Agenda Item Title:
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Smith’s Fuel Center # 153, preliminary commercial site plan review
10305 S. 1300 E. St.
[Community # 17, Willow Canyon]
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Presenter:
Douglas L. Wheelwright
Development Services Manager
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Description/Background:
The applicants, Julaine Gibson and James Copeland, P.E., representing Anderson, Wahlen Associates engineers, and Brian Palmer, as the property owner’s representative of Smith Food and Drug, Inc. (Kroger) are requesting preliminary commercial site plan review of a property located at 10305 S. 1300 E. St. The site plan approval is necessary to locate a new Smith’s Fuel Center facility on a new lot located in the southwest corner of the existing commercial shopping center site. The site plan also proposes to build a new driveway connection for the shopping center to 1300 E. St. and alter the current traffic lanes and raised center median islands on 1300 E. St to allow a signalized intersection for the driveway. Both the fuel center facility and the new driveway will require significant re-grading of this portion of the shopping center site to create a building pad for the fuel center and to remove some existing trees and cut into the existing hill slope along the east side of 1300 E. Finally, a reduction in the number of required vehicle parking spaces is being sought. See staff report for full details.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the following:
1) The preliminary site plan review of the proposed Smith’s Fuel Center #153 project, as proposed;
2) The requested ten percent reduction request in the number of required on-site vehicle parking stalls, as requested;
3) The required off-site vehicle traffic impact mitigation improvements on abutting 1300 E. St., including the proposed traffic signal at the new driveway location; and
4) That the potentially required vehicle traffic mitigation improvements or restrictions on abutting site Sego Lily Dr. be further studied by the applicant’s engineering team and the City Engineering Division during the final site plan review process with city staff, to the point of mutual agreement on what will be required or restricted. If the applicant’s engineering team and the City Engineering Division cannot reach a mutually acceptable agreement as to requirements or restrictions, to be installed within the public way of Sego Lily Dr., then staff will bring that issue back to the planning commission for determination at a future meeting,
For this project, as described in this staff report, for the property located at 10305 S. 1300 E. St., based on the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
1. The addition of the fueling center will have a positive impact on this aging shopping center site. It will bring new customers to the fueling center and also bring additional customers to the grocery store and the fuel station on a combined trip to the site. The viability of the continued grocery store operation will be improved by the addition of the fueling station to the site.
2. The proposed site within the context of the overall shopping center, will occupy existing hard surfaced parking lot area that is seldom used for vehicle parking.
3. The new driveway and T-intersection with signalization, located mid-site, will improve the visibility of the shopping center site and help facilitate better and safer access from 1300 E. to both the shopping center and the county horse trailhead facility on the neighboring Dry Creek open space area.
Conditions:
1. That the applicant proceeds through the final site plan review process with city staff to the completion of the process.
2. That all requirements of the reviewing city department and division be complied with to the satisfaction of city staff as reflected in the final site plan and building permit processes.
3. That the area of disturbance for the fuel center and driveway project be enclosed in a temporary 6-foot-high chain-link type fence with fabric screening to help limit blowing dust from the excavation work.
4. That the companion subdivision amendment plat be finalized and recorded with the county recorder prior to certificate of occupancy for the fuel center operation.