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Minutes - 05/22/2008 Spokane Valley Planning Commission Approved Minutes Council Chambers — City Hall, 11707 E. Sprague Ave. May 22, 2008 I.CALL TO ORDER The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. II.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Commissioners, staff and audience stood for the pledge of allegiance III.ROLL CALL Commissioners Beaulac, Carroll, Kogle, Sands, and Sharpe were present. Commissioners Eggleston and Robertson were absent. Staff attending the meeting: Greg McCormick; Planning Manager; Scott Kuhta; Senior Planner, Mike Basinger; Senior Planner, Micki Harnois; Associate Planner, Deanna Griffith; Administrative Assistant. IV.APPROVAL OF AGENDA It was moved by Commissioner Kogle seconded by Commissioner Carroll, and unanimously agreed to accept the May 22, 2008 agenda as presented. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There were no minutes to approve. VI. PUBLIC COMMENT The was no public comment VII. COMMISSION REPORTS No Commission reports VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS No Administrative Reports IX.COMMISSION BUSINESS Old Business — Continued Public Hearing CPA-03-08: Associate Planner Micki Harnois made a presentation to the Commissioners reprising the amendment and the designations that are being proposed. Ms. Harnois also stated that as requested she had conferred with the City Attorney, Mike Connelly, regarding the ability to change the amendment from Office to Multifamily and his opinion would be that the applicant would need to made a new request and start the process over with the 2009 requests. Commissioners questioned Ms. Harnois regarding access to the site and if it would be an condition of approval. Kathryn Mann, 505 N. Marguerite: Ms. Mann stated she and her husband had walked the neighborhood taking pictures to show the Commissioners what their neighborhood looked like currently and that they would like to preserve the character of their neighborhood. Michael Mann, 505 N. Marguerite: Mr. Mann stated that he and his wife had purchased into their quiet neighborhood, without worry of commercial development. Mr. Mann stated he is concerned about the e�ra traffic, the impact to the wildlife in 05/22/2008 Planning Commission Minutes Page 1 of 5 the neighborhood. Mr. Mann also thought that one sign for 5 parcels was not enough and that the sign did not change to notify the vote had been changed to May 22. Ed Brandt, 8802 E. Valleyway: Mr. Brandt stated he felt that this development was inappropriate for the neighborhood. Mr. Brandt shared that people regularly ride their bikes around the neighborhood and around the school. He also stated he was concerned about the traffic. Mr. Brandt stated his family would prefer that this not be changed. John Hamersky, 623 N Marguerite: Mr. Hammersky stated he was concerned about what a development of this nature would do to his properry values. Kerry Barta, 8807 E Valleyway: Mr. Barta testified that he felt that the development would devalue his property and increase traffic. Mr. Barta stated that there are several children that play in the area and that they are concerned for the children, his family enjoys the area and this (development) is not something they would like to have in the neighborhood. Ron Stien, 8810 E. Alki: Mr. Stien stated he has friends that live near Park Place that there are ambulances and road crews working there all the time with the noise and that they say the noise is constant. Mr. Stien stated that the developer does not live here, the Valley can get revenue other ways, the owner is just there to make some dough and get out. Larry Anderson, 8805 E Valleyway: Mr. Anderson stated that there must be 100 other locations that the developer could go and not destroy properry. Mr. Anderson stated he does not want cement trucks and heavy machinery in the neighborhood during the time it takes to build the thing. Claire Froehlich, 525 N Marguerite: Ms. Froehlich stated if she had known this was how the neighborhood would go she never would have bought there. Dwight Hume, 9101 N. Mt. View Lane: Mr. Hume stated he had attended the previous meeting and had driven by the area afterwards. Mr. Hume shared that a special study had been done that senior services facilities have not been shown to have any appreciable damage to the value of single family residences. He also stated that nursing homes and retirement facilities are less of a nuisance than apartment complexes. Garden Office is intended to be a transition zone to single family residences. Marie Fruin, 706 N. Marguerite: Ms. Fruin stated she was concerned that the change to this property will be a detriment to the sale of her property and that it will affect her neighbors. She stated she is against the change. Brian Bertenshaw, 4212 N. Vercler: Mr. Bertenshaw stated that he was for the change. Mr. Bertenshaw stated he works for the owner who has requested this change. Mr. Bertenshaw stated that the owner was trying to clean up the properties, like he had done with the ones he owns that are located out on Argonne. Mr. Bertenshaw shared that, Mr. Raugust is a local owner who is trying to make the area better, like they have seen in other areas with transitional housing. Dennis Raugust, Spangle, WA: Owner of Bolder Creek and owns the office buildings on Argonne that abut these properties and has recently acquired these 5 parcels. Mr. Raugust stated that he, his son, Ryan, and Mr. Bertenshaw went through and cleaned up the homes that were on the properties, which had been in great disrepair, but there was e�ra property so they decided to build a retirement facility. Mr. Raugust stated he felt that these types of facilities were becoming more and more important to the community. Mr. Raugust stated that several people made the 05/22/2008 Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 of 5 suggestion to him to think of putting in this type of facility based on the needs in the area. Greg Mott, 8907 E Alki: Mr. Mott stated that he felt that this would ruin the neighborhood. It would affect the wildlife as well as the open spaces. Mr. Mott stated that some of the historic homes in the neighborhood were of the first built in the area. Mr. Mott stated that he felt that allowing this change to the area will only allow for further changes which will be bad for the neighborhood. Seeing no one else who wished to testify, Commissioner Beaulac closed the public hearing at 6:32 p.m. Commissioner Carroll made a motion to recommend approval of CPA-03-08 to the City Council, second by Commissioner Sharpe. After discussion regarding access and transition zoning, the Commissioners voted four to one in favor of the recommendation with Commissioner