, one covering the parking area south of the building, and one at each entrance. The plans should be amended with respect to drainage and trash screening. Other information specifying type and size of light fixtures , color of face brick, etc. should be submitted either prior to Council consideration or issuance of building permits. Nevertheless, the plan essentially follows the plan approved in 1979. Therefore, approval is recommended, subject to at least the following conditions: 1. Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits. 2. Grading, drainage, utility and berming plans are subject to review and approval by the City Engineer, prior to the issuance of permits. .3. A site performance agreement and supporting financial guarantee (in an amount to be determined by the City Manager) shall be submitted prior to the issuance of permits to assure completion of approved site improvements. 4. Any outside trash disposal facilities and rooftop mechanical equipment shall be appropriately screened from view. 5. An underground irrigation system shall be installed in. all landscaped areas abutting streets to facilitate site maintenance. 6. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances. 7. B-612 curb and gutter shall p ovided around all parking „ (� and driving areas. A-0 Moe %0P""""� '�'--+� 8. The applicant shall enter into a standard utility maintenance agreement with the City as approved by the City Engineer. 9. In the event the existing elm trees on the site become diseased, they shall be removed and replaced with 22" to 3"diameter • shade trees. 10. The special use permit is issued to the applicant as operator of the facility and is nontransferable. 11. The special use permit is subject to all applicable codes, ordinances and regulations and any violation thereof shall be grounds for revocati_on,_ __ � I' 'NrTF st'l.if.+'t\� :F�•\ t.•,lr.�:nt�'" f{4*%,f.-- � �-'►'�-'�."r�-u.,_s,._ a+�fr:w••1rr-•• ----_-r- ''� `•� 'ATir at 1 if AV,. ktG HC:•t'' oil l:r,.,v r'" i-ST •dSM SI-I � a :ca /. 1-rrlrc�!>•cs...r,,.rrtc ,• `�,� FI•trS•� - LitR'�-r' --�,t^QYa. -a:.�t'=F--[a A;7 R:4M;Ii: It 40c, .. j .,- - .,.,:..�......•...,.a- .axe. :,o.. .....•.-..-.'...-e.+.•.-+.•.... .. TOWER AINTENANCE ANNEX �■� ■ - �j ■ ■ � ■m ■�■ # ,. APPICATION NO. ■■ ,■� ; Pbel R5r• r� ..■ iii � 1 _ '_" ■ ■ /fit ' • " Draft Ordinance Amendments Section 35-704 is hereby amended in the following manner: Section 35-704. Minimum Parking Spaces Required 2. Commerce (Retail and Service/Office) (c) Other retail stores or centers: Eleven spaces for the first 1000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof; eight spaces for each 1000 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 1000 square feet, but not exceeding 15,000 square feet; six spaces for each 1000 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 15,000 square feet, but not exceeding 30,000 square feet; 5.5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area exceeding 30,000 square feet. In multi-tenant retail centers , no additional parking spaces beyond those re- uired by the retail formula shall be required of restaurant uses which altogether occupy not more than 10% of the gross floor area of the center. The parking formula for eating and drinking establishments shall apply proportionately to the seats and employees occupying space in the center over and above 10% of the gross floor area. Section 35-720 is hereby amended in the following manner: Section 35-720. Joint Parking Facilities With respect to development complexes , the required parking facilities to serve two or more uses may be located on the same lot or in the same structure, • provided that the total number of parking spaces furnished shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use. (See Section 35-704:2(c) regarding restaurant uses in multi-tenant retail centers.) • Total Floor Restaurant Parking Shopping Center Area Area % Spaces Brookdale 895,227 sq. ft. 15 ,150 1.7% 5,363 Humboldt Square 40,250 sq. ft. 5r300 13.2% 279 Northbrook 67,195 450 Bldg. 1 36,595 1,892 5.2% Bldg. 2 130,800 1, 300 9 .4% Bldg. 3 160,800 0.0% Westbrook Mall 71,960 6,640 9:2% 574± Boulevard Center 11,968 20,200 18.4% 131* Brookdale Square 88,326 7,920 9.0% 534± *Staff estimate ±Proof-of-parking