Agenda Item Title:
Title
Stage Office, LLC ( DBA, AJ Motion Sports) Storage Building Addition
8238 S. 700 E.
[Sandy Woods, Community #3]
Presenter:
Douglas L. Wheelwright
Body
Description/Background:
The applicants, Mr. Matt Mathews, owner of Stage Office LLC. and Wilde Beach LLC., and AJ Motion Sports and Mr. Ross Drummond, representing Western Construction are requesting Preliminary Commercial Site Plan Review for a new Storage Building Addition at the rear of the property, which is currently occupied by an existing office building, located at 8238 S. 700 E. in the Boulevard Commercial (BC) zoning district. A companion Conditional Use Permit approval request for the Storage Building use is also necessary (see related file CUP05092023-006531). The Planning Commission is the Land Use Authority for these requested actions. Please see site plan review application materials attached in Exhibit “A”.
The subject property was first developed in 1978 with the construction of a two-story professional office building with a small parking lot located between the building and 700 East St. There is undeveloped property located to the rear of the office building that has never been improved and over the years was used for parking vehicles on dirt. The office building was vacated several years ago and has sat vacant and has been for sale for several years. Recently, Mr. Mathews purchased the vacant office building and remodeled the inside and the outside with building permits. His intention is to use the office building for his business office for his ski and snowboard rental business, AJ Motion Sports. In 2022, Mr. Mathews inquired about adding a warehouse on the vacant land behind the office building. This would be used to store skis and snowboards during the summer season. A “Warehouse Use” is not permitted in the BC zoning district, however, a "Storage (Mini-Storage) Facility” Land Use is listed as a Conditional Use in this zone.
Staff then worked with the applicant’s architects and engineers to develop a plan that would work for the addition of the storage building to the rear of the property; but designing the building as a “Mini-Storage” building with multiple bays and overhead doors, with an eye toward the intended use for association with the office building use or as a possible future stand-alone use.
The surrounding area of the property is zoned BC commercial, except there is a small residential PUD development located to the southwest of this property. A plant nursery is the land use to the north and west and a restaurant is located to the south of this property (Tiburon).
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission determine that Preliminary Commercial Site Plan Review is complete for the Stage Office, LLC Storage Building Addition project, located at 8238 S. 700 E., and also to approve the proposed building architecture, materials and colors as now proposed by the applicant, and approve the partial reduction in the landscaped buffer strip and the paved driveway width on the south side of the office building, as discussed in the staff report, based on the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
1. That the various City Departments and Divisions, including the City Engineer and the Transportation Engineer, have preliminarily approved the proposed site plan, subject to the City Department’s requirements and conditions.
2. That the addition of the storage building will improve the functionality of the AJ Motion Sports Office business operation and improve the rear of the site by development and with the site improvements being proposed.
Conditions:
1. That the developer proceeds through the Final Commercial Site Plan Review process with staff prior to the start of any construction (including payment of development fees and posting of an appropriate bond to guarantee completion of all required improvements on and off the site), according to the Site Plan Review Procedures Handout. The final site plan shall be in compliance with all Development Code requirements and any specific modifications allowed by the Planning Commission.
2. That the applicant works with the Sandy City Staff to arrive at an acceptable lighting plan for the area of the rear of the proposed storage building (west and north sides) to provide a lighting level that will help discourage negative behavior and yet not negatively impact the residential neighbors located to the southwest of the site, as determined by City staff.
3. That the development complies with all Building & Safety, Fire and Life Safety Codes applicable to this type of use.
4. That the architectural design, colors, and materials proposed for the animal hospital building (and as approved by the Planning Commission as complying with the Sandy City Architectural Design Standards) shall be finalized with staff prior to the issuance of a building permit.
5. That complete building construction plans be submitted to the Sandy City Building and Safety Division for building permit review and approval processing, to run concurrently with the Final Commercial Site Plan Review process with staff.