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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Site Plan for Lake Forest Office Building, Located Approximately 650 Feet South of U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive) and on the East Side of Lake Forest Drive
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: July 14, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Eleana Galicia, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the proposed site plan may be appealed to the City Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan and associated variances with the following condition:
1. The applicant receive a variance to allow an alternate screening device (evergreen living screen composed of Eastern Red Cedars) to screen the proposed medical office building from the single family residential properties along the eastern property line.
2. The applicant receive a variance permitting the proposed loading space to be located approximately 50 feet from the proposed building.
Prior to issuance of a building permit:
1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: June 15, 2016 (Original Application)
June 25, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
July 1, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct a 12,000 square foot building for medical office uses on approximately 2.61 acres, located approximately 650 feet South of U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive) and on the East side of Lake Forest Drive.
Site plans can typically be approved by Staff; however, the two variance requests to locate the loading space further than 25 feet from the proposed building and to use an alternate screening device to screen the proposed office building from the residential properties along the eastern property line, requires that the site plan ...
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