Troutdale planning panel approves Crunch Fitness conditional use permit at Cherry Park Market Center

The Troutdale Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a conditional use permit for Crunch Fitness to occupy a vacant tenant space at Cherry Park Market Center, 2501 SW Cherry Park Road, concluding the quasi‑judicial hearing on case LU0020‑2025.

Associate Planner Dakota Meyer presented the staff report, saying the proposed interior build‑out (no exterior modifications) met the Troutdale Development Code criteria and relevant Oregon law, and that notifying review agencies resulted in conditional‑approval recommendations from Gresham Fire and other agencies. Meyer told the commission he had personally recounted parking across the entire shopping center and updated the staff packet to show 724 existing parking spaces, which exceeds the staff‑calculated minimum requirement of 617 spaces for the mixed uses on site. Meyer said the applicant must obtain building permits for required fire alarm and life‑safety upgrades before occupancy.

Commissioners discussed factual and typographical corrections to the staff report (file number/year references, street spelling, and parking calculations). Commissioner Wilcox questioned a projected maximum occupancy listed in the applicant narrative (949 people) and the applicant’s stated plan to operate 24 hours a day; Meyer said the 949 figure appears to be a maximum occupancy figure (fire code) for the building as drawn and that operational hours are the applicant’s proposal that could change. The commission also required the applicant to provide long‑term (covered or indoor) bike parking as a condition of approval after staff confirmed 14 short‑term bike parking spaces exist on site and that short‑term requirements would be met.

Commissioner Prickett moved to approve the amended conditions of approval; Commissioner Kester seconded. The roll call on the conditions was: Commissioner Minkoff — yes; Commissioner Kester — yes; Commissioner Prickett — yes; Commissioner Wilcox — no; Chair Stephenson — yes; Commissioner Allen — yes. The motion carried 5–1. Prickett then moved to approve the findings of fact and final order as amended; the motion passed with the same roll‑call split, and the commission adopted the final order approving the conditional use permit.

The final order allows the applicant two years from the date of the notice of decision to satisfy agency comments and obtain the required building permits. If appealed, the city council would hear the appeal. Meyer noted that if the decision is implemented, the applicant may proceed with business licensing and interior improvement permits subject to the conditions and building permit reviews.

Key details recorded during the hearing included the project address (2501 SW Cherry Park Road), the applicant’s design team reference (Jeff Jennings, J plus Architects), staff’s parking recount (724 spaces total on the center), code sections cited in the staff report (Troutdale Development Code chapters on conditional use and parking), and the added condition requiring long‑term bike parking. Commissioner Wilcox recorded a dissenting vote, citing a desire to see a final clean packet before adopting findings.