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Council approves preliminary plat for 15.6-acre Sunrise Riverbank commercial development
Summary
The Wyoming City Council approved a preliminary plat for the 15.6-acre Sunrise Riverbank Commercial Development on East Viking Boulevard, allowing three buildable parcels and an outlot for stormwater with eight staff conditions including park dedication and additional wetland and stormwater review.
The Wyoming City Council on July 7 approved a preliminary plat for the 15.6-acre Sunrise Riverbank Commercial Development on East Viking Boulevard and the Greenwood Golf Course site.
City planning staff described the proposal as a mixed-use commercial side of the larger Sunrise Riverbank project, creating three buildable parcels and one outlot dedicated to stormwater management. Anticipated uses include a high-density residential building (approximately a 100-unit apartment), a hotel and a convenience store with gasoline, and staff said the site is already guided and zoned for mixed use.
"The individual lots are meeting the requirements for the mixed-use development dimensions," said Fred Wecker (staff member). He told the council the plat meets city requirements subject to the eight conditions listed in the staff report, including a fee-in-lieu park dedication and additional information on wetland impacts and floodplain considerations.
Council members raised questions about traffic and long-term viability of hotel uses. A council member asked whether a hotel could be converted to apartments if the market did not support a branded hotel; Wecker said the plat and future conditional-use permits and site plans would govern specific uses and that staff would review conversion possibilities at subsequent application stages.
Staff recommended the developer install a temporary traffic signal at County Road 22 and Kettle River Boulevard to address traffic generated by the new development; the city engineer also asked for more documentation to ensure the project does not increase downstream flooding. The planning commission recommended approval with the eight staff conditions.
After discussion, the council moved, seconded and approved the resolution to adopt the preliminary plat. The council did not read a roll-call tally in the record; the motion passed as "Aye" with no opposing member recorded on this item in the transcript.
The council said subsequent steps include master development plan review by the planning commission, conditional-use permits or site plans for the individual parcels, final plat approval and any required wetland and floodplain permits. The developer will also work with city engineering on stormwater and with the parks staff on the required park dedication fee.
What happens next: the planning commission will review the master development plan and the council will consider conditional approvals and final plat materials in future meetings.
