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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SWITZER’S LOCKER ROOM EXPANSION ADDITION. (LOCATED AT 3180 S. CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Switzer’s Locker Room Expansion Addition and is located at 3180 South Classen Boulevard. This property consists of 1.76 acres and one (1) industrial lot. The overall plan consists of combining this self-storage facility with the existing facility to the south. The existing office that is located south of this property will serve both the existing and expanded facilities. The existing driveway on South Classen Boulevard will provide access to both the existing and expanded facilities. An emergency drive will be provided and will connect to South Classen Boulevard on the northeastern portion of this property.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of November 8, 2012, recommended to City Council that this property be placed in the I-1, Light Industrial and removed from A-2, Agricultural District. In addition, Planning Commission recommended approval of the preliminary plat for Switzer’s Locker Room Expansion Addition.
DISCUSSION: The proposed addition will add 36,000 square feet of self-storage space along the west side of Classen Boulevard/U.S. Highway 77 just south of Renaissance Drive. As such, this addition is expected to generate 90 trips per day and 9 PM peak hour trips. The trip generation potential for this development is well below the threshold for when a traffic impact study is required. Traffic capacities on nearby arterial roadways exceed the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated.
The proposed addition is being constructed north of an existing self-storage development. All access will be by way of existing access to the development to the south. An emergency access will be provided along the west side of Classen Boulevard/U.S. Highway 77 opposite the existing Renaissance Drive inte...
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