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SUP & Site Plan Amendment: Clearscape Landscaping <br />Planning Commission Report; 4-20-21 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 9 <br />(cont.) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Staff Comment: Staff agrees with the applicant’s assessment, and does not find <br />reason to believe there will be any negative impacts to the public as a result of this <br />proposed special use permit. The applicant’s proposal to require all employee <br />crews and 3rd party landscape contractor crews (wholesale customers) to use the <br />8th Ave SW entrance / exit will help to separate business traffic from retail traffic. <br />Customers with trailers will also be instructed to exit via 8th Ave SW. <br />Seeing as the existing and proposed uses are basically the same, getting this SUP <br />in place and addressing some long-standing issues such as screening from Old <br />Highway 8 will be a net-positive for this site. Furthermore, with this site as the <br />company’s new metro headquarters, future investments in the property will only <br />improve its look and appeal from one of our main community corridors. Criteria <br />met. <br />2. That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other <br />property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor <br />substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood. <br />Applicant Comment: Our planned use of the property should not negatively <br />impact anyone’s enjoyment of their properties nor diminish their property values <br />in any way. We plan to improve the grounds significantly with landscaping <br />improvements and cosmetic upgrades to the existing buildings. <br />Staff Comment: No change in use coupled with improvements to the site should <br />not result in impacts to surrounding properties. Depending on traffic to/from this <br />site over time and the future design of Old Highway 8, it may ultimately be <br />important for all traffic to exit the site via 8th Avenue NW and accessing Old <br />Highway 8 via 1st St SW. The current proposal to allow retail traffic direct access <br />to and from Old 8 with all business traffic directed to 8th Avenue appears workable <br />given present facts. Future changes to Old Highway 8 may require amending this <br />approach. As a condition of approval, staff would recommend the applicant be <br />required to work with staff on ingress/egress requirements as part of and following <br />any reconstruction/reconfiguration of the Old Highway 8 corridor. Criteria met <br />with conditions. <br />3. That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly <br />development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in <br />the district. <br />Applicant Comment: Our use of the property will not limit any local development <br />or the operations of our neighbors because it’s not significantly changing how it’s <br />been used for the last 30 years. <br />Staff Comment: The proposed changes to outdoor storage on this property will <br />not have any impact on the development or use of surrounding lands provided all <br />conditions are followed now and into the future. Criteria met with conditions.