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Commission approves Speed & Performance Center plat and site plan with temporary gravel-parking waiver
Summary
Planning and Zoning approved final plat and a site plan for the Speed & Performance Center, an athletic training facility, subject to listed waivers and a temporary two-year allowance for using existing gravel parking while required paved spaces are installed.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the final plat and site plan for the Speed & Performance Center and granted a set of staff-identified waivers on Jan. 13, 2025, subject to a temporary gravel-parking waiver that runs two years from the date City Council approves the site plan.
Staff described the project as a roughly 6,000-square-foot athletic training facility that falls under the city’s health and athletic clubs category. The final plat consolidates existing parcels to accommodate the building footprint. Staff noted several site-plan waivers in the report (landscaping, sidewalk, parking-setback relief and surfacing conditions) and recommended approval with those waivers listed.
The applicant—an athletic coach and operator—said programming will focus on small-group speed, agility and sport-specific training for youth through high school and noted typical session sizes of six to eight children; he said staffing would start small. Commissioners and members of the public questioned parking sufficiency, whether the existing gravel area could be used for parking, and timing for paving additional spaces.
Staff and the applicant discussed options: the commission added a condition that the gravel parking may be used temporarily and that the additional ‘ghosted-in’ parking spaces shown on the north side of the plan be completed within two years of council approval. Staff said gravel is not a conforming long-term parking surface under city code but that past practice had allowed staged improvements; the temporary allowance was included as a condition for the site plan approval.
The commission approved the final plat (with a sidewalk waiver) and approved the site plan subject to: the list of waivers in the staff report, the two-year temporary gravel waiver measured from council approval, and a requirement that the planned additional parking north of the building be completed within that two-year period. Commissioners urged the applicant to continue engagement with council and staff on implementation.
