Title
Request for Site Plan Approval - File No. PSP2024-0026 - to renovate/modify the existing grocery store to be utilized for a Meijer grocery store with an accessory drive-through for a pharmacy, located at 1495 N. Rochester Rd., located at the southwest corner of Rochester Rd. and Tienken Rd., Parcel 15-10-226-041, zoned NB Neighborhood Business with the FB Flex Business Overlay, Meijer Inc., c/o Paul Furtaw, Colliers Engineering & Design, Applicant
Body
Resolved, in the matter of City File No. PSP2024-0026 (Meijer Inc.), the Planning Commission approves the proposed Site Plan, based on plans received by the Planning Department on August 2, 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 Tienken and N. Rochester Road through the existing driveways for the shopping center. Further, the main driveway along the front of the proposed Meijer will be modified to restrict turning movements both for entering and exiting traffic, thereby promoting current and future safety and convenience of vehicular traffic both within the site and on adjoining streets.
3. The parking lot has been modified to increase the number of parking lot islands and the amenities for pedestrians to help further define maneuvering lanes and increase overall maneuverability, 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 development pattern along N. Rochester Road.
5. The proposed landscape improvements help bring the site closer to compliance with required right of way and parking lot landscaping.
6. 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.
7. The parking proposed on the site plan is sufficient for the subject site given the overall size of the building and the amount of space dedicated for storage, receiving and processing.
8. The proposed modifications to the types of trees being proposed along the Tienken and N. Rochester Road frontage are appropriate given the limited clearance to the pathway and utility lines in the area.
Conditions
1. All comments from City departments on the reviewed site plans, this staff report, and outside agency review letters, remain applicable.
2. 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.