TW MTST Nursery SalesTown of Avon
Final Desian
Staff Report
April 2, 1996 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting
Date
Project Type
Legal Description
Address
Zoning
Introduction
March 28, 1996
Commercial - Seasonal Nursery Sales and Storage
Lots 1&2, Block 1, Wildwood Resort Subdivision
110 and 120 Mountain Star Road
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This application is to amend the existing PUD for a temporary garden center and nursery sales.
The applicants intend to use the site for sales through October of 1996 until their permanent
facility elsewhere in the county is completed. They are also requesting to continue the storage of
nursery stock and materials through October of 1997.
PUD Amendment Criteria
1. Conformity with the Avon Comprehensive Plan goals and
objectives.
The proposed development is in conflict with Goal # 11, which addresses the image and design
of the Town. Goal 11 is to " Ensure that a high quality visual image of the Town is established
through both public and private sector activities." The application is in conflict with Objectives
(e) and (f), which state:
• Improve the appearance and image of the service district along Nottingham and Metcalf
Roads through enhance design, screening of activities, and landscaping.
• Improve the image of the Town as viewed from Interstate 70.
The proposed temporary storage and landscape sales are in conflict with these objectives. The
application includes a construction trailer for the office, Quonset hoop houses, gravel parking,
and outside storage of materials. These temporary improvements are not consistent with
improving the image of the Town. The application does not propose paved parking, permanent
landscaping or permanent buildings.
2. Conformity and compliance with the overall design theme of the
town, the sub -area design recommendations and design guidelines
adopted by the Town.
The site is located within Subarea 13: the Nottingham Road Commercial District of the
Comprehensive Plan. The site is identified as a key entrance to the community based on its
visibility from I-70. The Comprehensive Plan states that development that occurs in this area
should reflect the standard of development that occurs in the Town Center and Core Commercial.
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Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Wildwood Resort Subdivision, PUD Amendment, page 2
April 2, 1996
Specific recommendations include:
• Develop Nottingham Road as a secondary streetscape.
• Limit access points on Nottingham Road to simplify traffic movements.
• Require landscape setbacks and internal landscaping of parking lots.
• Limit building heights to three to four stories.
The proposed site is in a highly visible to the Town entrance. Staff does not believe the proposed
temporary nursery center satisfies the recommendations for developing Nottingham Road as a
secondary streetscape, and providing landscaped setbacks and internal landscaping.
The PUD amendment requests the storage of nursery materials. The storage of materials is listed
as use for areas designated for industrial development. This site is intended for commercial
development consistent with uses found in the Town Center and Core commercial. A nursery is
more typically found in industrial or agricultural areas and is not appropriate in areas designated
for more intense commercial uses.
The proposed development does not include permanent high quality improvements to the site
and is therefore not consistent with the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan.
3. Design compatibility with the immediate environment,
neighborhood, and adjacent properties relative to architectural
design, scale, bulk, building height, buffer zones, character, and
orientation.
The gravel parking lot, temporary Quonset structures, and trailer are not consistent with the other
permanent businesses in the area including C -Mart and Pizza Hut.
4. Uses, activity, and density which provide a compatible, efficient,
and workable relationship with surrounding uses and activity.
The level of improvements proposed for this site will detract from the other permanent
improvements in the vicinity that have paved parking lots, permanent buildings, and permanent
landscaping.
5. Identification and mitigation or avoidance of natural and/or
geologic hazards that affect the property upon which the PUD is
proposed.
Not applicable.
6. Site plan, building design and location and open space provisions
designed to produce a functional development responsive and
sensitive to natural features, vegetation and overall aesthetic quality
of the community.
The proposal is not responsive to the overall aesthetic quality of the community for reasons
already discussed in this report.
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April 2, 1996
7. A circulation system designed for both vehicles and pedestrians
addressing on and off site traffic circulation that is compatible with
the Town transportation plan.
The Town Engineer has stated concerns that the entrance to this site is located too close to the
intersection of Swift Gulch Road with Nottingham Road. This may exacerbate the traffic
problems already existing in the area.
8. Functional and aesthetic landscaping and open space in order to
optimize and preserve natural features, recreation, views and
function.
The plan does not indicate that any landscaping and irrigation system will be provided The
application has not proposed any permanent landscape features to enhance the aesthetics of this
key entrance to the Town.
9. Phasing plan or subdivision plan that will maintain a workable,
functional, and efficient relationship throughout the development of
the PUD. The phasing plan shall clearly demonstrate that each
phase can be workable, functional and efficient without relying upon
completion of future project phases.
Not applicable.
10. Adequacy of public services such as sewer, water, schools,
transportation systems, roads, parks, and police and fire protection.
Water and sewer services should be provided on the site for irrigation of landscaping and
sanitation facilities.
11. That the existing streets and roads are suitable and adequate to
carry anticipated traffic within the proposed PUD and in the vicinity
of the proposed PUD.
The proposed gravel drive and parking lot may create dust and drag gravel onto the existing
paved roads. The location of the curb cut will likely create conflicts with existing traffic.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the PUD because it is not in conformance with the Comprehensive
Plan, does not satisfy the review criteria, and does not meet Code requirements for landscaping,
paved parking, and the proposed structures do not meet the Town's Design Standards for
Buildings. The proposed storage and outdoor sales are inappropriate for this highly visible
entrance to the Town.
If you have any questions regarding this project or any community development matter, please
call me at 949-4280 (extension 131), or stop by the Community Development Department.
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April 2, 1996
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Griffith, A.I.C.P.
Town Planner
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April 2, 1996
Planning & Zoning Commission Action
❑ Approved as submitted /Approved with conditions ❑ Denied
❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn by applicant
Conditions (if applicable):
1. A clean -tip hond, that can he a letter of credit, of $22,000.00 he issued
to the Town of Avon prior to construction.
2. The applicant undertake to use temporary plant material in a permanent
way for the full 5 month duration of the project on the west and south
Signed:
Date
Jack Hunn, Chair
Attest:
Date
Sue Railton, Secretary
2, sides of the greenhouses
3. Drainage should be to the Town Engineer's satisfaction.
4. There will be dust control (magnesium chloride was highly recommended)
5. The western southwestern edge of the public parking area be defined so that
there is a limit to how much of the site they can trash
6. Strong recommendation that the applicant, at the time of departure, revegetate
the site as well as do some sort of temporary blocking of access to the site,
in coordination with the Town, to keep it private property.
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PO Box 975, Avon, CO 8162
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