PC PACKET 2022.09.22 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Premier Bank – Site Plan, Zoning Amendment, CUP, and Variances 11 (6)Septic and Well Compliance. The sewage treatment system and water system of the subject property is in compliance with city and state codes. The property can be served by City sewer and water. It is in staff’s opinion that the request meets all standards required for a variance. Trails There is a City trail along 147th Street North as well as a County trail along Forest Boulevard North/TH 61. The site plan does not propose any impact to either trail. The Downtown Design Guidelines encourage pedestrian connection with development. The plans show a pedestrian connection to the existing trail along 147th Street that is landscaped. Architecture and Building Material According to the Comprehensive Plan and the downtown design guidelines adopted in 2007, the site falls within an area that shall follow downtown design guidelines. The downtown design guidelines encourage new buildings to be designed with elements of traditional main street design, Hugo’s French trading post roots, or mid-western prairie style architecture. Traditional main street style buildings usually have flat roofs with well-defined roof lines. The French trading post architectural elements include steeper or mansard roofs, open storefronts, and exterior plaster with stone and brick. Prairie style architecture has hipped roofs with low spreading deep overhangs. All of these styles are presented with more detail in the guidelines. The submitted architectural plans describe a 4,500 square foot building that is roughly 23 feet tall. Elevations for the building are given along with renderings of how the site will look once completed and in use. The exterior is articulated on all four sides, leaving no blank space. The walls are designed using a combination of brick masonry and stone to create aesthetically pleasing, yet contrasting tones to highlight entrances and windows. The low profile and hipped roof make the building consistent with prairie style architecture prescribed in the downtown guidelines. The roof’s style continues over the drive-through window to make the use otherwise not desired in the downtown more visually pleasing. The downtown design guidelines state that the buildings in downtown should be oriented towards the streets. A commercial business with a drive-through is difficult to have the building orient towards a street. The Hardwood Creek Trail property located between this property and Highway 61 further constrains how the building could orient towards the street. However, with the drive-through canopy along the east side of the building does start to create a building edge along Highway 61, and staff believes it is in a good location.