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Home My Public Portal About120_040_Site Plan Approval - Dixie Pedaler 1of2 MAYOR an CITY MANAGER Jason Buelterman TtiTr Diane Schleicher CITY COUNCIL ` `_ CITY CLERK Wanda Doyle,Mayor Pro Tern Janet LeViner Barry Brown Rob Callahan I1 CITY ATTORNEY Bill Garbett Edward M.Hughes Monty Parks,' Paul Wolff CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND City Council Agenda Item Request Agenda Item Requests and supporting documentation must be submitted to the Clerk of Council by 4:00PM on the Thursday prior to the next scheduled Council meeting. If this form is received after the deadline, the item will be listed on the next scheduled agenda. Council Meeting Date for Request: July 10, 2014 Item: Public Hearing Explanation: Site Plan Approval— 801 First St.; zone C-2; Dixie Pedaler, LLC, petitioner; consideration of request for commercial business Budget Line Item Number (if applicable); N/A Paper Work: A) Attached* \I Audio/Video Presentation** * Electronic submissions are requested but not required. Please email to jleviner@cityoftybee.org. ** Audio/video presentations must be submitted to the IT department at City Hall by 4:00PM on the Thursday prior to the scheduled meeting. Submitted by: Dianne Otto Phone /Email: (912) 472-5031 / dotto @cityoftybee.org Comments: Date given to Clerk of Council: June 24, 2014 * * * P.O.Box 2749—403 Butler Avenue,Tybee Island, Georgia 31328-2749 *Certified (866) 786-4573—FAX(866) 786-5737 City of i I Ethics f www.cityoftybee.org t�� -y I w f c1,4,404,0000.,,;‘,/ CIo - PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF DETERMINATION Meeting date: June 17, 2014 Petitioner: Dixie Pedaler, LLC Project Name/Description: 801 First Street Action Requested: Site Plan Approval Special Review Subdivision: Site Plan Approval X Sketch Plan Approval Conceptual Zoning Variance Preliminary Plan Approval Amendment to Zoning Map Final Plat Approval Text Amendment to Land Development Code Minor Subdivision Major Subdivision_ Petitioner has met all documentation requirements, all external approval requirements, and all code requirements, except for the following: VOTE FOR AGAINST COMMENTS Bishop X Second Bossick Absent Bramble X Livingston _ Recused Major X Motion to approve Marion Chair McNaughton X The Planning Commission reco -nds: ® Aiproval ❑ Denial ❑ Continued ,/'` C ir3 l Planning Commission Chair T Date: Planning & Zoning Manager: . . �r. Date: dip - -1 4- STAFF REPORT ° PLANNING COMMISSION: June 17, 2014 CITY COUNCIL: July 10, 2014 LOCATION: 801 First St. PIN: 4-0019-01-018 APPLICANT: Dixie Pedaler, LLC OWNER: T&M Enterprises,Inc. • EXISTING USE: seafood market&realtor PROPOSED USE: same plus transportation company ZONING: C-2 USE PERMITTED BY RIGHT: Yes, after site plan approval CHARACTER AREA: Arts,Eats,Eco-business Corridor APPLICATION: Site Plan Approval PROPOSAL: The applicant is Julie Livingston of Dixie Pedaler, LLC. She is seeking approval to locate a golf cart rental business at 801 First Street. Currently a seafood market and a real estate office are operating at this address. Approval would result in three businesses operating at the site. The applicant also operates a multi-person bicycle and shuttle service. ANALYSIS: Site Plan Approval is necessary as stated in Land Development Code Section 5-080: The site plan approval process is intended to provide the general public,planning commission, and mayor and council with information pertinent to how a new development will affect the surrounding area and the city as a whole. Where no variance is necessary for the intended project, or development, there is no evaluation process or set of regulations other than what is required to be shown on the site plan and listed upon the application. Where no variance is requested, site plan requirements are intended as a tool for public information. Where a variance andlor zoning action is requested in connection with a site plan, the standards applicable to the variance and/or zoning action applied for shall apply. The target location is a corner lot with four-lane First Street to the south and North Campbell Avenue to the east. A traffic 7 signal is located at the intersection. This is an active area with a '' �� convenience store, a visitor's center, and a post office located on the other three corners of the intersection. f Water consumption records show the adjacent lots to the west and north have been unoccupied for a lengthy time. A wire fence is located along the north property line. Buffering as required by ! / .. Section 3-160(C)(1) has not been proposed by the applicant. Sections 3-160(C)(2) and(3) are applicable. r� Sec. 3-160.Protective screening of adjacent property where commercial use and residential use abut. ---AS AMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL 02/27/2014 (C)A change in the kind, character or degree of use of improved property is proposed, and there is no existing buffer in place on the property that is to be improved or any existing buffer on such property would not meet the requirements below, the owner or applicant shall be required to seek special review unless a buffer satisfying the following requirements is met: 1 (1) Basic requirements. a. An arboreal landscaped buffer not less than five feet wide with a well maintained masonry wall or privacy fence no less than eight feet in height above grade shall be provided and properly maintained along its entire length by the users of the property to be built upon or expanded. Such buffer shall be planted with deciduous trees, evergreens, flowering trees, ornamental trees, or any combination of the same not set fitrther than ten feet apart at any given point along the buffer. The buffer shall be measured from the property line of the property to be improved. A street, sidewalk