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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinal Minutes 12 24 20DECEMBER 17, 2020 ITEM NO. 1 Z-9550 1 File No.: Z-9550 Owner: PotlatchDeltic Real Estate, LLC Applicant: White-Daters & Associates, Inc., Attn: Timothy Daters Address: Lot 4, Tract 1 Chenal Valley Description: Northeast corner of Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road Zoned: C-3 (General Commercial District) Variance Requested: Variance from the building height provisions of Section 36- 301 to permit primary structures to exceed the maximum of 35 ft. in height as allowable on C-3 zoned property. Justification: Property owner would like a variance to allow the construction of a four (4)-story building. The applicant’s justification is presented in the attached letter dated October 12, 2020. Present Use: Undeveloped Proposed Use: Commercial (Bank) STAFF REPORT A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering: 1. The Rahling Road driveway does not meet the traffic access and circulation requirements of Sections 30-43 and 31-210. The driveway spacing is a minimum of 300 ft. on arterial streets from intersections and other driveways. The width of driveway must not exceed 36 feet and be designed as right -in/right-out only. 2. No engineering comment on building height variance. B. Buffering and Landscape: 1. Any new site development must comply with the City’s minimal landscape and buffer ordinance requirements and the Chenal Overlay District. 2. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger. C. Building Codes: No Comment. D. Staff Analysis: The C-3 zoned subject property located at the northeast corner of Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road contains approximately 3.61 acres. The largest neighboring property to the north is undeveloped and zoned O -2. There is a smaller parcel, DECEMBER 17, 2020 ITEM NO. 1 Z-9550 2 developed as a residential complex also located on the northern boundary zoned MF-24. The adjoining property to the east is zoned O -2 and is also currently undeveloped. The west boundary is bordered by the Chenal Parkway right -of-way and the south edge of the property lays adjacent to the Rahling Road right-of-way. The property located across Rahling Road on the southeast corner of the intersection is currently undeveloped and zoned PCD. The southwest corner of the intersection is zoned C-2 and occupied by the Promenade Shopping Center while the northwest corner is zoned C-3 and accommodates the Bank of the Ozarks building. The applicant proposes to construct a four-story bank. There will be surface parking on all 4 sides of the building and proposed site access from both Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway. The applicant has stated that building height will be 56 feet from the first floor to the ceiling of the 4th floor with the exterior elevation rising to the top of the parapet at 66 feet 4 inches. This proposal will exceed the maximum allowable building height in areas zoned C-3. Sec. 36-301(d) states, “No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.” The applicant is requesting a variance to allow for a 66 feet 4 inches building height. To staff’s knowledge, the development will comply with all other ordinance required development criteria. Staff is supportive of the height variance and feels that the proposed request is reasonable. The proposed bank will be set back over 100 feet from the Chenal Parkway right-of-way and approximately 175 feet from the Rahling Road right -of- way. The building will also be set back approximately 150 to 200 feet from the adjacent O-2 and MF-24 zoned parcels. Additionally, the height variance will be compatible with the existing bank building located on the northwest corner of this intersection which received a height variance in 2006 and was constructed to a height of 75 feet. E. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested variance to exceed the 35 foot maximum typically permitted in C-3 zoning and allow the structure to be constructed to a building height not to exceed 66 feet 4 inches. Board of Adjustment (December 17, 2020) The applicant was present. There were no persons present registered in opposition. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the “Staff Recommendation” above. There was no further discussion. There was a motion to approve the application as recommended by staf f. The motion was Seconded. The vote was 5ayes, 0 noes, and 0 absent.