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MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Borup: Thank you.
Centers: And continuing, I would like to recommend approval to the City Council on
Item 7, PP 02-018, request for Preliminary Plat approval of 39 building lots and 10 other
lots on 7.30 acres in a proposed R-8 zone for the proposed Tully Cove Subdivision by
Ted Mason. It is west of North Linder Road and south of West Ustick Road and -- with
a time out here. The acreage doesn't total up. In the annexation and zoning, we have
7.66 acres and in the Preliminary Plat agenda, we have 7.30.
Freckleton: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, the reason for that is because
the legal description for annexation and zoning includes adjacent right of way.
Centers: Okay.
Freckleton: The legal description for a plat is exclusive of the right of way
Centers: Okay. Thank you. Continuing on and recommend approval of the
aforementioned, including all staff comments and, in addition, the Final Plat would have
wording across Lots 11 and 12 noting to potential buyers that the Settler's Irrigation
District requires access through their property or would require access through their
property should they need to go in and maintain the pipe and canal. End of motion.
Zaremba: Second
Borup: Motion and second. Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES
Item 8. Public Hearing: CUP 02-025 Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a
wireless communications facility consisting of a 125 foot monopole and
supporting equipment in an I-L zone for Verizon Wireless by Mericom
Corporation - 3735 North Ten Mile Road:
Borup: Thank you. Item Number 8, Public Hearing CUP 02-025, a request for
Conditional U se Permit fora wireless communication facility consisting of a 1 25 foot
monopole and supporting equipment in an I-L zone for Verizon Wireless by Mericom
Corporation at 3735 North Ten Mile Road. We would like to open this Public Hearing
and start with the staff report.
McKinnon: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. Again to the
overhead. The site that we are going to be discussing tonight for a new cell tower is
located adjacent to the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant, the highlighted portion of the
map in front of you. The bolded area is the Ten Mile Mini Storage area and that's where
the proposed cell tower would go. The proposed cell tower would be approximately 650
feet to the west of Ten Mile Road. Here is a picture of the site. Currently on the site
Ten Mile Mini Storage is constructed to this point. It's about 600 and some odd feet
back from Ten Mile. The proposed cell towerwould be located adjacent to -- a few
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yards away from the existing building right now. The second photo, which you see
here, is actually stepping back from the road that leads to the Wastewater Treatment
Plan to show you the large cottonwood and poplar trees that are growing up at this
location right now that would help to shield the size of the tower. The location -- if we
can go back to that picture really q uick. The building that you see right here is this
building right here on the site plan. You can see that this building -- the cell tower would
be located fairly close to the existing building at this time. When Ten Mile Mini Storage
continues to build their storage unit, they will continue to build them at the angle
following the property line. Eventually they would surround the material and the
prefabricated buildings that would be located there to house the electronics for the cell
tower. The cell tower in question is a 125-foot tall steel monopole. The reason for it to
be 125 feet is so they can get the height for their antenna arrays and to allow for at least
two additional antenna arrays to be placed on the tower. The industry typically likes to
have 15 feet of separation between the antenna arrays and the applicant has provided
two additional locations for that, one at 90 feet and one at -- 95 -- well, be 110 and then
go backwards to 95. They would be allowed to have additional antenna arrays placed
on this building. The building that would house the electronic equipment for the tower
would be a 12 by 28 building. It would be a prefabricated building. I talked with the
applicant tonight and the applicant stated that they may need to increase the size of that
prefabricated building to house the electronics to be a 12 by 30 foot structure. Staff has
no objections to that at this time. The reason for that is as Ten Mile Mini Storage
continues to construct buildings closer to the tower, they will be constructing buildings
similar to this around the electronics equipment shed, so basically what you will see is a
cell tower sitting directly behind the equipment shed -- I mean the storage unit. It would
be a cell tower that would be surrounded entirely by the storage unit, located in an
industrial zoned piece of property. There is no residential property immediately
adjacent to this. In addition to the information presented in front of you, I know that you
have all seen the proposed Cell Tower Ordinance that we have discussed and just to let
you know this would comply with the Cell Tower Ordinance that has been discussed.
