HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5817-K Recommende Approval With Conditions 030222February 10, 2022
ITEM NO.: A (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-5817-K
products, personal and professional services, and general business activities.
Commercial activities vary in type and scale, depending on the trade area that they
serve. The Commercial area consists of a couple retail strip-centers and stand-alone
retail businesses.
Master Street Plan: To the south is Cantrell Road and it is shown as a Principal
Arterial on the Master Street Plan. To the west is Rummel Road, it is a Local Street
on the Master Street Plan. A Principal Arterial is to serve through traffic and to connect
major traffic generators or activity centers within the urbanized area. Entrances and
exits should be limited to minimize negative effects of traffic and pedestrians on
Cantrell Road since it is a Principal Arterial. Local Streets that are abutted by non
residential zoning/use or more intensive zoning than duplexes are considered as
"Commercial Streets". These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may
require street improvements for entrances and exits to the site.
Bicycle Plan: There is a Class I Bike Path is shown along Cantrell Road. A Bike Path
is to be a paved path physically separate for the use of bicycles. Additional right-of
way or an easement is recommended. Nine-foot paths are recommended to allow for
pedestrian use as well (replacing the sidewalk).
H.ANALYSIS:
The applicant proposes to rezone the 3.803 acre property located at 15122 Cantrell
road from "PD-O" Planned District -Office and "R-2" Single Family Residential to
"PCD" Planned Commercial District. The property is located at the northeast corner of
Cantrell Road and Rummel Road. The rezoning is requested to allow a one (1) lot
development to include a 3,600 square foot restaurant building and a 20,012 square
foot shopping center structure.
The proposed 3,600 square foot restaurant building will be located within the east
quarter of the property. The restaurant use will include a drive-thru window on the
building's west side, with a menu board on the east side. Paved parking and internal
drives will be located along all sides of the restaurant building.
The proposed 20,012 square foot shopping center structure will be located within the
west three-quarters of the property. Paved parking and internal access drives will also
be located along all sides of the shopping center building. It appears that the applicant
has designed the internal drives to accommodate a drive-thru window at the west end
of the shopping center building.
The applicant is requesting the following uses for the shopping center building:
•C-2 permitted uses
•Food store under 5,000 square feet of gross floor
area, with sales of beer or wine
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ITEM NO.: A (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-5817-K
ground-mounted, monument-type sign per development or building site. Therefore,
the applicant is requesting a variance to allow a second ground-mounted sign. Staff
supports the variance request.
The applicant notes that the land use buffers along the north and east perimeters
average at least 25 feet wide. Section 36-521 requires that a minimum of 70 percent
of land use buffers be undisturbed. The applicant notes that more than 30 percent of
the required buffers will be disturbed and is requesting a variance. Staff does not
support this variance request. There are numerous parking spaces located within the
rear and east side 25 foot buffer areas. Staff does not believe that the proposed buffers
meet with the spirit and intent of the ordinance.
The proposed site plan shows a stormwater detention paved along the Cantrell Road
frontage at the southwest corner of the overall site. A detailed hydrology and hydraulic
analysis which complies with all codes and manuals must be submitted prior to release
of a building permit for any construction on this site.
The applicant submitted a traffic study for the proposed site development. The traffic
study concluded the following:
"The conclusion of traffic operational findings associated with this
study is that additional traffic expected to be generated by the
proposed Cantrell West development can be accommodated by the
existing adjacent roadway and the access drives as proposed
without discernable impact on traffic flow in the vicinity. Additionally,
the site is well designed with two well-spaced access drives along
Cantrell Road and very good accommodation for internal vehicular
circulation. Ingress, egress and internal vehicular circulation are
expected to operate well with minimal to no vehicle queuing issues
at the site access drives or on Cantrell Road."
The proposed site plan indicates a 10 foot wide open cut along the north property line.
According to the Planning and Development Engineering Division:
"The hillside vertical cut should be placed at least 10 ft. from the north
property line to provide evergreen plantings and a swale to divert
stormwater per the following requirements found in CLR Code Sec.
29-190:
•Terraces shall be landscaped with dense evergreen
plantings sufficient to screen the cut or fill slope. The
terrace may be sloped to drain up to one (1) foot in ten
(10)feet of width.
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