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CITY OF ANDOVER
SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE
May
3, 2005
Minutes
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The
Site Plan Review Committee met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
at the Andover Central Park Lodge located at 1607 E. Central, Andover,
Kansas. Acting Chairman Kevin Dreiling called the meeting to order at 6:08
p.m. Members present were David Martine, Larry Crouse, Justin Mohler, Charley
Lewis, Shawn King, and David Beaver. Others in attendance were Zoning
Administrator Les Mangus, Administrative Secretary Deborah Carroll, and City
Clerk/Administrator Jeff Bridges. Member Doug Allison was absent.
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Call to Order
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Review the minutes of the Site Plan Review Committee
meeting of April 5, 2005.
Hearing no additions or corrections from the
members, acting Chairman Kevin Dreiling declared the SPRC minutes of April 5,
2005 are approved as presented.
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Review the minutes of SPRC
of Apr. 5, 2005.
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Communications:
Review the City Council minutes from the March 29,
2005, March 30, 2005, and April 12, 2005 meetings. The minutes were received
and filed.
Review the minutes of the April 19, 2005 Planning
Commission Workshop & Regular Meeting. The minutes were received and
filed.
Review
the Potential Residential Development Lot Report Revised on April 26, 2005.
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Communications:
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SP-2003-06:
Review the revisions to the Kwik-Shop landscape Plan located at 114 W. US 54.
Phil Meyer of Baughman Co. and Phil Dragoo of
Kwik-Shop presented the landscape plan submitted tonight and shown on sheet
C1.5. Phil Meyer explained the reason for concrete front islands is because
of vehicle and foot traffic across them. He said the landscape previously
planned for the islands has been moved in front of the car wash.
There was general discussion about the difference
between concrete vs. pavers islands.
Larry Crouse made a motion to approve the revised
landscape plan for Kwik-Shop as presented. Charley Lewis seconded the motion.
Motion carried 7/0.
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SP-2003-06: Review
the revisions to the Kwik-Shop landscape Plan located at 114 W. US 54.
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SP-2004-09:
Review the revisions to the Final Site Plan for the Walnut Valley Country
Store located at 307 W. US-54.
Rod Coker from Architectural Development Services
LLC and Dave Matson owner of Walnut Valley Country Store presented the
revised plan. Rod Coker said this elevation corrects the 3 items on the
checklist from Les.
Rod Coker said the parking lot screening along US
Hwy. 54 has added other varieties of plants and designed the plantings closer
together to create a fuller effect.
Rod Coker stated the previous Garden Center elevation had batten board siding on the north, south, & west. This has been changed
to continue the effect of the east side with split face wains cot and wrapped
the building all the way around and created a brick relief on the west side
to match the Country Store elevation, and then brick columns have been
created to break up the mass of the north and south walls.
Rod Coker addressed the issue of the site lighting.
He said more lighting was placed on the site. Les Mangus said he approved of
the revised plan.
David Martine asked if the Garden Display area would
be all grass. Rod Coker said it would be a mixture of grass, walkway paths,
display tables, and seasonal items. Dave Matson said the walkway would be a
rock base with wood chips.
Charley Lewis made a motion to approve the revised
final site plan for the Walnut Valley Country Store. Larry Crouse seconded
the motion. Motion carried 6/0/1 with Kevin Dreiling abstaining.
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SP-2004-09: Review
the revisions to the Final Site Plan for the Walnut Valley Country Store
located at 307 W. US-54.
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SP-2004-11:
Review the Revised Site Plan for the Pergola Place Retail Center located at the southwest corner of 2nd Street and Andover Road. Kevin
Dreiling removed himself from the discussion of this case.
Paul Cavanaugh with Places Architects stated the
USPS landowner has withdrawn their consent for a shared driveway. The new approach
for Pergola Place is proposed to be north of the Post Office drive. The
monument sign will be built just to the south of the Pergola Place drive.
David Martine made a motion to approve the revised
site plan for Pergola Place as presented. Larry Crouse seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6/0/1 with Kevin Dreiling abstaining.
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SP-2004-11: Review
the Revised Site Plan for the Pergola Place Retail Center located at the
southwest corner of 2nd Street and Andover Road.
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SP-2004-15:
Review the Final Site Plan for the Express Inn located at the northwest
corner of US-54 and Andover Road. Kevin Dreiling also abstained from voting
on this case.
Dave Tremble submitted the revised Final Site Plan
for the Express Inn. He said revised plans have been submitted to Les for review
which addresses the landscaping on the north and west sides, site lighting,
grading and signage on the building.