Centers: What is the distance from building that --
Zaremba: The fall zone?
McKinnon: The fall zone is tied directly to the residential specifically.
Centers: Totally?
McKinnon: The way the ordinance is written right now it's tied to that.
Centers: Well, there are no occupants in the surrounding building. I guess that makes
sense.
McKinnon: Yes. Hopefully there is no one living in a mini storage unit.
Borup: Good homeless housing.
McKinnon: So with that -- and staff does support this project as far as cell towers go. If
you have any questions I will entertain them at this time.
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Borup: Any questions from the Commission for staff?
Zaremba: I'd just say on record I had a discussion with David earlier about an existing
radio -- or cell tower that is kind of kitty-corner from this on the block between Ten Mile
and Linder and Ustick and Cherry Lane. My question was how high is that tower, just to
get a sense of how high this one. The answer was the one that appears to be so
obnoxious to everybody is 300 feet tall. It's a major factor in the skyline day and night
from almost anywhere in Meridian. That's not quite three times as tall as the one that
we are talking about here, so this would not stick up anywhere near that high. I would
just make one comment to staff under site -- can't talk -- site specific requirements and I
guess this is our discussion. I would add a sixth point that no signs, flags, or banners
be on the tower, except perhaps in the lower 10 feet, signs that are required for safety
reasons. Is that acceptable?
McKinnon: Staff has no objections to that.
Zaremba: Okay. I will ask the applicant that also. Those are my only comments.
Borup: Thank you. Isn't that -- that is in the proposed ordinance also, isn't it?
McKinnon: That's correct.
Borup: So that's why you wanted to add that that it was in the proposed ordinance?
Zaremba: Yes.
Borup: Would the applicant like to make a presentation?
McFadden: Good evening, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. My name is
Cameron McFadden. Our office address is 7819 West P riest Drive in Boise, I daho.
83704. I am a mployed by Mericom Corporation. We are the development services
representative for Verizon in this area. As described by staff, we are proposing a 125
foot monopole to be placed at the Ten Mile Storage at 3735 North Ten Mile in the light
industrial zone. Great care was given to the selection of this site and as pointed out by
staff, it would just lend itself to harmony with the neighborhood, because of the way that
Ten Mile Storage is going to develop their property. We are in the luxurious position
that we are going to be able to place our monopole and put in our prefab shelter before
or while they are constructing their storage units, which will totally, obscure our
equipment. It won't obscure the 125-foot monopole, of course. The shelter, as
mentioned by Mr. McKinnon, is going to be 12 by 30, unless we have a practical
problem. Verizon has changed their requirements in the last month since we have filed
this application and so they have increased the size of their shelter by two feet, to
include generators, largely as a result of the September 11tb crisis that we had. They
have new specifications for their facilities. Our lease area with Ten Mile Storage is 16
feet by 56 feet long. Again, we are trying to roughly stay the same size as their storage
units, except for the monopole's positioning. It will be enclosed by a fence until they are
completely constructed and then the fence will only be inside the storage unit. These
storage units, if I'm correct, are going to be the open bay storage units for the likes of
motor homes, et cetera, so on the interior of that, you know, we will have fencing to
keep us separated from the other units. The staff has recommended conditions of no
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climbing fence in 20 feet unless we are under construction and that's, of course,
agreeable to us for under maintenance is what I'm trying to say and that we paint it an
earth tone. That's also agreeable. However, I guess I would ask that they maybe
narrow it a little bit and say brown or green. Earth tone covers a spectrum in our
business from sand to charcoal and we have had to paint them all the above. If you
want to leave it at earth tone, then we will pick one, just to be in accordance with the
wishes of the community. We'd like to have a little bit more direction or what earth tone
means. I don't want to create a problem if there isn't any, but that would make it easier
for me. And also as requested, no lighting unless required by the FAA and preliminary
results are that we will not be required to light it, which is good news. As with all
facilities, Verizon Wireless is a good tenant and a good neighbor. They will comply with
all g overnmental regulations, i ncluding t he F CC, FAA, a 11 state a nd l ocal ordinances,
including the Meridian ordinance on Conditional Use Permits, which is 11-17-3. We are
compatible with all the general standards announced in that ordinance A through I. The
one that is most talked about, in my experience, are compatible and harmonious and,
again, with our siting in this -- with the other neighbors and with our siting in this we got
extremely lucky, the City of Meridian is to the south of us and the way that we are going
to be able to construct it with Ten Mile Storage, I think we are extremely compatible.
