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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Estes Valley Planning Commission 2005-09-20RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting of the Estes Valley Planning Commission September 20, 2005,1:30 p.m. Board Room, Estes Park Town Hall Commission: Attending: Also Attending: Absent: Chair Joyce Kitchen; Commissioners Wendeil Amos, Ike Eisenlauer, George Hix, Betty Hull, and Edward Pohl; one vacancy Commissioners Amos, Eisenlauer, Hix, Hull, Kitchen, and Pohl Town Attorney White, Director Joseph, Planner Shirk, and Recording Secretary Roederer None; one vacancy Chair Kitchen called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. The following minutes reflect the order of the agenda and not necessarily the chronological sequence of the meeting. 1. CONSENT AGENDA a. Estes Valley Planning Commission minutes dated August 16, 2005. Chair Kitchen announced she would abstain from voting due to her absence from the August 16, 2005 meeting. It was moved and seconded (Hull/Eisenlauer) that the Consent Agenda be accepted, and the motion passed unanimously with one abstention and one vacancy. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 3. DEVELOPMENT PLAN 05-06, SALUD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, Lot 2, Block 3, The Neighborhood Subdivision, 995 Dry Gulch Road, Applicant: Salud Family Health Center of Estes Park Director Joseph reviewed the staff report. He stated this is a development plan application to buiid an approximately 11,000-square-foot, two-story, office building to house the Salud Family Health Care Center on Lot 2, Block 3 of the Neighborhood Subdivision; the final subdivision plat was approved by the Town Board on September 13, 2005. The lot is zoned O-Office and is subject to a recorded deveiopment agreement that addresses the permitted use and timeframe for development. If the planning staff’s recommended conditions of approvai are met, the deveiopment pian wiil comply with applicable standards set forth in the Estes Valley Development Code (EVDC) with the exceptions noted herein, and wiii be consistent with the policies, goais, and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and other relevant land-use plans. The proposed use is permitted in the O-Office zoning district and compiles with all density and dimensionai standards with the exception that the proposed impervious coverage is 57.8 percent; the maximum aiiowable is fifty percent. A shared parking agreement has been executed between the Saiud Famiiy Health Center and the owner of Lot 1, the Community Resources Center. Because Lot 2 wiii aiso provide I RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission September 20, 2005 parking for the proposed community services building on Lot 1, staff is supportive of the increased impervious coverage requested, provided the impervious coverage on Lot 1 is reduced so the total impervious coverage on the two lots does not exceed fifty percent. A total of forty-five parking spaces are required; forty-seven are proposed. Access to the office building will be from Red Tail Hawk Drive. The main entrance is not oriented to the front property line, as required by EVDC Section 4.4.D.2.a, but staff is supportive of the orientation due to the architectural design of the proposed building and the proposed layout of the site. A stormwater management plan and detention-facilities design were submitted for review with the final subdivision plat for The Neighborhood Subdivision. The stormwater detention facility shown on the development plan for Lot 2 will serve the residential lots of The Neighborhood Subdivision unless an alternate drainage easement agreement can be made with a neighboring property owner. A fifteen-foot, non-motorized public access easement will be dedicated for trail along the Dry Gulch Road property line. A five-foot-wide interior sidewalk will also be provided and a sidewalk will extend to Red Tail Hawk Drive. The proposed landscaping plan complies with the EVDC landscaping requirements, with the exception that parking lot landscaping along the western perimeter is not provided due to the shared parking between Lots 1 and 2. Additional landscaping can be provided on Lot 1 along this border when a development plan is submitted for Lot 1. This request was submitted to all applicable reviewing agency staff and to adjacent neighbors for consideration and comment. Comments were received from the Town of Estes Park Public Works Department, Town Attorney Greg White, Upper Thompson Sanitation District, Estes Valley Recreation and Park District, and the Colorado Department of Transportation. No concerns were expressed about sewer, water, or fire protection. The traffic impact analysis submitted with The Neighborhood Subdivision plat was routed to