District 2 Advisory Board

Regular Meeting

Wichita, KS · January 11, 2021

Minutes

District 2 Advisory Board Minutes Monday, January 11, 2020 • 6:30 p.m. Virtual meeting via Zoom Attendance Members Present Staff Present Steve Lebeda Mike Crosby, Wichita Fire Department Junetta Everett Officer Alli Larison, Wichita Police Department Tracee Adams Officer Ryan Snyder, Wichita Police Department Chris Broadrick Matt Williams, MABCD Nancy Loosle Cory Buchta, Community Services Faith Martin Representative, City Manager’s Office Sam Lindeman Council Member Becky Tuttle Guests Members Absent Bruce Gass Alicia Sanchez Richard Ruth Dee Nighswonger Tyler York Nazir Jesri • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Order of Business Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Becky Tuttle. Approval of January 11, 2021 Agenda: Motion PASSED 7-0-0 Approval of Minutes from December 14, 2020: Motion PASSED 7-0-0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Minutes • Page 1 Public Agenda 1. Scheduled Items None 2. Off-Agenda Items Richard Ruth (3907 East Funston Street): Explained what he’s been doing to help neighbors who have code violations for their properties. Property owners are all elderly and experienced some kind of catastrophic health event that set them back financially. Ruth is looking to expand the program and has reached out to Neighborhood Associations. Invited anyone interested to contact him at Neighbors Indeed Facebook page or via email at Richard.Ruth@gmail.com. Q (DAB): Have you reached out to MABCD? A: Yes, that’s how I got involved with Susanne Boese. She sends me a list each week of the people who are in need. I’ve created a map that I send out to Neighborhood Associations. I’d like to see that go away because neighborhoods are so engaged with one another they recognize and see someone Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Board Agenda 3. Updates, Issues, and Reports None • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Staff Reports 4. Wichita Fire Department Report Mike Crosby reported: Three significant fires in December, one home was a total loss. Apartment fire on East Lincoln. Significant damage. Another fire on North Stratford. Structure and content damage over half million dollars Busy for WFD – still battling COVID issues 5. Wichita Police Department Report Officer Alli Larison: Huge increase in auto larceny and auto theft. Don’t leave cars running unattended. Don’t leave items in cars overnight. People are getting in unlocked cars. DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Minutes • Page 2 Q (Bruce) – If we see someone doing that, what should we do? A: Stay back and watch. Call 911. Don’t recommend engaging. Description is huge at that moment. We’ve seen so many types of people on cameras and we don’t know if they are armed or dangerous. Your life is more important than someone’s purse. Q (Bruce): If someone steals a vehicle, should we follow them? A: Some people have done that, but getting a tag is great. We have a tag camera system. I don’t want you to put yourself in harm’s way. Officer Ryan Snyder: 21 auto thefts, 72 larceny to auto, 102 larcenies (includes shoplifts and regular larcenies). Violent crimes, 1 homicide, 3 rapes, 15 aggravated assaults, 18 burglaries so far. Keep cars locked. Dealing with auto theft and larceny to auto. We have been using Ring door camera video, which has helped. We’ve done some special assignments to help with that. Working on larceny special assignments as well. 6. Wichita Park and Recreation Report None 7. Wichita Public Library Report None Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Business 8. CUP2020-00046 Matt Williams, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented an application on behalf of Canyon Properties, Inc., Butch Nuss (owner/applicant) PEC, Charles Brown (agent). The applicants are requesting a major amendment to Parcels 2 through 7 (approximately 6.76 acres) to allow condominium self-storage, increase maximum building coverage and gross floor area, revise screening and landscape requirements, and revise cross lot access requirements. The subject site is zoned LC Limited Commercial. Q (CM Tuttle): Was it unanimous approval at MAPC? A: Yes, I believe it was. We had one resident who was at our meeting and they just had a few questions about it, but no opposition. No other comments, either. C (CM Tuttle): I haven’t heard anything from any residents. A: I had a few residents reach out with questions about it, and a couple said it’s been vacant for years and they would rather see it be something than sit empty. Q (DAB): Is it housing or is it a storage facility or is it both? A: They are going to have self-storage there. The way they described it was just like a condo, the building is owned by somebody and they have maintenance of the whole area, and they can sell off the individual units like a condo. There’s going to be an owner of the property that’s going to maintain the grounds, and DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Minutes • Page 3 they’re going to maintain some of the units. Then there’s going to be the ability to sell some of those individual units that would still be used for storage. No living space at all, no. Q (DAB): The job creation is how many jobs? A: They did not give us that information. Q (DAB): Is there a possibility they could do any manufacturing or anything besides storage in there, or is it strictly just for storage? A: All of the uses that are allowed on site right now are going to continue to be there. They’re just adding this additional use of the self-storage, the condo self-storage. So no new manufacturing uses would be allowed that aren’t currently allowed. I don’t believe manufacturing is allowed onsite there. The underlying zoning is limited