With that I would stand for any questions.
Borup: Questions from any of the Commissioners?
Zaremba: I would first like to commend you for preparing to co-locate other users of it,
so that we don't have to have cell towers all aver the city. Your -- it's not a storage
shed, but your equipment shed, I assume you make that divisible in such a way that if
you do have co-located competitors they don't need to have access to the entire place
there?
McFadden: Yes. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Commissioner, that's -- actually, we don't share
our shelter with them. What would happen in that event is -- if, for example, AT&T
wanted to locate on the pole, they will approach Ten Mile Storage and they will probably
rent the bay right next to us and put their shelter down in there. That's pretty standard
in the industry these days for the ground space requirements and then of course, we
have got the tower space for them.
Zaremba: Okay. You don't have any problem with our adding a condition that there be
no signs or banners hung from the pole?
McFadden: Mr. Commissioner, absolutely not. That's fine.
Borup: Do you have any recommendation, based on you experience, on a color? You
said you'd like to narrow it down a little bit. Has there been one that's been --
McFadden: Well, Mr. Chairman, honestly, that's -- my recommendation is to leave it the
galvanized steel finish, because it's reflective. Painting a tower means a maintenance
issue on the tower when the paint peels and deteriorates, it can become far more
unsightly than you might imagine. There are jurisdictions, namely, to name a couple of
them, Flagstaff, Arizona, there is a couple in Oregon now that have reversed their
ordinance and are now asking us to take paint off, because of that very reason. So --
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but other than that, I think for that area an earthen tone, because it has abackdrop -- or
a brown, I should say, the language on it, a brown -- on the spectrum of brown would be
better than anything, because the foothills are our backdrop from any distance, you
know, Bogus Basin, that type of thing. I think personally that would be my choice if they
have to be painted.
Borup: Okay. Thank you.
Centers: Mr. Chairman. Yes and I really hadn't thought of it, but I can't think of any that
I have seen that are painted. Are you familiar with the three that are very visible as you
go across the connector on Emerald?
McFadden: Yes.
Centers: How tall are those?
McFadden: Well, I believe they are around 90 feet. I'm not exactly sure. I know the
one that is on Five Mile and the freeway there, just before you get down to Emerald
where the three are, that one is 96 feet and they are about -- they are about the same,
in my --
Centers: None of those are painted.
McFadden: Right.
Centers: Okay. I can see the maintenance issue. Peeling. It would become unsightly
in probably a couple years and getting paint to adhere to that is difficult, isn't it?
McFadden: And we have all the same practical problems a h omeowner has in t hat
three years from now the same paint may not be available and if we do get co-locators,
getting AT&T, getting the same matched paint that Verizon has -- you know, these are
perfectly acceptable conditions, but you can see the practical problems that we run into
at times.
Centers: I understand. Thank you.
Wollen: I had a question or two. Your tower is going to be 125 feet. Is that outside of
FAA jurisdiction or is there a height limitation where underneath they won't get involved?
McFadden: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Wollen, no, that is -- there is no limit. It has more to do
with proximity to airports.
Wollen: Okay.
