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Commission approves Riverpoint Lot 3 retail design review, requires cross-access easement changes
Summary
The Middleton Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved a design review for an 11,000 sq ft retail shell on Lot 3 of the Riverpoint subdivision, subject to conditions including relocation of an existing cross-access easement, creation of a new curb cut easement, and completion of pre-construction meetings before building permits are issued.
The Middleton Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously on April 13 to approve a design review application for a retail shell building on Lot 3, Block 6 of the Riverpoint subdivision, with conditions outlined in the staff report.
Dominic Guerra of GGT Architecture presented the proposal and identified the building as an approximately 11,000-square-foot retail shell with frontage on Yetna Avenue and parking intended to serve the retail spaces. Guerra said the applicant provided 49 stalls for the building and that the project uses similar materials and exterior treatments to an adjacent approved lot.
Planning staff recommended multiple conditions of approval to address access and engineering concerns. Staff instructed that the cross-access easement shown on the Riverpoint final plat for phase three must be vacated and replaced by a blanket cross-access easement prior to building permit issuance; a new easement must be recorded for a curb cut on the west side of the site; a cross parking agreement must be created prior to building permit issuance; and the applicant must complete pre-construction meetings with the building official, planning staff and the city engineer. Staff also required compliance with engineering, fire, building and public works comments at permit stage, installation of approved landscaping, and that all exterior lighting be downlit. The staff report called for minimum parking stall dimensions of 9 by 21 feet.
Commissioner Gregory moved to approve the design review subject to the staff report conditions; Commissioner Gibson seconded, and the motion passed by voice vote with all present commissioners saying “Aye.” The approval was explicitly made subject to the conditions read into the record.
The commission noted a separate process will be required to vacate and reestablish the cross-access easement (the city will give legal notice and take the vacation to city council). Staff said utility design and storm-water facility design will be finalized at the building-permit stage and that city-metered water may not be used for landscape irrigation. With those conditions in place the commission concluded the project meets applicable design-review standards and allowed the applicant to proceed to permitting.
