CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report for TrueNorth Energy located at 1295 Rickert Drive, PZC 16-1-029 (Item 1 of 3).
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kasey Evans, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this matter on June 21, 2017 and voted to recommend approval of the request (approved 6-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The property is located on Lot 4 of the Town Square Planned Unit Development (PUD) which is located at the northwest corner of Rickert Drive and 75th Street, and is zoned R3 (Medium Density Multiple-family Residence District) PUD. The property is approximately 1.5 acres and is improved with a gas station and car wash.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner, TrueNorth Energy LLC, requests approval of rezoning from R3 (Medium Density Multiple-family Residence District) to B2 (Community Shopping Center District) PUD, a major change to the Town Square PUD to grant a conditional use in the B2 district for a gas station and car wash, and a deviation to reduce the side yard setback for the proposed carwash building on the subject property. The site is currently improved with a gas station and drive-through car wash, and the petitioner intends to improve the site with a new 3,575 square foot convenience store, a new car wash building and additional gas pumps. The existing access points into the site will remain the same.
The new convenience store building will be located north of the existing gas canopy with the car wash building located along the west side of the property. The exterior building material for the convenience store and car wash buildings will be brick. Landscaping on the property will be enhanced with perimeter plantings along 75th Street and Rickert Drive, as well as new landscaping along the north and west sides of the property.
Rezoning to B2
The Town Square PUD was approved in the 1980s as a residentially zoned commercia...
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