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4. An alley that once continued all the way to Oakland has been vacated in the existing I <br /> Blue Mill parking lot; however, a small segment at Oakland remains. The proposed <br /> building straddles this alley right-of-way. <br /> 5. Parking is provided behind the building as well as on the public right-of-way along <br /> both Wood and Oakland. The parking area is enclosed by a site break fence on the <br /> east lines and the south line adjacent to the rear of some residential lots on Macon. <br /> The south line adjacent to Macon Street as well as the parking area along Wood <br /> Street will have a decorative iron fence. The decorative fence on Wood will also <br /> have decorative brick piers to make the fence more attractive. Two trash enclosures <br /> are provided; one near the building and the second in a corner of the parking area. <br /> 6. The project is served by existing sanitary sewer and watermains. An existing <br /> 10-inch sanitary sewer line extending west from the alley just east of the property to <br /> Oakland is proposed to be abandoned. A new sanitary line is shown extending from <br /> a manhole near the alley running southwest to the 36-inch combined sewer in <br /> Oakland. A storm sewer with five inlets will direct stormwater to the Oakland <br /> combined sewer. The site will be graded so that stormwater detention will take <br /> place in the east end of the parking lot. <br /> 7. The landscape plan shows two rows of shrubs on both sides of the ornamental <br /> fence along Wood Street. The corner areas of the parking lot will contain shade <br /> trees, while the islands will contain ornamental trees. <br /> 8. No architectural elevations have been submitted. The applicant has informed staff <br /> that elevations will be unveiled at the Plan Commission meeting. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 9. There are finro petitions before the Plan Commission that are being combined for <br /> consideration. The first requires the eastern portion of the property in question to be ' <br /> rezoned from R-6 to B-2. The second is approval of a PUD for the entire property. <br /> 10. Currently, all of the land east of the existing Blue Mill that is part of this project is , <br /> vacant, except for one apartment house. This house is now under the control of the � <br /> developer. There is no demand for new multi-family housing in this area. The '� <br /> rezoning of these properties appears to be appropriate given the need for ' <br /> redevelopment in the commercial area at Wood and Oakland. , <br /> 11. The project proposes to provide 146 parking spaces on the site. In addition, the 'I <br /> developers wish to count 24 parallel parking spaces along Wood and Oakland I <br /> toward meeting the parking space requirement. Based on the uses proposed and ��, <br /> the square footage of each, a total of 172 spaces are required. If the on site and '� <br /> street parking spaces are combined, the project provides a total of 170 spaces. 'I <br /> Therefore, the project falls short of Ordinance standards by two parking spaces. <br /> The Plan Commission and Council may approve this variance as part of the PUD , <br /> approval process. <br /> 12. Staff met with the developers during the week of November 27th and reviewed <br /> concerns. Most of the staff's concerns were addressed by current revisions. <br /> However, there are a few changes and submissions that still need to be made. For <br /> Page2 <br />