the Colorado Department of Transportation for review. CDOT commented that although the twenty-percent increase is not triggered with this development as mentioned in the analysis, the impacts to the intersection at Dry Gulch Road and Highway 34 should be reviewed. No comments were received from neighbors. Public Comment: Roger Thorp, the project architect, and Doug Frisbie, president of the Salud Foundation, spoke of the team effort that went into the development plan. Mr. Frisbie noted Mr. Thorp donated all his services. He stated this will be Salud’s fourth facility and noted the proposed building provides room for expansion as well as a dental clinic, which the clinic has not been able to offer before. It was moved and seconded (Amos/Hix) to approve Development Plan 05-06, with the findings and conditions recommended by staff, and the motion passed unanimously with one vacancy. CONDITIONS: 1. Compliance with the comments in Greg Sievers’ memo dated August 26, 2005. 2. Compliance with the comments in Greg White’s memo dated August 22, 2005. 3. Final approval is conditioned on recordation of The Neighborhood Subdivision plat. 4. A detailed grading plan at a 1” = 10’ scale shall be submitted with the building permit application. 5. After site construction is complete, an engineer shall submit a certificate that the grading and drainage was completed in accordance with the approved drainage plan. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission September 20, 2005 4. AMENDED PLAT, Lots 2 & 3, Herman MRD #S-85-91,1922 & 1980 Devil’s Gulch Road, Applicant: Richard & Vicki Lane Chair Kitchen stated she would abstain from voting on this request but remained as Chair. Planner Shirk reviewed the staff report. He stated this is a request to adjust a common lot line between two vacant single-family lots in order to allow the property owner to locate a dwelling in the desired location on Lot 2 without the need for a variance. The proposal complies with all applicable provisions of the Estes Valley Development Code, including the required ten-acre minimum lot size in the RE-i Rural Estate zoning district. The request was submitted to all applicable reviewing agency staff and to adjacent neighbors for consideration and comment. No significant issues or concerns were expressed by reviewing staff relative to code compliance or the provision of public services. No comments were received from neighboring property owners. «e To'ddTcomerstone Engineering and Surveying was present to^^epresent the wncarrt He Sid the applicant is in agreement with the recommended condihons of approval. a future home on each lot. „ was moved and seconded (Hull/Amos) to recommend approtml of uthe one abstention and one vacancy. CONDITIONS 1. 2. 3. NDITIONS. _u0ii ho Qi ihmitted for recording with the plat mylars.A private access agreement shall be submitted or recoro g Amen(Jed plat rm»«Undary iines depicted hereon. Such adjustments shown hereon by such adjustment is to be oonSSred^an ^^^1^001 a part ot, and shaii be conveyed together with, each lot as shown. s=:s“-rr; z “Sri’S' zSs driveway serving Lot 32 on its o .jj b et This proposal complies with The application was submitted to all PPPlioablf "nSuslIsl'c?^^^^^^ ™peS? owners for c°naWeration and comment No ov.sion of ^fficirNr:rtssrmSdrm RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Estes Valley Planning Commission September 20, 2005 Public Comment: None. it was moved and seconded (Amos/Hix) to recommend approval of the Amended Plat, Lots 32 & 33, Thunder Mountain Park PUD, to the Board of County Commissioners, with the findings and conditions recommended by staff and authorization for the Chair to sign the plat when the conditions are met and the plat is presented for signature, and the motion passed uanimously with one vacancy. CONDITIONS: 1. The Dedication Statement shall refer to the access easement (public or private) which is being maintained across Lot 33. 2. Lots shall be labeled as 32A and 33A. 3. A drainage easement shall be dedicated to encompass the existing drainage. 6. REPORTS Director Joseph and Planner Shirk stated the Board of County Commissioners had voted to approve the requests recommended for approval by the Planning Commission at the August 16, 2005 meeting, including the rezoning of the Nytes property, the amended plats for Goldmann and Flanery, the Rocky Point Condominiums preliminary and final condominium maps, and the Idlewilde by the River Condominiums final condominium map. There was discussion regarding whether to respond to a letter written to the Planning Commissioners by Mr. Dave Spry regarding the Nytes rezoning; it was agreed that personal contact already made by Director Joseph would suffice. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:04 p.m. ow^Kitchenft)ha uliyRoedere/ Recording Secretary