commercial, so that would not be allowed there. Q (DAB): Will the structures be limited design-wise as far as height similar to the residences that are adjacent to it, or what will those be limited to? A: We don’t have anything in the CUP that would limit that. The CUP gives restrictions for what’s allowed there, and it talks about maximum building coverage and the maximum floor area, so there’s limits on the size of the building, but we don’t have restrictions for the look of them. Q (DAB): Is this going to be one long building with these units in it, kind of like an apartment complex? A: The applicant has not shared any of that with us because there’s a CUP on site. The only thing they are applying for right now is just the addition of another use to be allowed on site, which is the self- storage units and then they’re changing a few things like requiring a drainage plan on site and a few things with signage and with the screening along the east side of the property. We don’t require any site plan or any illustrations of what they’re going to be building there. C (CM Tuttle): I was looking just to make sure and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change the character of that neighborhood or that area because it’s already going to align with what it already is. Q (DAB): On the Comprehensive Community Investment Plan when it says this is in the location for new employment, how is this impacting that? A: That plan was put together several years ago and in it there’s a map in that plan with general bubbles over the whole city that talks about here’s where residential is and here’s where employments is downtown areas like that, and then on the outskirts where the future growth was anticipated. This being a vacant spot at the time, they figured there wouldn’t be residential right along Greenwich, so it probably went into the new employment category. Meaning it probably wasn’t going to be manufacturing, but businesses that would have new employment. A self-storage unit is probably not going to have too many employees, but we don’t look at the number of jobs going into that. This broadly fits into the category of what was expected to be in this location. Q (Bruce Gass): Changing the zoning doesn’t mean that’s what they are going to do, it just means they have the freedom to do that, correct? A: Yes, they are not changing the zoning, they are just amending the CUP. But yes, basically they are being granted the ability to a do a few more things like self-storage and changing the screening requirements, things like that. Q (Bruce Gass): If they choose to do that, they still have to submit a plan to you guys, right? A: No, not in Wichita. As long as you meet the zoning requirements or meet the requirements of the CUP, you don’t have to submit plans to Planning. You still have to submit some design plans to the building and construction department to get your building permits and things like that, but there’s no architectural committee that looks at things to make sure it looks. Action Taken: Motion to APPROVE the application as presented made by Nancy Loosle. Seconded by Steve Lebeda. MOTION PASSED 7-0-0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Minutes • Page 4 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:04 p.m. The next District 2 Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2020. It will take place virtually via Zoom. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Respectfully submitted, Cory Buchta, Community Services Representative, District 2 DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Minutes • Page 5

Agenda

District 2 Advisory Board Agenda Monday, January 11, 2021 • 6:30 p.m. Virtual Meeting • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Virtual Meeting Access Information Due to safety concerns and recent orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the January DAB meeting will be held virtually. The public can join and participate in the meeting through the Zoom platform or view the meeting live on the District 2 Facebook page. Residents also have the option to submit comments to be read into record via email to cbuchta@wichita.gov no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. 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Please note:  Members of the public are asked to keep their device on mute until public comment is called for.  You do not need a Zoom account to join the meeting.  Zoom may prompt you to download their free app, but residents can also join the meeting through a web browser.  Click here for more detailed instructions on joining a Zoom meeting. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Agenda • Page 1 Order of Business  Call to Order  Approval of Agenda for January 11, 2021  Approval of Minutes for December 14, 2020 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Public Agenda 1. Scheduled Items None 2. Off-agenda Items Any individual present that did not request to speak on the Public Agenda prior to the meeting may speak at this time. Recommended Action: Receive and file. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Board Agenda 3. Updates, Issues and Reports Opportunity is provided for the Council Member and the District Advisory Board members to report any activities, events, or concerns in the neighborhoods and/or Council District. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Staff Reports 4. Fire Department Report Fire Department Staff for fire stations in District 2 will report on specific concerns. 5. Community Police Report Community Police Officers for beat areas in District 2 will report on specific concerns. 