HomeMy WebLinkAboutA4 ITEM #:
DATE: 04��3
CITY OF AMLS
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND
ADJUS ADJUSTMENT
REPORT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF
DATE PREPARED: April 5, 2013
CASE FILE NO.:
ZBA-13-03
To approve a Special Use Permit for the
RED' expansion of the DMACC Career Academy-Hunziker Center
building and parking lot
PROPERTY OWNER:
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), c/o Joe
Baxter
CO .:
Don Bernholtz, Stott, Barrientos & Associates Architects
LOCATION: 1420 South Bell Avenue
ZOO: General Industrial (GI)
BACKGROUND AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION:Special Use ermit previously granted by the Zoning
This is an amendment to the Sp P1
allow ow the construction of
t Career
Board of Adjustment, on February 23, 2005, DMACC) on the property
420
Academy for Des Moines Area Community College ( square feet, as
South Bell Avenue.
At this time, the property owner wishes deconstruct
9 400ct q second floor
The building addition will include seven new
addition on the northeast cor hics f the building that inc storage room. An
shown in the attached grail restroom, and i g to
classrooms/labs, a work room, mechanical room,parking spaces is also proposed
expansion of the parking lot to include 95 new plans that together are the site plan
accommodate the building expansion. The set of p
for the project are at
tached, along with floor plans and building elevations of the
proposed addition.
APPLICABLE LAW:
The laws applicable to this case file are as follows:
- of the Ames Municipal Code includes `U°e Categories l-11 as a
Table sub-category
( f 5
sub-category of "Colleges and Universities within "Industrialed with the GI
royal can be granted.
29.901(2) of the Ames Municipal Code lists uses hose authority y tapp are allowed Table General Industrial)
General In zoning district and under w permitted in the GI'
,,Colleges and Universities"val of a Silted as a use
approval Special Use Permit by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
zone, subject to pp
Ames Municipal Code Section 29.1503(4), establishes the criteria for reviewing a
Special Use Permit and describes the findings of fact that the Zoning Board of
Adjustment must address before a Special Use Permit can be granted.
Ames Municipal Code Section 29.1503(4)(a):
1. General Standards. The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall review each
application for the purpose of determining that each proposed use meets the
following standards, and in addition, shall find adequate evidence that each use
in its proposed location will:
(i) Be harmonious with and in accordance with the general principles and
proposals of the Land Use Policy Plan (LUPP).
(ii) Be designed, constructed, operated and maintained so as to be
harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the existing or intended
character of the general vicinity and that such a use will not change the
essential character of the area in which it is proposed.
(iii) Not be hazardous or disturbing to existing or future uses in the same
general vicinity.
(iv) Be served adequately by essential public facilities and services such as
highways, streets, police, and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse
disposal, water and sewage facilities, and/or schools.
(v) Not create excessive additional requirements at public cost for public
facilities or services.
(vi) Not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, and equipment or
conditions of operation that will be detrimental to any person, property, or
general welfare by reason of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke,
fumes, glare, or odors.
(vii) Be consistent with the intent and purpose of the Zone in which it is
proposed to locate such use.
FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSION:
After review of this application, staff has made the following findings of facts:
General Standards
FINDING 1. The Land Use Policy Plan (LUPP) map designates this site as General
Industrial, which is consistent with the use of the land, as approved by the Special Use
Permit for the original building.
2
FINDING 2. The proposed change is an expansion of a use that was previously
approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. No change in use is proposed.
FINDING 3. The proposed expansion adds 9,400 square feet of floor area to the
second story of the existing building to be utilized as classroom and lab space.
FINDING 3. No public utility or infrastructure improvements will be needed.
FINDING 4. The City Traffic Engineer has determined that South Bell Avenue has the
capacity to handle any increase in traffic volume that results from the proposed building
addition.
FINDING 5. A minimum of 70 parking spaces are required for the proposed building
addition. The site plan includes the construction of 95 additional parking spaces on the
site.
FINDING 6. The proposed use of the site is allowed within the General Industrial zone
with a Special Use Permit as noted in the Use Tables of the Ames Municipal Code.
CONCLUSION: Based on staff's analysis, staff has determined that the General
Standards of the Ames Municipal Code Section 29.1503(4)(a) have been satisfied.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . The Zoning Board of Adjustment can approve the Special Use Permit to allow the
expansion of the Des Moines Area Community College Career Academy-
Hunziker Center building and parking lot, at 1420 South Bell Avenue, as shown
on the site plan updated and submitted on April 3, 2012 by Stott, Barrientos &
Associates Architects, based upon the findings and conclusions of staff.
2. The Zoning Board of Adjustment can deny the Special Use Permit to allow the
expansion of the Des Moines Area Community College Career Academy-
Hunziker Center building and parking lot, at 1420 South Bell Avenue if the Board
determines that the site plan does not comply with the criteria of Section
29.1503(4).
3. Action on this request can be postponed and referred back to City staff and/or
the applicant for additional information.
DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Based upon the Findings of Fact and Conclusion above, it is staff's recommendation
that the Zoning Board of Adjustment approve Alternative #1, thereby allowing the
expansion of the Des Moines Area Community College Career Academy-Hunziker
Center building and parking lot at 1420 South Bell Avenue, as shown on the site plan
updated and submitted on April 3, 2012 by Stott, Barrientos & Associates Architects.
3
Y �
s
R e> y
y,
i
d
fir
► g Subject Property a
S Y.
ra c
n
b
Location Map
� t
1420 South Bell Avenue
0 75 150 300 450 'ti
......................_E........... .......
Feet
0
4