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Request for Site Plan Approval - File No. PSP2024-0039 - for Castle Commercial Carpentry to construct an approximately 4,893 square foot addition for storage purposes to the existing office/light industrial building at 3600 W. Auburn Rd., located on the north side of Auburn Rd. and east of Adams Rd., Parcel ID 15-30-376-032, zoned EC Employment Center and R-4 One Family Residential; Maxwell Niedzwiecki, Castle Commercial Carpentry, Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of City File No. PSP2024-0039 (Castle Commercial Carpentry at 3600 W. Auburn Rd.), the Planning Commission approves the Site Plan, based on plans received by the Planning Department on March 18, 2025, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions.
Findings
1. The site plan and supporting documents demonstrate that the proposed development will promote the intent and purpose of the ordinance, as well as other City Ordinances, standards, and requirements; and those requirements can be met with the exception of the acceptable modifications shown below and subject to the conditions listed below.
2. The site plan and supporting documents demonstrate that the proposed development will be designed, constructed, operated, maintained and managed so as to be compatible, harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the character of the existing building onsite along with the existing and planned character of the general vicinity, adjacent uses of land, the natural environment, the capacity of public services and facilities affected by the land use, and the community as a whole. The proposed project will continue to be accessed from Auburn Rd., thereby promoting safety and convenience of vehicular traffic both within the site and on adjacent roadways. The preliminary plan represents a reasonable building and lot layout and orientation by limiting impacts to the existing trees onsite, not significantly impacting the existing wetland onsite and meeting all dimensional requirements of the EC Employment Center District.
3. The development will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, including a major roadway (Auburn Road), streets, police and fire protection (as represented by the Fire Department’s approval of the site plan), and drainageways, refuse disposal, and utilities as represented by the City’s DPS approval of the site plan.
4. The proposed development will not be detrimental, hazardous, or disturbing to existing or future neighboring uses, persons, property or the public welfare since it represents a building expansion, specifically to house vehicles and materials which would otherwise be stored outside, potentially.
5. The proposed development will not create additional requirements at public cost for public facilities and services that will be detrimental to the economic welfare of the community.
6. The proposed modification to the required landscape buffer to the single family residential properties to the west to allow the existing vegetation to provide this buffer is found to be acceptable since the number of trees proposed onsite overall greatly increases the number of plantings onsite, the overall site aesthetic, and potential for tree canopy onsite, and the residential properties are located approximately 118 feet from the building addition onsite.
7. The proposed building materials are found to be appropriate since they will match the existing building materials.
Conditions
1. Address all applicable comments from other City departments and outside agency review letters.
2. Provide a landscape bond in the amount of $9,250.00, plus the cost of inspection fees, as adjusted by staff as necessary, prior to the preconstruction meeting with Engineering.
3. Final wetland size to be verified by survey of wetland delineating markers, along with final determination of the regulatory authority of EGLE and the City.