or other like improvement may be permissible as a buffer under subsections (2) and (3) below. In no instance will a dumpster or mechanical unit be permitted in a buffer, b. The area beneath and between the planted trees shall be kept free of foreign debris and unmanaged undergrowth. All landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance. c. All planting plans shall be first submitted to the city zoning department during the review process for approval of the planting materials and arrangement thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Land Development Code. (2) Special review. In any case of any plans or proposed plans which do not meet the requirements of subsection section (1) hereof, council may treat the proposed plan as requesting special review which shall be required in connection therewith. The mayor and council may impose conditions or buffers designed to protect the properties including adding or reducing buffer requirements, restricting or expanding uses within the buffer area, additional or reduced fencing, vegetation andlor any other restrictions or conditions reasonably designed to protect the abutting property as well as the property sought to be improved. (3) For the special review referred to above, such review shall be combined with the site plan application filed with any proposed application for site plan review in connection with improvements, changes, or additions to any commercial use to abut a residential use. No separate public hearing shall be required for the special review nor any additional filing fee required of the applicant. It is the intention hereof that council conduct special review of the landscaping application if it differs from those conditions specified by Sec. 3-160(C)(1) in every case in connection with the site plan application. The original site plan being used to analyze this request was approved by City Council on November 29, 2007. It granted the property owner a second story addition to the existing building_The addition was completed during July of 2008. The ordinances do not include a requirement for additional parking for a business type such as Dixie Pedaler. Calculations of the number of required and provided parking spaces are given in the table below. USE DESCRIPTION REQUIRED SPACES PROVIDED SPACES existing commercial 1,296 sq.ft. 7 8 existing residential single-family 2 2 Dixie Pedaler N/A N/A N/A TOTAL 9 40 9 The proposed plan eliminates one provided but not required parking space.The proposed locations for up to 20 golf carts are shown on the site plan along the west and the north property lines. A small area inside the seafood market would be used for the rental transactions. There is a restroom provided within the market. The applicant proposes no additional lighting. Electrical for charging the golf carts is not proposed. Users are required to return the rented carts fully charged. The proposed business at this location is in keeping with the C-2 Highway Business District as outlined in Section 4-050(F): 2 The purpose and intent of commercial districts is to provide central locations for city businesses and services to meet the market needs of Tybee Island residents and visitors. The focus of the C-2 highway business land use district is to provide for commercial land uses that support and complement the motorized customer. C-2 districts are intended for location along arterial streets where the negative impacts of traffic congestion, noise, intrusions into residential neighborhoods will be minimized. The location is within the Arts, Eats, and Eco-Business Corridor.The following table compares the request with the Recommended Development Strategies of the Comprehensive Plan for this Character Area. Comprehensive Plan Section 1.2.1 Meets Strategy Arts,Eats, and Eco-Business Corridor • Recommended Development Strategies Y/N or N/A 1 New development, redevelopment and restoration should be consistent with existing character of the area in terms of mass,scale, use and density. 2 Encourage commercial and mixed-use infill development and redevelopment along the Highway 80 commercial corridor. 3. Down zoning within the Highway 80 commercial corridor should be discouraged. N/A 4 Establish a set of standards for a maximum percentage of residential use on a per parcel N/A basis to encourage mixed-use. 5. Enhance pedestrian movement through streetscape improvements. N/A 6 Support the continued development of the Tybee Island bikeway including bike lanes and N/A multi-use trails. Establish standards and design guidelines for signage.Develop a "theme" for signage to 7' ensure that it is consistent and fits with the character of the area and the Island as a whole. N/A 8 Allow for an appropriate mix of retail,residential,and tourism-related uses consistent with the vision of the Plan. 9. Implement traffic calming measures and parking improvements. N Establish noise and sight buffers between the commercial uses and the adjacent 10' residential areas. STAFF FINDING Staff finds the proposed addition of Dixie Pedaler to 801 First Street is in keeping with three Recommended Development Strategies and contrary to two Recommended Development Strategies of the Arts, Eats, Eco-business Corridor Character Area. The petitioner's request is in keeping with the C-2 zoning district. The number of off- street parking spaces meets the requirement for this location.A protective screening determination is needed for the uninhabited residential uses to the west and north. This Staff Report was prepared by Dianne Otto. ATTACHMENTS A. Site Plan Approval Application(2 pages) B. Narrative by applicant(1 page) C. Property owner affidavit(1 page) D. GIS map (1 page) E. Photographs of existing conditions by Staff(2 pages) F. Site Plan approved by City Council on November 29,2007 (1 page) G. Proposed Site Plan from applicant(1 page) 3 CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND Fee SITE PLAN APPROVAL APPLICATION Commercial $500 Residential .x'250 Applicant's Name .U.11 c 1._%,1111C3 / L1 11-1 e:Pell aIEC Address and location of subject property SO I ! 