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
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