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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-08-03 Design Review Board Minutes.docDESIGN REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2003 NOTES ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE Chairperson Dawn Smith called the meeting to order at 3:47 p.m., directed the secretary to record the attendance, and noted a quorum was not present. Members Present Staff Present Mel Howe Candace Honatke, Urban Designer/Planner Dawn Smith Jami Morris, Assistant Planner Randy Carpenter Lanette Windemaker, Contract Planner Tara Hastie, Recording Secretary Visitors Present Mike Delaney Bill Muhlenfeld Voss Bowman Evert Wierda Randy Visser John Sinrud Amy Grant Per Hjalmarsson Don Cape, Jr. Debbie Campbell Ron Lewis Jesse Sobrepena Dave MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mille ITEM 2. MINUTES OF JUNE 24, 2003 Chairperson Smith declared the minutes of June 24, 2003 would be moved to the next DRB agenda due to the lack of a quorum. ITEM 3. PROJECT REVIEW A. The Village Downtown Zoning PUD Prel. Plan #Z-03134 (Windemaker) East of North Broadway at East Mendenhall Street extended * A Zoning Planned Unit Development Preliminary Plan Application to allow 32 dwelling units with proposed relaxations of the zoning regulations. Mike Delaney and Bill Muhlenfeld joined the DRB. Contract Planner Lanette Windemaker presented the staff report, noting the applicant has requested relaxations to make the lots conform to townhouse uses. Mr. Muhlenfeld added that, architecturally, the buildings were of historical type and in keeping with the downtown area. He stated the accesses were from the boulevards and from private alleys. He stated this is the first of three proposed phases. He stated Mr. Hanson was concerned with the length of the façade at the informal review, and the applicant had provided an elevation of the façade depicting different heights of entrances and numbers of stairs leading up to them to lessen the impact of the length of it. Mr. Carpenter asked if there was on-street parking on both sides of the streets. Mr. Muhlenfeld stated there was parking access from the front and the rear. Chairperson Smith asked for clarification of what would be developed in the first phase. Mr. Delaney explained the phases of development, noting that the third phase of development was unknown as of yet. Mr. Carpenter stated he appreciated the in-fill in that location, the facades were better than those presented in the Informal review, and the retention ponds were better located in this proposal. Chairperson Smith stated she liked the project and was in favor of recommending approval of the application including Staff conditions and the requested deviations. B. Baxter Square MaSub PUD Prel. Plat #P-03020 (Morris) 5371 Baxter Lane * A Preliminary Plat Application to subdivide 18.12 acres into 101 townhouse lots, two eight-plex lots, and one single family lot with proposed relaxations from the subdivision regulations. Voss Bowman, Evert Wierda, Randy Visser, John Sinrud, Amy Grant, and Per Hjalmarsson joined the DRB. Assistant Planner Jami Morris presented the staff report, noting there was a possibility of the proposal being comprised partially of affordable housing units. She stated Staff’s main concern was the request for relaxation for the driveways to be less than twenty feet long, which would cause vehicles parked on the pad in front of the garage to hang over the sidewalks. She noted the original comments made by the DRB during the conceptual plan review of the project had been addressed with the Preliminary Plat proposal. She stated Staff requested a materials board and color pallet be provided before final approval. Mr. Sinrud stated the west portion of the property had some single and some dual car garages and the east side proposed single car garages, back to back, with 2 spaces of on-street parking. He stated the units would be reduced in size to accommodate the required length of the driveways to eliminate the request to reduce the required driveway length. He stated the applicant had tried to make parking arrangements and accesses more user friendly per DRB comments from the Concept Plan review. He stated the plans were to include a functioning park. Chairperson Smith asked if the affordable housing designation would reduce the number of required parking spaces. Mr. Sinrud stated code does require fewer parking spaces for affordable housing. He stated the reduction in the number of parking spaces would allow more landscaping as a buffer zone between the condos and the eight-plexes. Planner Morris stated Staff’s major concern was the drive aisle width. Mr. Carpenter stated he appreciated the effort the applicant made to address the DRB comments from the initial review and he wished them success in the affordable housing designation. He stated the code should be changed so that parking would not be reduced with affordable housing. He asked the width of the drive aisle. Planner Morris responded that the drive aisle was 26 feet wide. Chairperson Smith stated she had serious concerns regarding the amount of proposed parking. She stated the number of vehicles would not decrease with a designation of affordable housing. She stated she was concerned with vehicular circulation throughout the project and the density may be too much for the area; thus, causing the parking difficulties. She stated she was concerned that vehicles stacked on the driveway would overhang the sidewalks. Mr. Carpenter asked if time limits could be placed on some of the parking spots. Planner Morris stated it could be instituted in the covenants. Mr. Howe stated enforcement of a time limit would be difficult as the subdivision would have to enforce the parking restrictions. He added that many projects reviewed by the DRB did not address parking well. C. Stoneridge Business Park Ph. II B MaSP/COA #Z-03146 (Honatke) Southwest corner of the intersection of North 19th Avenue and North 22nd Avenue * A Major Site Plan Application with a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of two, single-story, multi-tenant, 4,700 sq. ft. office buildings; one single-story, multi-tenant, 4,553 sq. ft. office building; and one two-story, 9,618 sq. ft. retail/office building with related site improvements. This project was done second per an arrangement between Urban Designer/Planner Honatke and Planner Morris. Jesse Sobrepena and Dave MacDonald joined the DRB. Urban Designer/Planner Candace Honatke presented the staff report, noting that lots 15 and 16 have met all parking and landscaping requirements, however; lot 14 is deficient in achieving the necessary 23 landscape points. She stated Staff was requiring a color pallet and elevations, and DRC voted to conditionally approve the project earlier in the day. Mr. MacDonald stated he wanted the project to be a known element in the community. He stated choosing the color was difficult and he made the decision to use the same colors as those on the existing buildings on lot 13. Mr. Howe stated the project looked good. Mr. Carpenter stated he supported the project with Staff conditions. Chairperson Smith stated if the buildings were the same color it would give the structures some cohesiveness and added she supported Staff conditions. ITEM 4. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: There being no further business to come before the DRB, the meeting was adjourned at 4:37 p.m. _____________________________________________ Dawn Smith, Chairperson City of Bozeman Design Review Board