File #: 11-053SP    Name: Brandon Tomes Subaru
Type: Planning and Zoning Status: Approved
In control: Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda: 5/24/2011 Final action: 5/24/2011
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., on Behalf of Brandon Tomes Subaru, for Approval of a Site Plan for a Car Dealership (Brandon Tomes Subaru), Approximately 2.26 Acres, Located on the Southwest Corner of North Brook Drive and U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway).
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, 3. Maps, 4. Letter of Intent, 5. Proposed Site Plan, 6. Proposed Landscape Plan, 7. PowerPoint Presentation
Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., on Behalf of Brandon Tomes Subaru, for Approval of a Site Plan for a Car Dealership (Brandon Tomes Subaru), Approximately 2.26 Acres, Located on the Southwest Corner of North Brook Drive and U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway).

Summary

MEETING DATE: May 24, 2011

DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning

CONTACT: Jennifer Cox, AICP, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Senior Planner
Anthony Satarino, Planner


APPROVAL PROCESS: The Planning and Zoning Commission is the final approval authority for the proposed site plan.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan with the following conditions:

1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.

2. The applicant receive approval of a variance to allow a bay door to face a public right-of-way.

3. The applicant receive approval of the proposed living plant screen for the bay door along the east side of the building.

4. The applicant revise the site plan to modify the standard note regarding the sanitation container screening wall. The note calls out the wall to be a minimum of 8 feet in height while the notation near the dumpster calls out a minimum of 7 feet in height.

5. The applicant revise the landscape plan to use a tree from the approved plant list for the terminus island at the north end of the building.

APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: April 11, 2011 (Original Application)
April 25, 2011 (Revised Application)
May 9, 2011 (Revised Submittal)
May 13, 2011 (Revised Submittal)
May 18, 2011 (Revised Submittal)

ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct an 18,585 square foot automobile sales facility (Brandon Tomes Subaru) on 2.26 acres, located on the southwest corner of Northbrook Drive and U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway). The proposed facility will include a showroom, admi...

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