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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCBC-656-McDONALD'S Staff MinutesJuly 06, 2017 ITEM NO. 1, C.B.C. 656 — NEW MATTERS Applicant: Address: Description: ORDINANCE REQUIRMENTS: Chapter 15, Sec. 15-96. Perimeter planting strips. 3350 Players Club Pkwy, Ste 250 Owner McDonald's Corp No 2900 Agent Margaret Grissom, Adams Engineering & Development Consultants 10201 N Rodney Parham Rd BRECKENRIDGE BUSINESS LT 1 & PT LTA BLK 8 (a) A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that abuts adjoining property or the right-of-way of any street, highway or freeway. This strip shall be at least nine (9) feet wide. The perimeter planting strip adjacent to freeways or expressways shall be at least thirty (30) feet wide except within mature areas. VARIANCE REQUESTED To allow a reduction of the landscape perimeter strip along the north, south and west boundaries of the property to less than the nine (9) feet as typically required by the Department of Planning and Development and approved by the Planning Commission and the City Beautiful Commission. FINDINGS: The C-3 zoned property at 10201 N Rodney Parham Rd is currently occupied by a one-story McDonald's restaurant building located within the north central portion of the property. Lot 1, Block 8 of the Breckenridge Business Addition is comprised of .857 acres and is located in the northeast portion of the Breckenridge Village development on the corner of North Rodney Parham Road and Breckenridge Drive. The applicant is proposing to remove the existing structure and construct a new McDonald's restaurant with drive-thru service in a similar footprint as the existing building. Restaurants require one parking space for every 100 square feet of gross floor area. The new 4,480 square foot building will be located near the center of the site and would require forty-five (45) parking spaces. The proposed site plan indicates forty (40) parking bays and stacking space for approximately thirteen (13) additional cars. There is also existing parking located in close proximity to the development adjacent to the southwest perimeter of the property. Staff feels that proposed parking and stacking spaces will be adequate. The renovated vehicular use area will consist of a drive aisle northeast of the building and 45 degree parking adjacent to the northwest side of the structure. In addition 45 degree parking will be provided on the northwest, southeast, and southwest perimeters of the complex in a similar arrangement as the existing parking. The building entrance will be located on the northwest side of the structure and two (2) drive-thru order boards will be located at the northeast end of the building with pick-up windows on the southeast side. There is an existing two way drive on N Rodney Parham located on northern corner of the site and two separate existing drives located on Breckenridge Drive. The Rodney Parham and the south Breckenridge site entry/exists will remain intact while the northern Breckenridge site entrance will be removed and replaced with landscape. In order to provide the required parking stall depth and maneuvering area, the minimum required landscape perimeters are deficient. The applicant is requesting that the required perimeter planting strips located on the northwest, southeast, and southwest side of the property be less than the required nine (9) foot minimum. The proposed site plan provides a five (5) foot wide landscape perimeter along the northwest property line which is adjacent to an existing ten (10) landscape strip including mature trees on the neighboring property. The southeast perimeter planting strip is indicated to be mostly six (6) feet in width with the exception of this narrowing to a two (2) foot landscape area at the northern end the property to allow for an additional parking space. The southwest perimeter is shown to be six (6) feet in width and narrowing to five (5) feet at the dumpster enclosure. This perimeter is also adjacent to an existing five (5) foot landscape strip with mature trees on the bordering parcel. The applicant has indicated on the landscape plan that all plant material required for the perimeter landscape strips will be installed in the planting areas provided between the property lines and the back of the curb. Additionally, all other all other landscape requirements will meet or exceed the minimum requirements before a building permit is issued for this project. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff is supportive of the request to allow a reduction in the widths of the perimeter landscape strips as purposed with the condition that all of the plant material as shown on the landscape plan will be installed in accordance with the landscape code.