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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6470-A Staff AnalysisOctober 15, 1998 ITEM NO.: 17 NAME: LOCATION: OWNER/APPLICANT: PROPOSAL: FILE NO.: Z -6470-A Odom's Sausage - Revised Conditional Use'Permit 4701 Asher Avenue Odom's Tennessee Pride/George Bachnivsky To amend an existing conditional use permit for this I -2/I-3 zoned property at 4701 Asher Avenue to allow for an 8,000 square foot addition to the rear of the building and to increase the misting east side parking lot. ORDINANCE DESIGN STANDARDS: 1. Site Location: This site is located on the south side of Asher Avenue just east of the Quality Foods and Western Foods facilities. 2. CM2atibility with Nei hborhood: This site is on property zoned I-2 and I-3, surrounded by I-2 zoning on the north, west and south, aril I-3. to the east. Western .and Quality Food distributors lie to the west, and the property to the north, south and east is vacant wooded land. The property is at the end of a private road branching off the south side of the 4700 block of Asher Avenue, near the intersection with Madison Street. This addition should have no adverse affect on the neighborhood. The Midway and Curran -Conway Neighborhood Associations were notified of the public hearing. 3. On -Site Drives and Parkin : There is a single private access driveway from Asher Avenue to the property. No changes to that driveway are proposed. An additional 45 parking spaces are being added to the east side of the existing parking. That will bring the total spaces to 188 and exceed the new required number of 165 spaces. 4. Landsca inand Buffers : The Landscape Ordinance requires that six percent (1,044 square feet) of the proposed new paved area be landscaped_ with interior landscaping. October 15, 1998 SUB)IVISION ITEM NO.: 17 Cont. FILE NO.: �-5470-A 5. Public Warks Comments: 1. Dedicate regulatory floodway to the City. 2. Stormwater detention Ordinance applies to this property. 6. Utility and Fire Department Comments: Water: Submit plans to the Water Works for the revisions to the fire protection system. Wastewater: Building addition to be no closer than 15 feet _from existing sewer outfall. Any damage to the Utility's existing sewer main during construction will be the sQ2e responsibility of the developer and his contractor. --=All repairs and/or cleanup required due to damages during construction will be made at Developer's expense. Southwestern Bell: Approved as submitted. ARKLA: Approved as submitted. AP&L: No Comments received. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. CATA: This site is located on LATA bus route #14. 7. Staff Anal sis• The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to enlarge this existing meat processing plant by 8,000 square feet added to the rear of the building. This site is zoned I-2 and I-3, Light and Heavy Industrial, and contains a large 91,302 square foot meat processing plant which has been there in some form for at: least 30 years. On April 30, 1998 a conditional use permit was approved to add 10,402 square feet to the northwest corner of the building for primarily freezer and frozen shipping dock space. No parking was added at that time. In fact that C.U.P. included a variance to allow the applicant to have four parking spaces less than required. The latest proposal includes expanding the parking to an amount that will exceed the overall new total required by 23 spaces. The purpose for this addition is to upgrade the processing equipment and enable the plant to maintain sanitary requirements which have been stiffened by federal requirements. K October 15, 1998 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 17 Cont. FILE NO.: Z -5470-A The location of the addition exceeds the setbacks of 50 foot front, 25 foot rear, 15 foot sides, and is less than the height maximum of 45 feet. The applicant anticipates adding up to 50 additional employees making a total of 350. The applicant is adding to the parking which will raise the number of available spaces to 188. That will exceed the requirement of 165 spaces for the whole plant by 23 spaces. The hours of operation will continue to be 6:00 a.m. to midnight for production and 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for maintenance. The plant is not readily visible from Asher Avenue. The increase in size and manpower should have minimal impact on the area because of the shift times and because the increase in manpower is spread over three shifts. 8. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the revised conditional use permit subject to compliance with Public Works, Utility, and Landscape Comments. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (SEPTEMBER 24, 1998) George Bachnivsky and Pete Pezza were present representing the application. Staff gave a description of the proposal. The floodway comment, landscaping issues in conjunction with the parking lot, building height for the addition, and the intended lighting were the issues reviewed and discussed. The applicants reviewed their plans regarding construction in and near to the area of the sewer easement. There being no further issues, the Committee accepted the proposal and forwarded the item to the full Commission for final resolution. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 15, 1998) George Bachnivsky and Pete Pezza were present representing the application. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation for approval subject to compliance with Public Works, Utility and Landscape Comments. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as recommended by staff. The vote was 8 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent. 3