Beaulac being the negative vote. Mr. McCormick, Planning Manager, then explained to the Commissioners that a change to the Use Matrix, Appendix 19-A, to allow duplex and single family residences in Mixed Use Corridor and Corridor Mixed Use zones, needed to be added in order to complete that mixed use feel. He also stated this was an oversight when the Uniform Development Code was originally adopted. Commissioner Kogle made a motion to recommend approval of amending Appendix 19-A of the UDC to the City Council, second by Commissioner Sands, vote is unanimous. Mr. McCormick stated that in the te� amendments for Chapter 2, Land Use of the Comprehensive Plan, there was a reference to Map 2.2. At the time Mr. McCormick stated that was a typo and would be corrected but after further investigation it was discovered that staff had created a new map, Map 2.2 Future Possible Annexation Areas. Mr. McCormick talked about how the map related to the amended te� in Chapter 2 of the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner Sands made a motion to recommend approval of Map 2.2 to the City Council, second by Commissioner Kogle, vote is unanimous. New Business — Public Hearings on CPA-07-08 and CPA-08-08: Commissioner Beaulac opened the public hearing at 6:52 p.m. Senior Planner, Mike Basinger, made a presentation regarding CPA-07-08 which is located at the northwest corner of 3r and Carnahan. Mr. Basinger stated what is surrounding the site and the proposed change to Community Commercial. CPA-07-08 located at the southwest corner of 6 and Sullivan. Requested change is from Low Density Residential to Office. Dwight Hume, 9101 N. Mt. View Lane: Mr. Hume testified that this property is owned by Mr. Tombari and that he would like to change it to something that is more transitional and useful than residential, it is the last piece before the freeway access. Mr. Hume also said that the use will be a low intensity use due to its location ne� to the residential area. Commissioner Sands made a motion to recommend approval of CPA-07-08 to the City Council, second by Commissioner Sharpe, vote is unanimous in favor. Senior Planner Basinger made a presentation regarding CPA-08-08, which is located at Century and Sullivan at 6 Ave. Proposal is to change from Low density residential to Office. Brian Prior, 15319 E 8 Mr. Prior stated he was the pastor of the church behind the property and he was curious as to what was going to be happening on the property 05/22/2008 Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 5 because it backs up to his church's property and they have young families with children and are planning a school for the back of the property. Dwight Hume, 9101 N. Mt. View Lane: Mr. Hume pointed out the surrounding uses and designations and that the difference between office and garden office would still be transitional with the adjacent zoning and facing away from the residential zones as well as the church site. Seeing no one else who wishes to testify Commissioner Beaulac closed the public hearings on both CPA-7-08 and CPA-08-08. Commissioner Sharpe made a motion to recommend approval of CPA-08-08 to the City Council, second by Commissioner Kogle. Commissioners question the staff on the height regulation difference between the Office and the Garden Office zone. Staff's response is 100 feet for Office and 45 feet for Garden Office are the limitations. Commissioners were concerned about the heights in the area regarding the surrounding uses. Mr. McCormick stated that based on the size of the parcel and other constraints that the heights would not be an issue, but that the allowed uses were more flexible in an Office zone over the Garden Office zone, and the market is not conducive to building a 100 foot building in the valley. Vote is three to two, motion fails, must have four votes to pass a Comprehensive Plan amendment. Commissioner Kogle made a motion to recommend approval to the City Council CPA-08-08 with a Office land use designation and a Garden Office zoning. Vote is unanimous. Old Business — Deliberation session for the Sprague Appleway Corridors Subarea Plan. Items of discussion during this week's deliberation meeting covered the following subjects. Neighborhood Centers: • Argonne/Dishman Mica — remove the 4 parcels north of 4 Ave, east of Dishman Mica from the plan area. • Pines — bring the NC up to Main from Perrine to Houk, add south to 1S Ave from Robie to Houk • McDonald — no changes • Evergreen — no changes • Sullivan — no changes Building uses: • Added retail carts-sales to City Center, hot dog carts, ice cream carts • Changed sidewalk seating to adjacent to the building • Health and exercise clubs, strike on upper floors only, strike health/exercise clubs as a prohibited use on the ground floor • Added farmers markets and other seasonal sales • Neighborhood commercial, conditional use, banks with a drive through • Mixed Use Avenue, added auto parts under medium box store, • Prohibited industrial use, used vehicles sales, 05/22/2008 Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 5 • Add light industrial — such as technology, software, plastic injection molding (thermoplastic) — make a notation about excessive noise, smell and vibration • Add pharmacy in Neighborhood Center with conditional use • Added warehousing as long as only 30% of the business • Remove the crematorium from the funeral home notation • Gateway Commercial Ave, make conditional uses permitted uses, • Added RV, motorcycle, ATV, boat sales permitted • Add industrial as a prohibited use • Gateway Commercial Center - Removed the 'auto-themed' part of restaurants added language from City Center regarding eating and drinking establishments and entertainment establishments in good taste — concern that it could compete with the City Center. • Permit motels with a common entry, • Changed housing with dwellings to be consistent with the rest of the development code. Commissioner Kogle made a motion to e,xtend the meeting to 9:05. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. • Change the standards for attached dwellings to not have to conform to the Planned Residential Development standards by minimum development size or lot sizes. X. GOOD OF THE ORDER Commissioner Carroll asked if there would be a way for the commissioners to get a document with the changes marked in it so they don't have to go back and forth between different documents and only have to worry about having one to worry about. Staff stated they would work on providing this. XI. AD70URNMENT The being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 9:03 p.m. SUBMITTED: APPROVED: Deanna Griffith, Administrative Assistant Fred Beaulac, Vice-Chairperson 05/22/2008 Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 of 5