5-k 3-1-retf PIN N-Obl' 1 -01 - O 1 S Applicant's Telephone Number q l - a - C Applicant's Mailing Address Pu I q SQ /6.4be. - � ,A 313 Brief description of the land development activity and use of the land thereafter to take place on the property: NO [an d ci 1 S aner ' c-pwr-p()suns Lth its ed affix) , C re.ai--e_ &Cc r 1-F n cc.e ssCrJ Property Owner's Name'r4 M. Cw"1Pk°15 Telephone Number Property Owner's Add ress 1-15 a P4A-111 ST. riit1 o1,J AW G 4 3 i 3A D Is Applicant the Property Owner? Yes No If Applicant is the Property Owner, Proof of Ownership is attached: 11114Yes If Applicant is other than the Property Owner, a signed affidavit from the,Property Owner granting the Applicant permission to conduct such land development is attached hereto. Yes Current Zoning of Property - 2- Current Use CI 5/1-J5COSe- Names and addresses of all adjacent property owners are attached: ✓ Yes If within two (2) years immediately preceding the filing of the Applicant's application for a zoning action, the Applicant has made campaign contributions aggregating to more than $250 to the Mayor and any member of Council or any member of the Planning Commission, the Applicant and the Attorney representing the Applicant must disclose the following: a. The name of the local government official to whom the campaign contribution or gift was made; b. The dollar amount of each campaign contribution made by the applicant to the local government official during the two (2) years immediately preceding the filing of the application for this zoning action, and the date of each contribution; c. An enumeration and description of each gift having a value of $250 or more made by the Applicant to the local government official during the two (2) years immediately preceding the filing of the application for this zoning action, (IL . 51214/Sig ure of Applicant Date NOTE: Other specific data is required for each type of Site Plan Approval. Fee Amount$ 6 D O Check Number (0 2-3 Date 05-2q44 City Official 0261Aw_A) a60 NOTE: This application must be accompanied by following information: 1 copy, no smaller than 11 x 17, of the proposed site plan and architectural renderings. 1 copy, no smaller than 24 x 36, of the engineered drainage and infrastructure plan. 1 copy, no smaller than 11 x 17, of the existing tree survey and the tree removal and landscaping plan. Disclosure of Campaign Contributions The Planning Commission may require elevations or other engineering or architectural drawings covering the proposed development. The Mayor and Council will not act upon a zoning decision that requires a site plan until the site plan has met the approval of the City's engineering consultant. (Note: Section 5-080 (A) requires, "Once the engineer has submitted comments to the zoning administrator, a public hearing shall be scheduled.") The Applicant certifies that he/she has read the requirements for Site Plan Approval and has provided the required information to the best of his/her ability in a truthful and honest manner. . cry °'k—r' 5/-1-61/ (ti Sig ture of Applicant Date Attachment A-Narrative The site plan approval for the Dixie Pedaler location at 801 15t. Street will be consistent with the purpose and intent of the C-2 highway business district as outlined in the Land Development Code. There will be no land disturbance activities to the exterior of the lot and a small area of space within the Bowie Seafood will be available for use to execute contracts, etc. The golf cart rentals are targeted at visitors staying on Tybee who wish to experience it in open air vehicles and generally keep the carts for 24 hours or more. We will be offering free delivery and pick up of the carts and will provide shuttle service if they so desire. There is adequate room for all of the carts on the lot without interrupting the traffic flow or current parking for Bowie Seafood or Prevail Realty. There will be no substantial changes to the current parking configuration. The site plan adds parking for the golf carts by repurposing existing, unused paved space. The golf carts are generally 3' wide and 8.5' long. The drive isles and curb cuts are not being altered. No charging station is required at this time.As part of the golf cart rental agreement they are to be returned charged(similar to filling the gas tank when renting a car.) Should a cart need charged it will be done so at an existing outlet at Bowie Seafood. May 29, 2014 To: City of Tybee Island The Dixie Pedaler has my permission to apply for site plan approval for locating their golf cart rental business at 801 1St Street, Tybee Island, GA, 31328 a property owned by T&M Enterprises, Inc. The location of the carts will not encroach upon parking currently available for Bowie Seafood or the adjacent Prevail Realty. The carts will be located in the rear of the building on the East side of the lot. We have granted permission for the use of our restrooms and will permit contracts, etc. to be signed in the Bowie Seafood building. Signed this 29th day of May, 2014 i Signature 01/4ti.,,2 e tir". 0. N aw r� Printed name I� Title Di•xie Pedaler, LLC 801 First St. yr N 1\ \,40 -/ p V F R-'T ,rr �v y t? 9 .....r... r P ay .t. y s R-1-B ./a : ` r R-1 ° c 1 '.a,r. / • -.',„..., 3- `c r P,s 100 m !l ' \ .,-nn.. u ft • GT5, Eon, HERE, FRONT 801 First St. y,�`., Dixie Pedaler, LLC j;rTig[ � �• y R fL.r. r►it ..t..E + .42770 a•,.,,„ , . ,_ ._._i '„ b Foci .l ".i_ ,�� I LIr=� - � . ". — 1 ff II — ,.., ■IIINsi '1/4)40,/ " ■ ll - '''r-'':Tai':4,.- I ‘.' 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