Dave Tremble said he has proposed 12 additional
trees on the north and west sides of the property to increase the density of
the landscaping.
Les Mangus said he has spoken to the Civil Engineer
for this project and he had a proposal for the grading issue. Les said the
engineer’s proposal was inappropriate and would be a swale along the west
side of the building and to deepening the one on the north side of the
building that would spill out at the northeast corner of the site and would
only spill water onto the adjacent property. No current survey has been done
to show the adjacent properties to know if there was any place for it to go.
The drainage plan is not approved by staff at this point. There was further
discussion about the drainage problems on this property.
Dave Tremble said the updated site lighting plan has
not been submitted with the photometric of the canopy lighting around the
front side of the building and of the parking lot.
Dave Tremble submitted a color corrected elevation
plan which shows the 2nd sign on the south side of the building
removed.
David Martine asked where
the road at the northeast corner goes. Dave Tremble said it leads to the
vacant property to the north and there is a verbal cross access agreement
with the owner. Dave Tremble said access to the motel would be from the south
at the access road beside Kwik-Shop or from the access road on the west side
of Lubber’s.
There was discussion about the proposed signage and
the color scheme. Consensus of the members was to change the red color of the
sign, to use the same font for the pole sign and wall sign and to limit the
number of signs to 2 (1 pole and 1 wall).
David Martine asked if the pole sign complied with
regulations. Les said it does. He said the maximum size for that zoning
district is 200 square feet and this sign is only 120 square feet. Regulation
maximum sign height is 20 feet and the proposed pole sign is 28 feet and
would need to be lowered.
There was discussion about the landscaping plan. Dave
Tremble said 12 Capital Pear trees were added. Larry Crouse discouraged
planting Pin Oak trees due to disease and short life expectancy. He explained
Northern Red Oak or Shumard Oak varieties instead. David Martine suggested
planting larger trees in the rear of the property to obtain maximum growth
earlier. Les Mangus said the wood fence is 6’ tall and the wall is 20’ to the
eve.
David Beaver asked why
there were no windows planned on the north side of the hotel. Dave Tremble
said it was to protect the privacy of the upper level rooms when the property
to the north is developed.
There was further general discussion. David Martine said he would like to see the specs on the fence shown on the plan, signage color
changed, revised lighting plan, grading issues addressed and plan submitted
for drainage at the northeast corner of the building, and the landscape plan
updated.
No action was taken. Dave Tremble left at 7:50 p.m.
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SP-2004-15: Review
the Final Site Plan for the Express Inn located at the northwest corner of
US-54 and Andover Road.
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SP-2005-07: Review
the Site Plan for a Storage Building located at the Andover Middle School.
Debi Simmons from
Southwestern Remodeling and agent for the Andover Middle School said this
plan is for a 24’x24’ storage garage east of the Middle School and north of
the existing storage building and will be used for sports equipment.
Dave Martine asked how far
this will be off of Andover Road. Les said over 1,000 feet.
David Martine asked about
the construction materials. Debi Simmons said it will be wood frame, concrete
floor, 50 year concrete fiberboard siding, composition shingles, and cedar
trim.
Larry Crouse made a
motion to approve the storage building as presented. David Martine seconded
the motion. Motion carried 7/0.
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SP-2005-08: Review
the Site Plan for Remodeling the Mid Kansas Marine Building located at 1114
W. US-54.
Clarence Nolte owner of
Mid-Kansas Marine proposed demolition of the front building and to reside the
exterior to make the remainder of the building match. The area where the building
is demolished will become a display area for boats.
David Martine asked if a
landscape plan was submitted.
Clarence Nolte said this lot
is all concrete and he does not think plants will grow here. He further
explained the moving of the boats and trailers makes it difficult to place
plants around the parking area because they will be driven over.
Clarence Nolte showed a
photo of the proposed wall sign which will be installed after the demolition
and remodeling is done. No pole sign is requested.
Les Mangus said this is a
confusing lot to deal with. There was general discussion about the fencing on
this property.
David Martine asked for some
way to screen the parking lot from US Hwy. 54 and to blend in with the adjacent
developing properties. Clarence Nolte said any trees planted around this boat
display area will cause him great harm from the leaves and sap staining the
vinyl boat interiors. There was discussion about the elevation difference of
4’ between this parking lot and US Hwy. 54.
Clarence Nolte agreed to
plant some low growing shrubs on the corners of the property where they would
not be driven over.
