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Planning staff recommends conditional use for crushed-asphalt parking at 1100 Triplett Boulevard
Summary
Pro Car Associates seeks to use asphalt grindings for a vehicle storage lot; planning staff recommended approval with conditions including screening and landscaping; owner said material is a temporary measure until hard surfacing can be afforded.
The Planning and Economic Development Committee heard a petition from Pro Car Associates to use crushed asphalt grindings as the surface for a vehicle storage area at 1100 Triplett Boulevard.
Planning staff explained the zoning code requires paved surfaces to meet engineering standards or use an approved permeable paver system; because asphalt grindings do not meet those standards, conditional-use approval is required. Staff said the petitioner previously established paved rear-yard parking behind nearby addresses and had begun grading and laying asphalt grindings in the front of the property without a permit. City engineers told staff that while hard surfaces can strain storm sewers, permeable surfaces can be environmentally sound and that, because the lot is relatively level and will primarily be used for static vehicle storage, washout and dust should be minimal. Planning staff recommended approval provided a solid fence and landscaping are installed 10 feet back from the right-of-way, per code.
Owner Christopher Wright said he misunderstood the permitting process, described the work as temporary while he funds a hard surface and said he has arranged a fencing contractor and plans to landscape the front area as recommended. Staff said they had not received objections to the proposed development. The committee did not vote in the afternoon session and scheduled a repeat hearing at 5 p.m.
