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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes January 17,2006 Page 2 1 2 VI. MEETING MINUTES 3 4 6.1 Review and Approve Planning Commission Minutes of November 15 2005. 5 6 The Commission had no corrections to the minutes. 7 8 Motion by Vice Chair Hansen, second by Commissioner Hoska, to approve the meeting minutes 9 of the Planning Commission of November 15, 2005 as presented. 10 11 _Motion carried unanimously 12 13 VII. COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL 14 15 7.1 No Designee Required. 16 17 VIII. PUBLIC HEARING. 18 19 NONE 20 21 IX. CONCEPT REVIEW 22 23 9.1 VSI Construction- Proposal for Business Condos at Lot Adjacent to Tires Plus 24 25 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that she recently received a call from Todd Mohagen, VSI Construction, 26 inquiring about the possibility of building an office building on the vacant lot adjacent to the 27 Tires Plus site. She explained that Mr. Mohagen advised City Staff that the building would be 28 leased as office space for realtors, insurance agents, accountants and attorneys. She stated that 29 the Zoning Code for Commercial calls for a minimum lot size of 15,000 square feet noting that 30 according to the plat this vacant lot is 36,892 square feet. She provided the Commission with an 31 overview of the site plan proposal stating that a drainage easement exists to the south and east 32 that significantly reduces the useable area of the lot. She stated that the parking requirements are 33 based on a gross floor area of 12,883 square feet and the Zoning Code requires on parking space 34 per every 300 square feet, which for this project equals 43 parking spaces. She indicated that the 35 sketch plan shows 35 planned parking spaces, leaving a deficit of 8 parking spaces. She stated 36 that Mr. Mohagen has also provided Staff with examples of the proposed building materials for 37 their review. 38 39 Todd Mohagen, VSI Construction provided the Commission with an overview of the building 40 materials noting that it is their plan to use two types of brick, the lower half would be a lighter 41 color brick with the lower half being a brighter red tone brick. He explained that they are trying 42 to compliment the Tires Plus building plus pick up the flavor of the building designs located 43 across the street from the proposed location. 44 45 Mr. Mohagen reviewed the elevations noting that the building would face Silver Lake Road and 46 would have the potential for retail/office space. He indicated that the rear elevation would be a