6. Park & Recreation Department Report Park and Recreation Staff will provide updates for parks in District 2 and report on other activities taking place across the city. 7. Wichita Public Library Report Savannah Ball, Rockwell Branch Library, will report on events and programs at the Rockwell Branch Library. Recommended Action: Receive and file all Staff Reports DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Agenda • Page 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Business 8. CUP2020-00046 Matt Williams, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, will present an application on behalf of Canyon Properties, Inc., Butch Nuss (owner/applicant) PEC, Charles Brown (agent). The applicants are requesting a major amendment to Parcels 2 through 7 (approximately 6.76 acres) to allow condominium self-storage, increase maximum building coverage and gross floor area, revise screening and landscape requirements, and revise cross lot access requirements. The subject site is zoned LC Limited Commercial. Recommended Action: Based upon the information available at the time the report was prepared, staff recommends the amendment to CUP DP-229 be APPROVED subject to the development guidelines of the amended CUP and the following conditions: 1. The applicant shall submit four revised copies of the CUP to the Metropolitan Area Planning Department within 60 days after approval of this case by the Governing Body, or the request shall be considered denied and closed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adjournment The next District 2 Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 08, 2021. DAB 2 • January 11, 2021 • Agenda • Page 3 AGENDA ITEM NO. __8___ STAFF REPORT MAPC January 7, 2021 DAB II January 11, 2021 CASE NUMBER: CUP2020-00046 APPLICANT/AGENT: Canyon Properties, Inc., Butch Nuss (owner/applicant) PEC, Charles Brown (agent) REQUEST: Major Amendment #2 to CUP DP-229 CURRENT ZONING: LC Limited Commercial SITE SIZE: 12.79 acres LOCATION: South of East Central on the East Side of North Greenwich Road PROPOSED USE: Commercial uses CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 1 BACKGROUND: The subject site is located in the Canyon Properties Commercial Community Unity Plan (CUP) DP-229, which is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of East Central Avenue and North Greenwich Road. The net acreage of DP-229 is approximately 12.79 acres. The applicants are requesting a major amendment to Parcels 2 through 7 (approximately 6.76 acres) to allow condominium self-storage, increase maximum building coverage and gross floor area, revise screening and landscape requirements, and revise cross lot access requirements. The subject site is zoned LC Limited Commercial. CUP DP-229 has 10 parcels and one reserve. Parcel 1 is developed with a QuikTrip Convenience Store. Parcels 2 through 7 are currently undeveloped. Parcels 8 through 10 and Reserve A are owned by Minneha Township. Properties to the east are zoned SF-5 Single-Family Residential and are developed with single-family dwelling units in the Fountains 2nd Addition. Property south of the subject site is located in the CUP and is developed with Minneha Township maintenance buildings. Properties west of the site are owned by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and are zoned LI Limited Industrial. Property north of the subject site is located in the CUP and developed with a QuikTrip Convenience Store. The applicant is requesting the following major amendments to CUP DP-229 indicated by bold font: Parcel 2: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,460 sq. ft. Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,460 sq. ft. Parcel 3: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Parcel 4: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Parcel 5: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Parcel 6: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 2 Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Parcel 7: Proposed Use: Condominium Self-Storage, plus all uses permitted in the L.C. Zoning District, except taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. Maximum building coverage: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. Maximum gross floor area: 35% or 16,600 sq. ft. General Provisions: #4: A drainage plan and guarantee for the drainage improvements shall be provided. #7: Screening Shall be in accordance with Article IV, Section B – Site Development Standards and Section III- C.2.b of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code. A. On all Parcels, rooftop mechanical equipment shall be screened from ground level view per Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code. B. On all Parcels, trash receptacles, loading docks, outdoor storage where allowed, and areas shall be appropriately screened to reasonably hide them from ground view with fencing and/or landscaping. C. No outdoor storage shall be allowed on Parcels 2 through 7. #8: Masonry A. A solid or semi-solid wall constructed of brick, stone, masonry, architectural tile or other similar material (not including wood or woven wire) at least six feet but not more than eight feet high shall be constructed along a portion of the north line (84 feet) and all of the south line of Parcel 8, the north and south lines of Parcels 9 and 10, and the east line of Parcel 10, as shown. Construction of the wall will require a building permit. No wall shall be constructed in a utility easement. B. NO CHANGE to language C. Screening between Parcels 2 through 7 inclusive and the residential lots to the east (Lots 2 through 13, Block 1, The Fountains 2nd Addition) shall be provided as follows: The exiting mature tree row shall remain and shall be supplemented at all gaps greater than 10 feet with evergreens at least eight feet in height. Said supplemental evergreens shall be planted offset 10 feet on centers, in a staggered manner. All trees and landscaping shall be maintained in good condition