PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a conditional use in the B3 District for an automobile service station located at 780 and 850 E. Ogden Avenue (Jet Brite) - PZC 20-1-102
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
A conditional use for an automobile service station in the B3 zoning district is requested.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 20-1-102 was published in the Daily Herald on December 21, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of 2.2 acres in the central area (defined as Sleight Street to Burlington Avenue in the Ogden Avenue Corridor Enhancement Initiative) of the Ogden Avenue corridor. The property is zoned B3 (General Commercial District) and was previously occupied by a restaurant. The petitioner plans to demolish the existing, vacant building and redevelop the property with a Jet Brite car wash facility. In order to do so, the petitioner requests approval of a conditional use for an automobile service station in the B3 zoning district.
The East Sector Update (1998) identifies the future land use of the property as "Commercial". Staff finds the petitioner's proposal to be consistent with this designation.
DISCUSSION:
The B3 zoning district classifies automobile service stations as a conditional use. Staff's analysis of an automobile service station on the subject property considers zoning classifications and land uses in the surrounding area, as well as consistency with the Ogden Plan.
Given the property's location along the Ogden Avenue corridor and the adjacent commercially zoned properties, staff finds the proposed car wash to be compatible with the surrounding area. Staff notes that the site maintains one access point on Ogden Avenue and complies with all underlying zoning requirements including setbacks, height and bulk, and parking. Ad...
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