Planning Commission raises concerns about live-work units, limited ground-floor commercial and ATM drive-through in revised 511 West Verona proposal

City planning staff returned an updated concept plan for 511 West Verona Avenue — a revised mixed-use application related to the Sugar Creek Commons project — for initial review on April 7. The applicant earlier provided public comment that evening; Connor Net said the revised plan includes 4,200 square feet of commercial space fronting West Verona Avenue, two live-work units (including about 1,300 square feet of space fronting West Rowan Avenue) and 14 multifamily units (public comment statement).

In the staff presentation, Mr. Severson said the property was previously before the commission and council and that because the earlier application had been denied, the applicant returned with a substantial change. Staff summarized the revised concept as proposing residential units at-grade in a suburban commercial zoning district via a planned development/use exemption and noted the proposal would require height and lighting exemptions and potentially other variances once a complete…