McFadden: And the magic number outside of -- if we were within a short distance of an
airport, is about 250 feet. Once you get up to 250 feet, the FAA is usually going to
require you to light it, mark it, something. Other than that, it has more to do with
proximity to other objects. There we are lucky, we don't have anything. Thank you.
Borup: Okay. Thank you. David, any comment on the painting?
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McKinnon: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. Bruce and I did a little bit of
talking here at the table while you were going through your questions with Mr.
McFadden. The buildings that are out on Ten Mile right now are painted an earthen
color and it might be best to match the color -- a similar spectrum of color as the existing
buildings on site, so the lower portion of the tower would blend. That same color would
blend with the foothills, a kind of brown dusty color that we have got in the foothills for
most of the year, except for the spring. The painting can be problemsome, problematic,
but we have to weigh that against whether or not the galvanized steel is more in -- the
word just escaped me -- intrusive than the painted. A galvanized steel pole sticks out a
lot more than a pole that's painted a specific color. There are poles in the valley that are
painted. I could think of a couple of them down in the central location of Boise City in
the Garden City area. They were required to paint those. Right now we don't have a
current o rdinance t hat requires t hat. I t would b e s omething t hat could b e p laced b y
either condition and if it were something that was removed, staff wouldn't have an
objection to that. It's your decision.
Borup: Thank you
Centers: My concern, David, I can understand the paint and the appearance and I think
it's ashort-term fix. I think the first couple of years it's going to look beautiful -- or better.
Not beautiful. Who is going to police it when it starts peeling and required to be
repainted and -- you know, et cetera, et cetera. We don't have those kinds of police
powers.
McKinnon: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, Commissioner Centers, we
may want -- if we want to go with the painting condition, site specific requirement
Number 1, we could add some additional language to that that would require continual
maintenance. That would be something that code enforcements officers could handle.
There could be some sort of tickler file also that could be set up saying let's make sure
thatwetakealookatthisinthisspecifictimeframe. Language could be added to
continually maintain the painting. That would probably be the best suggestion if we do
decide tonight to go with a painted structure.
Zaremba: Let me throw out an alternative, as opposed to having it galvanized and then
painted. I'm not enough of a paint expert to know this, but I do know that it's tough to
get paint to stick on galvanized. My question would be could the manufacturer
somehow impregnate the galvanization process where the color would be permanent?
Centers: Be expensive.
McFadden: Mr. Commissioner, I have never seen that, to be honest, so I couldn't
adequately answer that question. We always paint them. The only thing close to that --
you know, I have seen some specialty poles constructed -- I'm sure you have seen the
pictures that they look like trees -- are supposed to look like trees and things like that,
but even those are not -- the tower manufacturers themselves don't do that, that's
applied after the fact, so -- if that helps.
Borup: D o y ou k now w hether s omething t hat s ize -- w ould t hat n ormally b e painted
before it's erected?
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McFadden: In my experience, Mr. Commissioner, they paint it while it's lying on the
ground.
Borup: That's what I meant.
McFadden: Out on site.
Borup: That's the way I would want to do it.
McFadden: Yes. Yes.
Centers: Have you ever watched them repainting? Excuse me. Go ahead.
McFadden: Yes. Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Centers, yes, the repaint is, of course,
done climbing the pole. I wouldn't want to do that personally, but, yes, that's definitely
how they do it.
Borup: Do you know whether something that size can be powder coated?
McFadden: Mr. Chairman, I have no idea.
Borup: Okay.
McFadden: I could certainly find that out.
Borup: That's just a painting method that would have a lot longer life.
Centers: Like stucco. Color-coded --
Borup: No. Called powder coated.
Zaremba: Bake the finish on it and make it pretty near permanent.
Borup: Does that need to be done inside a building on smaller -- they do it on wrought
iron -- external wrought iron. I guess that wouldn't work with this. Thank you.
Mathes: Does the city have anything on painting the building?
