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Planning commission tables 5.12 foundation site plan, seeks materials and interim Main Street landscaping
Summary
The commission voted unanimously on June 2 to table a recommendation for the 5.12 Foundation’s proposed warehouse addition at 170 South Main Street, asking the applicant to revise exterior materials to better match the Gateway Historic District guidelines and to add interim landscaping for a future Main Street pad.
The Alpine City Planning Commission on June 2 voted to table its recommendation on the 5.12 Foundation’s proposed commercial site plan for 170 South Main Street, saying the design needs material changes and an interim landscaping plan for a future Main Street building pad. Commissioner John McKay moved to table the recommendation; Troy Slade seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Staff had presented the project as a warehouse addition and parking expansion for the 5.12 Foundation, a local nonprofit that distributes weekend food backpacks to children. Planner Caden Lyons told commissioners the site plan “overall meets the code requirements for the business commercial zone and the gateway historic zone” but recommended the commission condition approval on exterior materials matching the Gateway Historic District guidelines and on meeting the code’s 20% site landscaping requirement. The commission highlighted the need to ensure interim landscaping on the currently empty Main Street pad is counted and designed so the street frontage is not simply a visible parking lot.
Commissioners pressed the applicant on materials and visibility from Main Street. Commissioner Michelle Shermer argued the 20% landscaping calculation should exclude the future building pad from credited area, saying, “The 20% landscaping should be and should come from the current site minus that.” The applicant’s representative, JD Heiner of Silver Fox Construction, said the team is willing to revise materials and landscaping plans: “We’re flexible on this design. We want to meet the downtown criteria,” he told commissioners.
The motion to table instructed the applicant to return with revised elevations incorporating primary materials identified in the Gateway Historic District (stone, brick, wood, or stucco) and an interim landscaping concept for the 15-foot setback along Main Street. With the tabled recommendation, the commission deferred sending a recommendation to City Council until the applicant addresses those issues; staff said revised plans could be reviewed at the commission’s next meeting and, if recommended, scheduled for council review.
