HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #10 Waiver Request for Ocoee Car Wash
AGENDA ITEM STAFF REPORT
Contact Name:
Contact Number:
Bobby Howell (6t--{
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Meeting Date: March 6, 2007
Item # 10
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Subject: Waiver Requests for Ocoee Car Wash
Commission District 3 - Rusty Johnson
ISSUE:
Should the Honorable Mayor and Commissioners grant three waivers from the Land Development Code for Ocoee
Car Wash?
BACKGROUND:
The proposed Ocoee Car Wash is located on the north side of SR 50, approximately 300-feet west of Economic
Court, adjacent to the Denny's restaurant. The property is currently vacant, zoned C-3 (General Commercial
District), and is approximately 1.79 acres in size. The applicant has submitted a preliminary plan that proposes the
construction of a car-wash facility on the property, and details requests for three waivers from the requirements of
the Land Development Code. Staff has encouraged the layout shown in the preliminary plan to enhance the
streetscape along SR 50 and the help screen the car wash activities from the road. Below is a discussion of the
three waivers that are being requested.
DISCUSSION:
The first waiver that is being requested is to Section 6.14 C.1 (a) (v) of the Land Development Code. This section
of the Land Development Code requires buildings to be setback 50-feet from primary roads. The Land
Development Code regards SR 50 as a primary road. The applicant has requested a waiver to this requirement to
allow a setback of 25-feet from SR 50, instead of the required 50-feet. The applicant has requested this waiver to
allow the parking and service areas to be constructed behind the building, which will assist in buffering them from
visibility along SR 50. One of the four criteria to justify the City Commission to grant waivers from the criteria of the
Land Development Code is if the project provides an offsetting public benefit which is technically sound and
measurable. To justify the waiver request, the applicant has offered to design the building with upgraded
architectural and landscape features beyond the requirements of the Land Development Code.
The second and third waivers that are being requested are to Section 6.14 (C) (2) (g) of the Land Development
Code. This section of the Land Development Code requires a minimum of a 25-foot wide buffer to be provided
adjacent to wetlands. The western and eastern boundaries of the property are bounded by wetlands. Due to the
compact nature of the site when the area of the buffers are factored in, the applicant has proposed to reduce this
buffer to 14.5-feet in width along portions of the western side of the property and to 10-feet in width along portions
of the eastern side of the property to allow drive aisles to encroach into each of the 25-foot wetland buffers. One of
the four criteria that can be used as justification to allow the City Commission to grant waivers from the criteria of
the Land Development Code is if the project provides an offsetting public benefit which is technically sound and
measurable. To justify these waiver requests, the applicant has offered to grant drainage and maintenance
easements in favor of the City of Ocoee over the wetland buffers, and to plant them with a variety of trees.
After the City Commission takes action on the waiver requests, Staff will continue review of the small-scale site
plan detailing construction of the facility, ensuring that it is consistent with all Land Development Code
requirements except for any waivers that may be approved by the City Commission.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff respectfully recommends that the Mayor and City Commissioners approve all three waiver requests.
ATTACHMENTS:
Location Map
Preliminary plan for Ocoee Car Wash
Photographs of Conceptual Elevations
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
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