Larry Crouse said the
remodeling of this building will improve the looks of this area tremendously.
Larry Crouse made a
motion to approve the remodeling of Mid-Kansas Marine as proposed. Charley Lewis seconded the motion.
David Martine said he wants
some plantings to be added into this plan but does not want to cause the
owner any hardship.
David Martine made
a friendly amendment to the motion by Larry Crouse to include added shrubs at
the corners of the proposed wrought iron fence and sidewalk. Larry Crouse
accepted the friendly amendment. Charley Lewis seconded the friendly
amendment. Motion carried 7/0.
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SP-2005-05: Review
the Final Site Plan for the Collision Center of Andover located at 948 N. Andover Road.
Architect Don Kimble and
representative of the applicant and Ben Lawrence presented the plan to the
committee. Don explained the bus barn is east of this property, a large drainage
ditch is on the north, and on the south are vacant lots that will be
developed soon.
Don Kimble said a revised
lighting plan has been submitted. He said the buffer between Andover Road and
the building has been increased from 10’ to 20’, berms and landscaping have
been added to screen the parking area, a green area has been added on the
south side adjacent to the building man door, brick columns have been added
to the south elevation to frame the doorways.
Don Kimble said Baughman
Company is the Civil Engineer on this project and they have submitted a
revised drainage plan which has been approved by Les. He said the monument
sign will be moved.
David Beaver asked if the
firewall issue has been addressed. Don Kimble said the firewall has been taken
down from 30” to 6” which should soften the elevation. He said brick has been
added along the south elevation to tie into the columns on the building. The
brick and efis colors are the same on the front and the sides.
Charley Lewis asked about
the pad elevation and grading in the rear of the property. Don Kimble said
this has been corrected on the grading plan by Baughman Company. Les said
this revised grading plan was delivered to the committee on Friday.
David Martine asked about
the Golden Rain trees planned for the north and south sides of the building.
There was discussion about this variety dropping debris and trash as well as
attracting box elder bugs. Shumard Oak and Autumn Blaze Maple varieties were
suggested.
Charley Lewis made
a motion to approve this Final Site Plan with the change of tree variety from
7 Golden Rain to Autumn Blaze Maple. David Martine seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6/0/1 with Kevin Dreiling abstaining.
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SP-2005-09: Review
the Building Signage Plan for Quizno’s located in the Village Crossing Retail Center at 321 S. Andover Road. Kevin Dreiling abstained from voting on this
case.
David Martine asked if the
sign would be centered on the building. Kevin Dreiling said it will be
centered over the demised premises. Jeff Johnson said he is hoping the store
is open on May 23rd.
David Martine made
a motion to approve the signage plan as presented. Charley Lewis seconded the
motion. Motion carried 6/0/1 with Kevin Dreiling abstaining.
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SP-2005-10: Review
the Building signage Plan for the Flint Hills Spas & Billiards located in
the Weatherstone Place at 742 N. Andover Road. Kevin Dreiling said he is
abstaining from this case.
There was no applicant to
present this case. Les said the sign is in compliance with sign regulations.
Larry Crouse made a
motion to approve the signage as presented. Charley Lewis seconded the
motion. Motion carried 6/0/1 with Kevin Dreiling abstaining.
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Member Items: The Site Plan Review Committee
welcomed Jason Mohler and thanked him for volunteering to serve.
David Martine was concerned about the committee’s
inconsistency of requiring landscape. He felt more landscape should have been
required for Mid-Kansas Marine.
There was general discussion about prescriptive
standards. Larry Crouse said he does not have a problem sending applicants
away who choose not to comply with the SPRC direction.
The committee asked staff to have a deadline hard-line
for submittals. They said this is too much information to review when
submitted at the last minute.
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Member Items
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David Martine made a motion instructing Kevin
Dreiling to write a letter to be given to each applicant explaining Site Plan
Review policy. Charley Lewis seconded the motion. Motion carried 7/0.
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Motion for Kevin Dreiling
to write a letter.
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There was discussion about changing the June meeting
date due to several members being on vacation. The committee decided to leave
the date as scheduled.
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Charley Lewis made a motion to adjourn the
meeting at 8:00 p.m. Larry Crouse seconded the motion. Motion carried 7/0.
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Adjournment
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Respectfully Submitted by
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Deborah Carroll
Administrative Secretary
Approved this 7th day of June 2005 by the
Site Plan Review Committee, City of Andover.
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