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Request for Site Plan Approval for The Gerald Plaza - File No. PSP2024-0005 - for a three-story mixed use residential and commercial building located at 1760 E. Auburn Rd., at the southwest corner of Auburn Rd. and Gerald Ave., Parcel No. 15-30-226-068, zoned BD Brooklands District, Mike Chaudhary, DMC Consultants, Inc., Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of City File No. PSP2024-0005 (The Gerald), the Planning Commission approves the proposed Site Plan, based on plans received by the Planning Department on March 1, 2024, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings
1. The site plan and supporting documents demonstrate that all applicable requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, as well as other City Ordinances, standards, and requirements, can be met subject to the conditions noted below.
2. The proposed project will be accessed from the public ally along the south side of the building and providing access to Gerald Ave. and Eastern Ave., thereby promoting current and future safety and convenience of vehicular traffic both within the site and on adjoining streets.
3. Off-street parking areas for the residential uses have been provided onsite and the nonresidential uses will have access to dedicated onstreet parking spaces and the newly constructed Eastern Ave. parking lots thereby avoiding common traffic problems and promoting customer safety.
4. The proposed development and associated improvements should have a satisfactory and harmonious relationship between the development on-site, the existing development in the adjacent vicinity, and the overall vision of the Brooklands District.
5. The proposed development will not have an unreasonably detrimental or injurious effect upon the existing characteristics and features on the site or those of the surrounding area.
Conditions
1. The applicant must provide the required additional fire hydrant as required by the City’s Fire Department.
2. All original comments from City departments on the reviewed site plans, this staff report, and outside agency review letters, remain applicable.
3. The applicant must provide additional brick on the facades of the building as discussed during the public hearing of April 16, 2024, specifically to add brick on the second and third floors as depicted with the beige color on the renderings discussed and as previously shown in the 2021 approved plans, or color as discussed during the public hearing.
4. Additional tree plantings must be provided within the landscape island along the alley to provide buffering to the residential properties to the south, and applicant must provide revised planting types and locations for the eastern planting area, as approved by Staff.
5. Provide a landscape bond in the amount of the landscape installation cost estimation shown on the site plan, plus inspection fees, as adjusted by staff as necessary, prior to the preconstruction meeting with Engineering. This bond must include additional costs for additional tree plantings noted in #4 above.
6. Tree grate labeling and image to be corrected on the plans.