#11 - Drake and DQ Preliminary Plat and PUD

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City Council Meeting March 21, 2023 Page 17 will find complete any final plat or final PUD application for the development and before the start of any clearing or grading activity on the site. 36. That the City’s preliminary plat/preliminary PUD approval is good for one year from the date of City Council action, unless the applicant requests and the City Council approves a time extension. FISCAL IMPACT: Approval of a Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD grant entitlements to a developer however there would be no fiscal impact to the City at this time. A final plat/PUD is required along with a Development Agreement which will detail public improvements and address fiscal impacts. When the property begins to develop it will have urban services and will require development fees. PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW: The Planning Commission held a public hearing on March 13, 2023. Four written comments were received in advance of the hearing and five people spoke at the hearing. The written comments are attached. The public concerns are summarized to be primarily from the abutting residences about buffering and the views and lights from the proposed adjacent commercial uses. Most of the comments relate to the proposed auto dealer and it is the use that abuts the residential. There is concern about the loss of trees/open space, proposed inadequate buffering between uses with fencing and landscaping, and lighting. There were also comments about noise/speakers and odor from the trash. A couple of the comments asked for an environmental review and concern over property values with the loss of a view and a car lot abutting. There we not specific comments about the DQ restaurant as it was noted to be on the other side of Hudson and not abutting the homes. Although, one of the written comments is from the adjacent retail strip center supporting the project but not the 50’ sign on the DQ site. The applicant was not given the opportunity to respond to the comments at the hearing. The two Commissioners for voted to recommend dental noted concerns with: • Inadequate landscaping, particularly along the westerly lot line • The screening abutting residential needs more landscaping/fencing • Defining the buffers areas to the residential uses to the west • The proposed 50’ tall sign does not fit in the neighborhood. 30’ is what’s in the neighborhood • Concern about the future uses and asking for all permitted uses versus some conditional • Lighting that exceeds footcandles in two places along internal lot lines • The number of conditions and deviation overall The Planning Commission Chair agreed with the two Commissioners, however, he supported adding more conditions versus a denial and cast a dissenting vote. He also noted the number of conditions was not out of the realm of what the Commission has seen before. Since the Planning Commission hearing, the applicant is prepared to make changes to address some of the neighborhood concerns. Attached is a letter detailing the plan changes. In summary, they will: