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Commission approves revised concept and lot combination for Research Parkway shopping center with modified traffic and drainage conditions
Summary
The board approved rezone P25‑0188 to combine Lots 5 and 6 and revise the concept plan for a two‑building shopping center at Research Parkway, subject to staff conditions modified to require resolution of outstanding traffic‑study comments and either restored roadside swales meeting public‑works standards or curb‑and‑gutter as appropriate.
Commissioners voted to approve rezone request P25‑0188 from B‑2 (existing) to allow a consolidated retail center at 1240 and 1520 Research Parkway, subject to modified staff conditions addressing an updated traffic impact analysis and stormwater cross‑section requirements.
Planning staff described the request as combining two lots and revising the concept plan for a two‑building shopping center with parking, driveways, utilities, stormwater management and landscaping. Staff recommended conditional approval with three standard conditions plus requirements for an updated traffic impact analysis and curb‑and‑gutter along Gottway Road where public works determines it is necessary.
Applicant Ken Bell of Bell & Company told the board his firm submitted an updated August traffic study covering all lots, questioned the need for a further study, and argued curb‑and‑gutter can accelerate runoff and complicate compliance with infiltration requirements; he proposed retaining ditch/swale sections where practicable. Planning and public‑works staff replied the change from a medical use to retail requires a revision to the existing traffic study and noted parts of the corridor have been regraded, so public works prefers an urban cross‑section (curb and gutter) where right‑of‑way and storm infrastructure are already modified.
After discussion the board agreed to modify condition 4 to require the applicant to address outstanding comments on the current traffic study rather than necessarily produce a wholly new study, and to modify condition 5 to allow the developer to either restore roadside swales to an approved cross section or install curb and gutter that meets public works standards. The motion to approve P25‑0188 carried.
Public‑works and planning staff will verify cross‑section restoration or curb‑and‑gutter construction as part of subsequent site development plan reviews and will confirm outstanding traffic‑study comments are resolved before plan approval.
