Agenda Item # 6

Spring Creek Gardens Rezoning

GS General

Suburban

Existing PDDCurrent Community Benefits:• 6-foot masonry wall required against

the single family properties.

• 2-inch caliper trees required every 20

feet in the buffer yard instead of every

25 feet.

• Residential architectural features

including:

• Roof pitch from at least 4:12 to

6:12.

• Stone and brick used on the

building façade similar to

materials used on homes in the

adjacent neighborhood.

Meritorious Modifications:• 5 foot reduction in 15-foot landscape

buffer between commercial and single-

family structures.

Typical Neighborhood

Home

Self Storage Facility

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Suburban

Existing Self-

Storage

Proposed

Self-Storage

Existing Single-Family Homes

Exiting Multi-Family

Proposed PDD ExpansionCurrent Community Benefits:• Roof pitch will vary from 2:12 to 4:12.

• One 2-inch caliper trees required every 20 feet in the buffer yard adjacent to the single-family

property instead of every 25 feet.

• The maximum building height will be 18 feet.

• The removal of the oil/gas well.

• The proposed development will not add any additional signage to this location.

Meritorious Modifications:Section 7.7.F “Minimum Buffer Standards”

• The 15-foot landscape buffer required between commercial and single-family structures may be

reduced to a 10-foot landscape buffer.

• A 6' high wooden fence and 10' wide buffer with no buffer plantings is proposed adjacent to the

multi‐family zoning, .

• Utilize existing 8-foot wooden fence located adjacent to the single-family properties in lieu of

masonry wall.

Section 7.10.C “Standards for Non-Residential Standards”

• The storage buildings will not have any façade articulation.

• The storage buildings will not have any architectural relief elements on the facades.

• The storage buildings will have 100% painted metal panel siding on all sides with metal doors for

accessing the storage unit. No other building materials are proposed.

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Suburban

Comparison of the existing Self-Storage Facility and what might be

constructed under the proposed NRA Modifications.

Existing Self-Storage Facility w/

Stucco-Finish

Example of Self-Storage Facility w/

Metal Panel

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Suburban

Comparison of masonry wall built with existing Self-Storage, and proposed

wooden fence adjacent to Single-Family

Existing 6-Foot Masonry Wall Existing Wooden Fence

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Suburban

Staff Recommendation• Staff recommends approval of the request and associated Concept Plan with the

following conditions:

1. The 6-foot masonry wall provided with the existing Self-Storage Facility be

continued along the property line abutting the single-family property with

development.

2. The requested variance to provide 100% metal building materials not be

granted.

Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation• Recommends approval of the request with no conditions (5-0)