Agenda Item Title:
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The School Yard Commercial Development
11020 So. State Street
[South Towne Commercial, Community #9]
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Presenter:
Doug Wheelwright
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Description/Background:
The applicant is requesting that the Planning Commission review and approve a site plan for Phase 1 of a three phase Commercial Planned Development for the proposed “The School Yard “project. The Planning Commission is the land use approval body for this action, as designated in the Sandy City Development Code.
This approximately 5.45 acre site was previously owned by the Canyons School District. The subject 5.45 acre property is located at 11020 South State Street, and is zoned Central Business District, (CBD). This is the site of the abandoned Valley High School, which was the former Crescent Elementary School. The site plan depicts the layout of proposed access driveways, parking areas, landscape areas, and the location, approximate size and orientation of new restaurant buildings for the entire site. The phasing plan for the new development consists of three phases. Site plan review consideration at this time is in detail only for Phase 1. Phase 1 includes the remodeling of the original school building into two restaurant uses and the construction of a similarly sized new building for lease for restaurant use, located to the south along the State Street frontage.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the overall commercial development plan and the Phase 1 Site Plan as proposed and accept the recommendation of the Civic Center Architectural Design Committee and approve the proposed building design, colors and materials, based on this staff report, and the two findings listed below and subject to the following eight conditions:
FINDINGS:
A. That the various City Departments and Divisions, including the City Engineer and the Transportation Engineer, have preliminarily approved the prop...
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