2011-10 REZONING PROPERTY 3350 N WATER STREET

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r, r Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of February 3,2011 continued: According to section XIX.G.2 of the Zoning Ordinance the Plan Commission shall review the application at a public hearing and will make findings concerning the consistency of the application with the Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance and other land development regulations. Based on the findings, the Plan Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council. A motion to forward Calendar Number 11-02 to the City Council with a recommendation for approval is suggested. Mr. John Mickler stated the staff handed all members of the Commission a letter from neighbors of the proposed project with suggestions. Mr. Terry Smith asked if the petitioner had seen the letter. Ms. Stickle stated the petitioner received the letter prior to the meeting. Mr. Phil Cochran, representative, said the property has set vacant for several years and prior to that it was a membership only swim club. B & R Development purchased the property and has been waiting for a proper type of development to fit into the neighborhood. Mr. Romano spoke with the adjacent neighbors and they were very happy to find a professional office was going to be developed. Mr. Cochran said they received the letter right before the meeting and were not aware of any problems before. They have very quickly reviewed the items and agree with all of the suggestions except for the last item which asks for the entire building to be brick. Two sides of the building will be brick the other two will have vinyl siding on them which will have a residential look compatible with the neighborhood. Mr. Smith asked Mr. Cochran to address the first bullet point in the letter. Mr. Cochran said the building does sit at an angle. The major views of the building from Route 51 will be brick. Mr. Charles A. Zweck said he is the person who submitted the letter. He stated the neighborhood is in agreement with Mr. Cochran concerning the use of the property. Mr. Zweck did not feel it would be an issue if the side of the building that faces the creek was not brick. The other three (3) sides should be brick. Mr. Cochran stated two (2) of the sides will be brick. The northwesterly side of the building, which will be the main entrance of the building, will be brick. The southwesterly side of the building will also be brick. Those are the sides that will be seen from Route 51. The other two (2) sides will be vinyl siding. It was moved and seconded (Smith/Peck) to forward Cal. No. 11-02 to the City Council with recommendation for approval as presented by staff with the addition of the first six (6) bullet points from the neighbor's letter. Motion carried unanimously. The six (6) bullets points were not read aloud, however, for clarification purposes they are as follows: • The site break fence should be relocated to the north edge of the parking lot (south, instead of north of buffer yard 1 where it is in the drawing), as the planning staff recommends. • The fence should then be extended to a point north of the proposed rear (east) fence of the trash enclosure. • The proposed rear (east) fence of the trash enclosure should be extended north and connected to the east end of the site break fence, forming a corner.