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Planning commission recommends approval of Elks Lodge addition after neighbors and applicant agree on buffers
Summary
The Creve Coeur Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of application 24-023 for a conditional-use permit and site-development plan for the St. Louis Elks Lodge at 12481 Ladue Road after the applicant agreed to extend fencing, remove a west-side patio, add parking and submit a revised landscaping plan.
The Creve Coeur Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of application 24-023 on a motion passed unanimously, forwarding the proposal to the city council for final action.
George Stock of Stock and Associates, representing the St. Louis Elks Lodge, told the commission the applicant had modified the site plan after meetings with nearby residents: “That 6 foot fence has been extended both to the North and to the South,” Stock said, and the proposed west-side outdoor patio that had been inside a 50-foot residential buffer was deleted from the plan.
Bethany Moore, city planner, summarized staff conditions and technical details. She said the site’s coverage will remain below the maximum allowed — “They’re allowed to have 40%, and they with this new proposed, they’ll be at 28.9 percent,” Moore said — and described required follow-ups: a final landscaping plan for staff approval that replaces an invasive burning-bush species, a submitted plant schedule, enclosure of the existing dumpster, parking rules (no parking on lawns), and limits on outdoor lighting and speakers.
Neighbors who spoke at the hearing expressed conditional support after the changes. Mike Schnettler, a member of the Elks, said the volleyball-court lighting is typically shut off at 11 p.m. and that music at the courts is “local to the courts.” Adjacent owner Ken Klayban said the lodge “have taken care of all of our objections” and supported the expansion while asking if the curfew could be 10 p.m.
A commissioner noted a discrepancy between staff slides and the draft ordinance over the volleyball lighting curfew (9 p.m. on the slide, 11 p.m. in the draft); commissioners asked staff to reconcile that before the council hearing. After exhibits were entered into the record (notice, staff reports and letters, applicant materials, city code, comprehensive plan and the public file), the commission moved to recommend approval subject to the conditions in the draft ordinance and the matter was forwarded to the city council meeting next Monday at 7 p.m.
The commission’s recommendation is advisory; the city council will make the final decision on the conditional-use permit and site-development plan.
