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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> MONDAY, MAY 17, 2004 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 5. #04-2974 RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,LLP, "STONEBAY MARKETPLACE," <br /> NW QUADRANT HWY 12/WILLOW DRIVE, COMMERCIAL PUD DEVELOPMENT, <br /> CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING(6:28-6:59 p.m.) <br /> John Trautz,Reliance Development,Vickie Van Dell, Landform Engineering and Mike Spina,Amcon <br /> Construction,the applicant's representatives,were present. <br /> Gaffron reported the receipt of the Waiver of Further Review of the Orono Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br /> for the proposed Commercial PUD Development from the Metropolitan Council on May 17,2004, completing <br /> that part of the application. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment will be brought to the City Council for final <br /> action. <br /> Gaffron advised revised plans were submitted to the City on May 7, 2004 subsequent to recommendations <br /> made to the applicants by the Planning Commission on April 19, 2004. He outlined several facets of the <br /> revised commercial site plans,referring to the Staff Report,dated May 13, 2004: <br /> 1. Conformity with Comprehensive Plan—Staff believes the current proposal generally meets the <br /> parameters established in the CMP amendment for development of this site. <br /> 2. Conformity to B-6/PUD Standards <br /> A. Allowed Uses. The proposed buildings and site layout would reasonably <br /> accommodate many of the uses on the proposed list of allowable uses. <br /> B. Lot Area and Width. Required area and width for B-6 are 2.0 acres and 100'. The <br /> proposed preliminary plat creates two lots: Lot 1 = 1.98 acres / 370', and Lot 2 = <br /> 1.71 acres and 135'. Both lots are slightly undersized in area; however, the site at <br /> 3.69 acres is limited by having no additional land available. Staff recommends <br /> approval of the lot area and widths as proposed. <br /> C. Setbacks. Setback requirements and conformity were included in the April 15 <br /> memo, indicating that all setback requirements are met except for the west side <br /> setback for the westerly retail building, which is proposed at 20'rather than 35'. <br /> Staff recommends approval for this 20' setback as discussed in the April 15 <br /> memo. The setback variance allows additional green space on the east end and <br /> also does not cause the crowding effect because there are no buildings to the west <br /> to have visual crowding impacts. <br /> D. Drainage. The drainage plan is in place as part of the Stonebay subdivision with <br /> all drainage from the site going to the adjacent regional pond. <br /> E. Building Heijht. B-6 height limit is 30'. The Walgreens building has a roof peak <br /> height of 28'3" for the bulk of the building, and 32'6" for the entrance corner <br /> `parapet' roof peak. The retail buildings have a basic height of 24'-8" with gable <br /> peaks extending to 33'-4.5" high. Staff recommends acceptance of these heights as <br /> proposed as they substantially meet expectations. <br /> F. Landscapinji. Gaffron illustrated the building layout and referred to Exhibits <br /> L2.1 and L7.1,the landscaping plans and details for this property. These plans <br /> meet the general B-6 guidelines in terms of required information detail. The <br /> applicants indicated in their revised narrative that the proposed landscaping <br /> exceeds the requirements of the B-6 District. Gaffron stated the building layout <br /> accomplished a number of city goals, including improved landscaping areas inside <br /> the parking lot with a changed number of green spaces. He commented that a <br /> Page 5 of 40 <br />