and be properly irrigated. In addition to the landscape buffer, a six foot wooden fence shall be constructed at the east edge of paved circulation lane as shown on the accompanying Site Plan. #9: Signs E. Wall signs in accordance with Chapter 24-04 of the Sign Code of the City of Wichita shall be limited to the west face of the Building A as shown on the accompanying Site Plan. #11: A cross-lot access agreement shall be provided for Parcels 2 through 7 prior to issuance of building permits for those lots. No cross-lot access shall be allowed between Parcel 1 and Parcel 2. CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 3 No cross-lot access shall be allowed between Parcel 7 and Parcel 8. CASE HISTORY: On December 4, 1997, the original DP-229 was approved by MAPC. On August 25, 1998 the original DP-229 was approved by the Wichita City Council. On September 4, 1998, the property was platted as Canyon Properties Addition. On November 17, 2016 Amendment #1 was approved in association with ZON2016-00043. ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE: North: LC Convenience Store South: LC Undeveloped, maintenance buildings West: LI Hawker Beechcraft Company East: SF-5 Single-Family dwellings PUBLIC SERVICES: All municipal services are in place and can accommodate the required services to the site. The parcels have access to North Greenwich Road (130 ft. Right-of-Way) a four-lane, paved arterial street with travel in both directions. CONFORMANCE TO PLANS/POLICIES: The adopted Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan, the Community Investments Plan, identifies the site as within the Wichita City Limits. The Plan’s 2035 Wichita Future Growth Concept Map identifies this location as “New Employment,” encompassing areas that will likely be developed or redeveloped by 2035 with manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, construction, research, technology, business services, or corporate offices. This area is immediately adjacent to a residential development area identified in the Community Investments Plan’s 2035 Wichita Future Growth Concept Map. The requested amendment to CUP DP-229 is consistent with supporting the residential zoning and development patterns in the area. RECOMMENDATION: Based upon the information available at the time the report was prepared, staff recommends the amendment to CUP DP-229 be APPROVED subject to the development guidelines of the amended CUP and the following conditions: 1. The applicant shall submit four revised copies of the CUP to the Metropolitan Area Planning Department within 60 days after approval of this case by the Governing Body, or the request shall be considered denied and closed. This recommendation is based on the following findings: 1. The zoning, uses and character of the neighborhood: Properties to the east are zoned SF-5 Single-Family Residential and are developed with single-family dwelling units in the Fountains 2nd Addition. Property south of the subject site is located in the CUP and is developed with Minneha Township maintenance buildings. Properties west of the site are owned by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and are zoned LI Limited Industrial. Property north of the subject site is located in the CUP and developed with a QuikTrip Convenience Store. 2. The suitability of the subject property for the uses to which it has been restricted: The CUP is located at a major arterial intersection and is appropriately zoned “LC” Limited Commercial with the exception of taverns and adult entertainment as defined by City Code. The major amendment request retains the LC uses requirement of the original CUP. 3. Extent to which removal of the restrictions will detrimentally affect nearby property: The proposed CUP major amendment should not detrimentally impact nearby property owners to any greater extent than allowed in LC Limited Commercial zoning as permitted in the CUP DP-229 language. CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 4 4. Relative gain to the public health, safety and welfare as compared to the loss in value or the hardship imposed upon the applicant: Approval of the request represents a gain to the public in that it contributes to the area’s long term economic opportunity. Denial would presumably represent a loss in economic opportunity to the property owner or future tenants. 5. Conformance of the requested change to the adopted or recognized Comprehensive Plan and policies: The adopted Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan, the Community Investments Plan, identifies the site as within the Wichita City Limit. The Plan’s 2035 Wichita Future Growth Concept Map identifies this location as “New Employment,” encompassing areas that will likely be developed or redeveloped by 2035 with manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, construction, research, technology, business services, or corporate offices. This area is immediately adjacent to a residential development area identified in the Community Investments Plan’s 2035 Wichita Future Growth Concept Map. The requested amendment to CUP DP-229 is consistent with supporting the residential zoning and development patterns in the area. 6. Impact of the proposed development on community facilities: Existing improvements are in place to address anticipated demands. Staff Report Attachments: 1. Aerial Map 2. Zoning Map 3. Land Use Map 4. Proposed Language Excerpt 5. Proposed CUP Drawing CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 5 CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 6 CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 7 CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 8 CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 9 CUP2020-00046 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Page 10