Notes from Planning Commission Meeting

Tonight the Planning Commission was presented with concept designs from both Blu Line group for the property in the northeast corner of our commercial area, and from Amsource who owns the property in the northwest corner. Here are some pictures of those designs.

This first one shows the concept for the entire commercial area, though the only thing that could be approved tonight is the senior living center as that is the property owned by the Smart family that is being sold. The rest of the property development will be discussed more thoroughly at a later time. Some of the biggest changes:

• The senior housing is now 3 and 4 stories high. Most of the building is four stories with only the very last units (a total of 8) in the back being 3 stories high. Overall, the estimated height of the building is 45-47 feet, which is below our design guideline of 50 feet. The presenter wasn't 100% sure of that height but that information will come to the next meeting.
• The building has been shifted so the entrance is right on Cedar Hills drive, giving a greater buffer between the building and the current homes south of the development.
• Right at the edge of the property line on the south will be garage units to create even more of a buffer between the parking lot and the current homes.
• Though it was not up for approval tonight, the new drawings show they would recommend moving the movie theater so it backs up along 9900 N. instead of backing against the existing homes, as shown in earlier drawings. They also removed one exit onto 9900 N. so there would only be one, and that would be a right turn only towards North County Blvd.

• The developer proposes that they give each of those homes on the south an extra 5 feet of yard space. The developer will deed that land to each property owner and will build a new fence. The developer has also spoken with the electric company and would remove the existing power poles in the back. To the north of that fence would be a 10 foot space that would contain landscaping and a trail that goes around the perimeter of the senior housing unit. To the north of that are the garages, then the parking lot. This drawing shows the sight line of an individual standing in the backyard of the homes just to the south of the housing development. This drawing does not show the very last units on the back would be 3 stories instead of 4.

• This shows the front of the building. They have added more brick so it comes up 3 stories on most of the building.

• This shows the northwest corner of the building, which would be retail space.

• These are the drawings Amsource presented for their corner property. America First Credit Union has expressed an interest in building there. You can see the drawings show AFCU would be on the northwest corner. They would have 5 lanes for drive thru banking. People coming through the drive thru would have the ability to turn left and go through the parking lot to get back to North County Blvd, head straight and make a right onto Cedar Hills Drive, or turn right through the parking lot to get to the street between the credit union and Harts, which would allow them to either go left into the commercial space or right onto North County Blvd.
• The two other buildings would be retail of some kind, though they don't feel either would be a sit down restaurant as there isn't enough parking on their property for that.

Top of this picture is the west part of the property, right along North County Blvd. The right side of this picture would be Cedar Hills Drive.

These initial concept designs were approved to be submitted to the City Council for the next meeting. We welcome any comments during the public comment portion of the meeting. On the Blu Line design, we will only be discussing the senior living center as that is the only thing being approved as of right now. The rest is just an idea of what it could look like. Feel free to contact me at any time with feedback.