Agenda Item Title:
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Stage Office, LLC./Wilde Beach, LLC. (DBA AJ Motion Sports) CUP for Storage Use.
8238 S. 700 E.
[Sandy Woods, Community #3]
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Presenter:
Douglas L. Wheelwright
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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 a Conditional Use permit for a new Storage (Mini-Storage) Facility 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 Site Plan Review request for the proposed use is also necessary (see related file SPR09212022-006407). The Planning Commission is the Land Use Authority for these requested actions. Please see the Conditional Use 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. 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 grant approval for the requested Conditional Use Permit for a Storage (Mini Storage) Facility land use for the Stage Office LLC (DBA AJ Motion Sports) Storage Building Facility, as described in the Site Plan Review and this Conditional Use staff reports for the property located at 8238 S. 700 E., based on analysis in this staff report and the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
1. All reviewing City Departments and Division have reviewed the plans for the new Storage (Mini Storage) Facility building and recommend Planning Commission approval, subject to their requirements and corrections to the plans.
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 site be developed as per the site plan review requirements and conditions.
2. That specific site conditions needed to mitigate adverse impacts and achieve the objectives of the General Plan that have been identified, be applied, and imposed through the Site Plan review application.
3. This conditional use be reviewed upon legitimate complaint.