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Planning commission approves Carrollton Bank site plan, lot consolidation and CUP revision for Manchester Road
Summary
The Des Peres Planning and Zoning Commission voted May 13 to approve a package from Carrollton Bank that consolidates two parcels at 11710 and 11714 Manchester Road, authorizes a master site plan and revises a 2006 conditional use permit; the motion passed 6–0 with two abstentions.
The Des Peres Planning and Zoning Commission voted May 13 to approve three related land‑use requests from Carrollton Bank for properties at 11710 and 11714 Manchester Road, including a master site plan, consolidation of the two lots into a single 1.9‑acre parcel and a revision to a 2006 conditional use permit to continue bank operations following demolition of the multitenant building at 11714 Manchester.
City Planner Kate Crimmins opened the item with site history: the parcels were developed as a single lot in 1975, subdivided in 1977, and have been governed by a Master Development Plan and conditional use approvals since 1998, with an addition approved in 2006. Crimmins told the commission that Carrollton Bank had sought variances from the Board of Adjustment in April to accommodate a rotated drive‑thru lane configuration and a reduction in required parking because of landscaping buffer constraints; the transcript records those variances as granted. Staff also said the bank declined cross‑access with an adjacent property because of ongoing concerns about speeding on the shared access drive.
Mike Rogers, regional president of Carrollton Bank, described the project as intended to provide modernized and additional office space for the bank. Engineer/designer George Stock of Stock & Associates said the existing building is about 4,000 square feet and described a proposed addition; the transcript contains two closely similar figures for the addition (6,250 square feet in the staff summary and 6,200 square feet in the applicant's description). A traffic study by Lochmueller reported no vehicle circulation concerns, and the project architect said that lighting along the rear property line would remain at zero foot‑candles.
Commissioner Mary McGrath moved to approve the three petitions as a single package; Commissioner Tim Callahan seconded. The roll call vote was recorded as Aye — Anna Ahrens, Jim Jontry, Mary McGrath, Tim Callahan, Nancy Staley and Amanda Willbrand (6); Abstain — Mayor Mark Becker and Aldermanic Representative Patrick Barrett (2). The motion carried. The transcript also records earlier that Commissioner Kurt Leinauer was listed as absent during roll call but lists him as the second on an earlier procedural motion to approve minutes; the transcript therefore contains a discrepancy on his attendance for the night.
The commission did not record additional conditions or modifications in the motion recorded in the transcript. No public comments or formal appeals were recorded in the meeting minutes provided.
The next procedural item on the agenda was a brief report from the Board of Aldermen representative and a short discussion of the Comprehensive Plan update; no further actions were recorded, and the meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m.