McKinnon: Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Mathes, I don't believe the city has anything
specific for the building. The building itself, the 12-by-28 or the 12-by-30 building, will
eventually be completely encompassed from the exterior view by the Ten Mile Mini
Storage building being built around it.
Mathes: So it won't matter.
McKinnon: Eventually it won't matter. In the short period of time it won't matter.
Centers: What color are the mini storage buildings? Do they have red roofs or --
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Borup: Right up there. It looks like brown.
McKinnon: It's more of a tan color that's there right now.
McFadden: I don't k now what t he technical color i s, M r. Commissioner, but i t i s -- I
would call it a greenish brown.
Centers: White roofs.
McFadden: Yes. They are white roofs.
Centers: Thank you.
Borup: Did I ask if we had any other testimony on this application? I don't believe I did.
Da we? Seeing none --
Centers: I'd like to move that we close the Public Hearing.
Zaremba: Second.
Borup: Motion and second to close the Public Hearing. All in favor? Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES
Centers: I guess what it boils down to, if we are going to require paint, we better require
maintenance every two or three years and require them to repaint it every two or three
years. How long -- the Public Hearing is closed, but maybe the applicant could respond
anyway. You said you painted a lot at your last visit here. How often do you repaint
them? That's okay. You don't need to come, just --
McFadden: Mr. Commissioner, Commissioner Centers, to answer your question, I can
give you my -- my frame of reference is from Oregon. I'm only in Idaho about a year
now, but over there in Portland area they are painting them about every 5 to 10 years,
because of the coastal -- the heavy rain in the coastal -- the sea salt and all that type of
stuff. There is a little bit more abrasive nature to the elements there, but that's -- as a
ballpark, that's what I -- what we have seen -- what I have seen.
Centers: Okay. So if we said every five years --
Borup: Well, as needed.
Centers: Pardon?
Borup: As needed. Wouldn't that be a better wording?
Wollen: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, I would suggest possibly -- at
least for the first few times a review hearing may be -- or some sort of review to be set
up between Code Enforcement and either applicant or applicant's successors where it
can be determined by Code Enforcement if there is a repainting that's needed. Let's
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say two years dawn the road, three years down the road, since we have really no time
period to reference with this climate.
Borup: There is no sense to require it painted if it's not needed.
Centers: Right.
Borup: And it's going to depend on how it's applied -- I mean I think if they do an Anson
wash or a sandblasting or something, the paint's going to adhere better and last longer.
Centers: Well, that's if you agree with staff that you want to have it painted.
Borup: True. Do we have any other discussion? What's the feeling of some of the
other Commissioners? Commissioner Centers?
Centers: I guess that isn't all bad. I mean I can understand where staff is coming from,
that if we went with the approval without painting and if the City Council objects, then so
be it. You know, let the applicant be ready for the City Council and with his homework
and the same way with staff. Then we don't get into muddying up the waters if you don't
approve it. I don't know. I'm indifferent but --
Borup: I think it's --
Zaremba: So the direction you're going, you're saying leave it as written and --
Centers: No. Just remove the paint requirement.
Borup: Well, my first impression is I think anything we can do to make it less obtrusive
is a good thing, but we have got a location here that's different than maybe looking at a
lot of others.
Centers: That's what I looked at.
Borup: I see the see city is worried about the view from all the guys working at the
sewer plant. No? But --and things may change in the future, too.
Centers: They almost changed in the past, but --
Borup: I mean this is a location that is probably not as maybe critical as others, but 125
feet is up there a ways. David, is there another tower on Ustick Road, kind of west of --
east of --
Zaremba: It's just slightly northeast of Ustick and Linder.
Borup: Okay. Yes. Was that the one you were referring to when you asked how tall it
was?
Zaremba: No.
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Borup: I didn't think so.
Zaremba: No. This is a second one.
McKinnon: Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Zaremba, the one that you're referring to is
the one that was actually approved out in the county that one is currently a galvanized
steel pole.
