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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR LINBERRY CORNER EXPANSION ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST LINDSEY STREET AND SOUTH BERRY ROAD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Linberry Expansion Addition and is located 200 feet south of West Lindsey street on the east side of South Berry Road. This property consists of 0.89 acres and one (1) commercial lot. The overall plan consists of combining this parcel with the existing restaurant parcel to the north providing adequate parking through a lot line adjustment. The current restaurant (aka Texadelphia) has limited parking and the applicants wish to expand the parking to the south to alleviate the problem.
There is an existing driveway off of South Berry Road serving the existing restaurant. If the proposed parking area is constructed, this drive will be removed and a new access will be built into the proposed parking area from South Berry Road. The existing lot with the restaurant will be connected to the proposed parking area through an internal connecting drive. There will be no additional curb cuts on South Berry Road as a result of this development.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of July 11, 2013, recommended denial of amending the 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Low-Density Residential Designation to Commercial Designation and recommended to City Council that this property should not be placed in the C-2, General Commercial and removed from R-1, Single Family Dwelling District. In addition, Planning Commission recommended rejection of the preliminary plat for Linberry Expansion Addition on the basis that it did not meet the requirements of the R-1, Single Family Dwelling District.
DISCUSSION: The existing restaurant at the southeast corner of the intersection of Lindsey Street and Berry Road is currently unoccupied and is for sale/lease. The landowner has acquired the parcel immediately to the south for the construction of a parking lot that will serve a new tenant in the existing restaurant building. As such, no new traffic will be added to the surrounding street system as the size of the existing restaurant will remain unchanged. The traffic capacities on the affected roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated. See Attachment A.
Public improvements for this property consist of the following:
Alley. The engineer for the applicant has made a request to waive alley requirements. Since there are no existing alleys to utilize and since this is proposed for parking, staff can support the request.
Fire Hydrants. Fire hydrants are existing.
Sanitary Sewers. Sanitary sewer is existing.
Sidewalks. Sidewalks will be constructed adjacent to South Berry Road.
Storm Sewers. Stormwater will be conveyed to an on-site detention facility.
Streets. South Berry Road is existing.
Water Mains. A twelve-inch (12”) water main is existing.
Public Dedications. All rights-of-way and easements will be dedicated with a final plat.
RECOMMENDATION: Based on the above information, staff recommends approval of the preliminary plat for Linberry Expansion Addition subject to City Council’s approval of Ordinance No. O-1314-3.