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Home My WebLink AboutVII (B) Ocoee Commons Agenda 5-07-2002 Item VII B "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-PRIDE OF;VEST ORANGE" MAYOR•COMMISSIONER Ocoee S.SCOTT VANDERGRIFT 0` � CITY OF OCOEE COMMISSIONERS • 150 N. LAKGSIIORn DRIVE DANNY HOWELL SCOTT ANDERSON OCOEE, FLoRmA 34761-2258 RUSTY JOI INSON � ?V (407)905-3100 NANCY J.PARKER lq OF GOOD P CITY MANAGER JIM GLEASON STAFF REPORT DATE: April 29, 2002 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners FROM: Robert Lewis, AICP, Principal Planner {?L% THROUGH: Russ Wagner, AICP, Director of Planning SUBJECT: Ocoee Commons (Lot 3, Wal-Mart Supercenter)` Small Scale Site Plan Waiver Requests ISSUE: Should the Mayor and City Commissioners approve three waivers as currently requested on the proposed site plan for Ocoee Commons (Lot 3, Wal-Mart Supercenter— 1.20 acres)? BACKGROUND: Ocoee Commons is a proposed multi-tenant retail center (11,078 sf) located on one of the outparcels in front of the new Wal-Mart Supercenter currently under construction on the south side of SR 50, just west of Blackwood Avenue. In order to proceed further with the current site plan, three waivers from Code requirements are being requested by the Developer. The City Commission has sole discretion to approve waivers from Code requirements based upon four criteria: 1) If the project is part of an integrated and master planned development; 2) If the project is compatible with surrounding developments; 3) If the project imposes no impacts on City infrastructure greater than that generated by other uses normally permitted in the underlying zoning district; and/or 4) If the project provides an off-setting public benefit which is technically sound and measurable. DISCUSSION: Since this is a Small Scale Site Plan which is administratively reviewed (less than 25,000 square feet of building), the City Commission will not be acting on the site plan for approval. The City Commission will instead be reviewing the waiver requests only. After the City Commission takes action on the waiver requests, Staff will complete its review process on the site plan, making sure that it is consistent with all Code requirements except for any waivers that may be approved • by the City Commission. The current site plan includes a Waiver Table describing the three waiver requests from Code requirements (a copy of the waiver table is attached to this report). The Applicant believes that all three waivers are needed to develop the site as POWTI April 29, 2002 Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners Page 2 By way of comparison to past projects, the first two waivers were approved for the West Oak Square site, located on the south side of SR 50 across from the Mall, just east of Citrus Oaks Avenue. These are waivers from the 100 foot maximum front building setback and the limit of one bay of parking between the building and the street. The West Oak Square site had a long narrow lot facing SR 50 that backed up to a wetland area which feeds into Lake Lotta. Fairly steep grades and a wetland at the rear of that site, coupled with the long narrow shape of the site, resulted in unique constraints. In order to soften the appearance of two bays of parking in front of the building, a 4 foot wide linear landscape island with shrubs and understory trees was provided between the two bays of parking. The Ocoee Commons site is slightly narrower than the West Oaks Square site, but it does not have the grading or wetland problems that the West Oaks Square site had. The linear landscape island provided between the two bays of parking on the Ocoee Commons site is only two feet wide with no shrubs or trees. The Planning Department had suggested that a wider linear landscape island be provided with shrubs and trees to soften the appearance of the large parking lot. The applicant has chosen not to take that approach, even though it could be accomplished by modifying a portion of the parking lot. The third waiver request is from the requirement to provide at least one off-street loading space on the site (a parking space a minimum of 12' x 25' in size, required for a retail building of this size). Retail buildings under 10,000 square feet are not required to have an off-street loading space. Buildings over 10,000 square feet are required to have one or more loading spaces, the number of loading spaces increasing as the size of the building increases. For the Ocoee Commons site, one off-street parking space is required. The City is currently reviewing site plans for the other two outparcels facing SR 50 located on either side of the Ocoee Commons site. Both of those site plans are anticipated to meet all Code requirements without any waivers. Both buildings (Chick Fil-A on Lot 2 and La-Z-Boy on Lot 4) will be located less than 100 feet from the front of the site with one bay of parking. The Ocoee Commons building, if developed as currently shown, will be about located 143 feet from the front of the site. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The determination to grant waivers is solely at the discretion of the City Commission. Attachments: Copy of Waiver Table from the current site plan submittal Ocoee Commons Site Plan,date stamped received April 26,2002 O:\CALEXANDER\ALL_DATA\CAPDFI LE\Staff Reports\5R2002\SR02017 CC.doc WAIVER TABLE GOOF SECTION CODE STANDARD PROPOSED JUSTIFICATION 6-14-C-t-c-I 100 FT MAx 143 FTWE ARE ASKING FOR THESE WAIVERS TO HELP ENSURE A BUILDING SETBACK SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL Cn OPEN SPACE AS AN OFF-SETTwG PUBLIC BENEFIT. Z 0 THE S.R. 50 CORRIDOR DOES NOT PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND AS A RESULT AN URBAN APPROACH ADJACENT TO THIS ROAD WOULD HINDER THE SUCCESS OF A MULTI- 0 TENNANT DEVELOPMENT. 0 6-1A-C-1-T-i� I BA p GAYS THE LOCATION OF THE PARKING. LN FRONT OF AND ADJACENT ILEU PARKING BAYS TO THE BUILDING, IS CRITICAL FOR THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS W Or THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE TENANTS. 0 THE NEED FOR THIS PARKING CONFIGURATION CAUSES A CONFLICT WITH THE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACK. A LOADING ZONE IS NOT TYPICAL IN SMALL SCALE 6-5-B-1 1 SPACE NCT PROVIDED DEVELOPMENTS IN OCOEE. WHAT LOADING IS DONE IN THIS LOADING ZONE TYPE OF CENTER IS TYPICALLY OFF HOURS. s C E T N 0 { - I i _ s I I � i 1 s i , I r r �. i ui f { I 9'W O ' t I. 4 t i N 1 ! i 00 L t d' I 1 1 i I 1 0 1 W 1, o , In., � GENERAL NOTES i ..r �i