12-13-12 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, December 13, 2012
City Council Chambers
201 First Avenue East
ATTENDING:
Jeff Clawson, Building Official Sean Conrad, Senior Planner
Mark Crowley, Construction Manager Dwain Elkins, Plans Examiner
Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent Rebekah Wargo, Asst. Civil Engineer
P.J. Sorensen, Chairman
HEAR THE PUBLIC: None.
PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: Hagestad Painting — Fincher stated they plan to go back to
their original plan in the spring. They will be taking out all their rock, and they will be posting a bond by
the 19th in order to obtain their C of O. Their bond should include the landscaping and striping in the
parking lot. They plan to change their parking alignment to angled parking, where their ingress or egress is
through a little alley easement that cuts through the neighbor's backyard. It is a fenced off area, but there is
a little concern as to how this may work in terms of their Conditional Use Permit.
OLD BUSINESS: Family Martial Arts — 3 8th Ave W; change of use from electronics repair to martial
arts studio. Sorensen received an e-mail from them. Previously we discussed paving the parking lot on the
east side of the building, sidewalk along Center, and the parking area along 8th Avenue that backs into the
right-of-way. We asked them to address the 8th Avenue parking area, and they have agreed to seed that area
with grass in the spring to prevent future parking there. The curbing was not addressed. The parking area
to the east of that is on their site. They said they would pave it in the future but are unable to do it right
now. Regarding the sidewalk on Center, there is not much space there to put it in so they will not be doing
that. Sorensen will note that we are not requiring any of the other items we discussed, but will recommend
they put in curbing along 8th Avenue.
NEW BUSINESS: Buffalo Commons PUD amendment request — amend sign regulations, remove City
as party to their covenants, and align PUD with current zoning ordinance. The have an overall PUD, and
then they have five pods: A single family pod along Windward, a multi -family pod (townhomes) along the
north on Commons Loop, the retail pod along the highway (Blue Cow, City Brew, etc.); medical office pod
that comes down from the hospital up to the Blue Cow area, and then a common area pod that is just
common landscaping, etc. The City is a party to their covenants but would prefer to be removed and
replace it with a document that would be the PUD regulations for the property. The new document would
include more of our regular zoning regulations, with either a standard office type of zone or neighborhood
buffer business type of zone. Sign regulations would be more in align with a B-1 type. The question of
whether this is a major or minor change was discussed. Sorensen will meet with the hospital on Monday
because they are a major property owner in this area. This will be on the agenda next week.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: None.
OTHER REPORTS: None.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.