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Senior planner Kevin Heggberg presented UPR 2025-001 for a mini-warehouse and RV/boat covered storage expansion within a CC-2 Community Commercial District. The applicant requested two deviations: (1) approval of pervious paver surfacing in the northern storage area in lieu of the city\u0000s two-inch asphalt requirement, and (2) an interior-facade masonry deviation so certain interior-facing walls use R-panel metal siding rather than full masonry.

City staff recommended approval of the UPR and both deviations, and said covenants and CCR language would be added to assign maintenance responsibility and allow enforcement if the pervious pavement system (a TruGrid-style cell system described by the applicant\u0000s engineer) were to fail and increase runoff.

Jamelle Ortiz, civil engineer with WSB, described the proposed pervious pavement system as a modular, H-20-rated grid filled with aggregate over compacted subgrade. \"Essentially, what this stuff is is a pervious pavement, but it also allows for storage underground... the gravel is confined within cells,\" Ortiz said. He described a layered section: a thin surface grid (about 1.5 inches), approximately 8 inches of clean aggregate, and a compacted subgrade below.

Owner Carl Gibson said this would be Storage R Us\u0000s third project using the TruGrid system and that the design provides substantial retention capacity. \"We've not had it fail in our other two locations,\" Gibson said, and the engineer indicated the proposed design stores more than the minimum detention requirements.

Commissioners asked detailed engineering questions about long-term maintenance, potential sedimentation or vegetative clogging of pervious cells, and sightlines for masonry on elevations visible from public streets. Staff said the CCRs will include language obligating the property owner to maintain the pervious system and that code enforcement would address any long-term maintenance failures.

On the replat for Crystal Village (final plat), the commission also approved two variances: retaining an existing 8-inch water line on Southeast 40th Street rather than upgrading to a 12-inch main required by the section-line road standard, and approving the same pavement deviation referenced in the UPR. Staff recommended both variances and said existing utilities are configured to serve the replat.

The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the UPR, the two deviations (paving and facade), and the final plat and its two variances. Action included requirement that CCR language covering maintenance and enforcement for the pervious paving be added to the plat or covenants.

What\u0000s next: The commission\u0000s recommendations will go to the City Council for final review and ordinance/plat action. Staff will record the revised CCR language and the maintenance/enforcement provisions before final filing of the plat and permit issuance.

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The rezoning and preliminary plat cover roughly 9.6 acres at the northwest corner of U.S. Highway 62 (Main Street) and East Cross Lane. The city is the property owner and the application, filed as R-2024-012, would create six lots, shared access and shared parking, two Main Street entrances and a secondary entrance off Southeast Third Street. The PUD preserves a 45-foot maximum building height and reduces building setbacks to 15 feet to increase buildable area.

The PUD includes architectural and landscaping guidelines, a common-area regional detention basin at the north end of the site, curb-and-gutter storm conveyance and utility connections to public water and sanitary sewer. Staff said the objective is to create a “town center” node to attract retail, sit-down restaurants and other sales-tax-generating uses toward the southern edge of town.

Why it matters: The city purchased the property in November 2023 as an economic-development investment. Commission members said the PUD is intended to give the city flexibility to market six buildable lots while ensuring a consistent site character for future commercial development.

Commission discussion focused on parking, traffic access and administrative flexibility over permitted uses. Sean McGraw, civil engineering consultant for the applicant, said the plan builds flexibility into parking calculations so different tenants can share stalls at differing peak times: “We\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000we\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000re trying to maximize the seven buildable acres here... and if we had to say truly, okay, if one QSR came first and we had a set number of parking and no one else can borrow from that, then your chances of attracting the grocer are going to be difficult.”

Several commissioners pressed staff on whether the PUD\u0000s administrative review provisions would allow the city to approve new or \"similar\" uses without returning to the commission. Commissioners expressed concern about precedent and public perception if staff discretion was broad. One commissioner reiterated that the PUD should not allow uses clearly outside the listed retail and dining categories to be added administratively.

The motion recommending approval included several edits requested on the record: removal of an unnecessary bullet in the permitted-uses list, clarifying language in special condition 9, and a wording change in the PUD document to refer to the city as “developer” rather than “landlord.” Commissioner Gordon Hines (chair) moved for approval; the motion and a second passed by unanimous voice/hand vote with three commissioners present.

The commission also discussed platting mechanics that staff said would be updated in the PUD and in the staff report. Staff explained they expect to file a final plat that could facilitate sale of individual lots without the city posting a subdivision bond, but said infrastructure improvements and any building permits would still require completion or financial security; staff committed to amending the PUD text to align the document and the staff report.

What\u0000s next: The commission\u0000s recommendation will go to the City Council for final action and any ordinance adoption. The commission did not set an effective date; staff said those details and final language edits will be returned to the council and the commission as the project advances.

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