Coralville Board of Adjustment

Minutes Board of Adjustment Meeting July 19, 2010 Item #1: Meeting called to order 6:00 PM Item #2: Member present: Snyder, Szcech and Rice. Absent: Shannon and Wells Others present: Jim Kessler, Building and Zoning Official Pete Hosch, Hy-Vee, Inc. Representative Dee Marshek, Administrative Assistant Item #3: Minutes from June 21, 2010 meeting amended. (Correction: Wells was present at June 21, 2010 meeting) Motion by: Rice 2nd by: Szcech Motion carried: 3-0 Item #4a: Public Hearing requested by Hy-Vee for a Variance to section165.35 (11 F&S) Parking and Traffic standards on Lot 3 & 4 Coral Ridge Business Park. Public Hearing opened: Pete Hosch representative for Hy-Vee, Inc. requests reducing the parking requirements from 1 space per 180 sq. ft. to 1 space per 225 sq. ft. of floor area at the newly proposed Forevergreen Rd and Coral Ridge Ave location. The second request is to reduce the car wash stacking spaces from 6 to 3 spaces per bay. Hosch explains a shortage of only 7 spaces with the presently proposed 88,000 sq. ft. building. Future building expansion to106, 000 sq. ft. was discussed and calculated making the parking shortage more substantial. Hosch expressed the issues of Crosspark Road dividing the 2 platted lots, the access points on Forevergreen Rd already having been established and the stormwater easements along Highway 965 as reasoning for reduced space for available parking. Rice: Questions the possibility of purchasing more ground from the developer. Members discuss the possibility of employees cross parking on the gas station location as a future solution. Kessler: Shares with the members with new calculations of the warehouse, mechanical and loading zone areas excluded from the sq. footage this would help reduce the required spaces. Kessler: States it’s the commissions’ decision to decide if parking would be adequate for a facility of this size and to consider the proposed future expansion. Snyder: Questions Hy-Vee about coming back with plans of a smaller building and or a different design /layout of the site plan. Kessler & Members: Discuss the preliminary plat has been approved through Planning & Zoning and Council. Amendments to those plats would have to be done if more land was purchased. Hosch: Voiced his thoughts on whether more land could be purchased and whether or not this project would come back for future review. Public Hearing closed. Motion to grant approval of variance by: Sczech 2nd by: Rice Motion Carried: 1 -2 nays Motion Denied Item #4b Public Hearing requested by Hy-Vee for a Variance of Car Wash. Public Hearing opened: Hosch: Shows and explains the location of automatic car wash in more detail and the proposed request to reduce the stacking depth from 6 to 3 cars. Snyder: Again questions coming back with a different design /layout of the site plan. Members continue discussion on the stacking ratio at the car wash location, the established road and easement issues affecting the site, the purchasing of more land, and the desire of Hy-Vee resubmitting a revised site plan with the anticipation of this project moving forward. Public Hearing closed. Motion to grant variance for car wash by: Sczech 2nd by: Rice Motion Carried: 1-2 nays Motion Denied Motion to Adjourn by: Snyder 2nd by: Sczech Motion Carried: 3-0 Meeting Adjourned: 7:15 PM Respectfully Submitted, Dee Marshek