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Commission recommends approval for 61 Marine expansion, requires matching materials and lighting controls
Summary
Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of a site-plan review and conditional use permit for 61 Marine and Sports to add a 50-by-80-foot building for boat detailing and to regularize an existing recreational-vehicle sales/service use at 11730 Point Douglas Drive, with conditions on materials, screening and downward-directed lighting.
The Planning Commission on July 28 recommended City Council approval of a site-plan review and conditional-use permit for 61 Marine and Sports, allowing a 50-by-80-foot building addition for boat detailing and formalizing the property's recreational-vehicle and boat sales use as conditional in the B-3 General Business District. The commission vote was 5-0.
Sam (city planner) said the property at 11730 Point Douglas Drive sits on about 12 acres and has a long history of nonconforming recreational-vehicle and boat uses dating to 1984. Prior approvals were rescinded in 2015 and a new conditional-use permit and site plan were issued then; subsequent expansions were handled by amended permits. The 2022 rezoning to B-3 left RV/boat uses as conditional, and staff said the owner seeks a CUP now to regularize the use rather than expand an outstanding nonconformity.
The proposed addition will be used for boat detailing and cleaning on the east side of the existing building; staff said building façades that face Highway 61 must match the existing building materials. No new impervious surface is proposed for the addition because it will be built over an existing parking area; three on-site stormwater basins were previously sized to handle the existing impervious coverage. The 2019 CUP required a 10-foot side-yard setback and vegetative screening along the east property line; staff said the applicant proposes 11 coniferous trees in the southeast corner and that a condition requires replacement screening if the existing berm and vegetation are removed when an adjacent parcel redevelops.
The commission asked about a letter from a nearby resident (Teresa Williams) regarding lighting; staff confirmed a condition in the report requires all outdoor lighting to be downward-directed to city standards and noted staff can require a photometric plan to demonstrate lighting levels at property lines. Commissioners expressed general support for the business and its continued operation and voted to recommend approval subject to the report conditions.
The recommendation and conditions will be forwarded to City Council for formal registration and any additional permits required before construction begins.