Borup: Right. I knew it was. That's why -- do you know how tall that is?
Freckleton: It would be a guess, but it would be somewhere probably between 85 and
125.
Borup: That narrowed it down, didn't it?
McKinnon: The reason why I say that is the typical monopole is anywhere between --
the shortest they typically go is around 80 feet and the highest is around 150. Above
that you get into lines and guy poles. That's a monopole. I haven't gone out there. My
trigonometry is not so good, so --
Centers: Mr. Chairman, what our legal counsel states, you know, sounds good,
especially the way he said it, but the Code Enforcement Officer is not going to have that
on his calendar -- now it's time to go out and check that monopole. The only time a
code enforcement officer generally g ets involved is if someone complains. And how
people are going to be watching that pole and say, well, the paint's peeling, I better call
the city. I think what legal counsel says sounds good, but I don't think it's the real world
for the City of Meridian, who has one code enforcement officer -- I think. With the
proposal to hire maybe a couple more. Has it been approved? Okay. But, anyway,
you get my point. Actually, I'm indifferent. I mean if you want to require it to be painted,
that's fine, but I don't think it's make a lot of sense. It makes sense, but the enforcement
and the repaint -- I look dawn the road.
Borup: David, are you familiar with any that have maybe been sandblasted or
something to dull the finish and have a little less reflection?
McKinnon: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, the site specific requirement
for a match finish so it would be a non-gloss finish, as far as sandblasting of a
galvanized pole, I have no clue.
Borup: And maybe some other -- is that one of the concerns, other than being metal, is
the reflection?
McKinnon: That's correct. And the way the site specific requirement is written right
now, it's otherwise camouflaged so that if there some other way to do it, other than
painting it, staff would be even more than happy to be approve that as well. But as far
as my own personal knowledge, I have none, other than painting.
Rohm: Mr. Chairman?
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Borup: Commissioner Rohm.
Rohm: Is there a current specification for utility towers that -- or transmission lines, the
painting of them, or any reference to that?
Borup: No, I don't believe so.
Rohm: I was just curious. In essence, it's the same thing, it's just a taller structure.
McFadden: Are they painted? Are the utility poles painted?
Rohm: They are a dull finish. I think they are just a dull finish.
Borup: Yes. They don't have any glare to them.
Rohm: And maybe that's the issue here, not necessarily having them painted, but just
the fact that it has a dull finish, so that it doesn't provide the glare off of the structure
itself.
Centers: Right. I wonder out loud if we were to require a dull, non-glare finish, that the
applicant would be able to comply?
Borup: So let them choose if they want to -- if there is a way to do the finish or paint it
or it be their choice.
Centers: Yes.
Rohm: That seems to address the issue.
Borup: Okay.
Centers: Very good.
Borup: Are we ready for a motion, then?
Zaremba: Mr. Chairman?
Borup: Commissioner Zaremba.
Zaremba: I move we approve forwarding to the City Council recommending approval of
CUP 02-025, request for a Conditional Use Permit for a wireless communications facility
consisting of a 125 foot monopole and supporting equipment in an I-L zone for Verizon
Wireless by Mericom Corporation, 3735 North Ten Mile Road. To include all staff
comments, with the following exceptions. On Page 4, site specific comment -- site
specific requirement Number 1, is reworded to say, the monopole structure and antenna
array shall be treated in any manner that reduces the glare and visual intrusiveness.
We will add a Paragraph 6 that says, no signs slash banners anywhere on the tower,
except the required safety signage may be attached within 10 feet of the ground level.
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Centers: Well, you mentioned the structure and we are not requiring the structure, we
are talking about the monopole and antenna. The structure is going to match the --
Zaremba: The monopole structure is what I meant, not the building.
Centers: Yes. Right. Not the building.
Zaremba: I'd just leave the word structure out and just call it the monopole and the
antenna array.
Centers: Right.
Zaremba: So amended.
Centers: Second.
Borup: We have a motion and second. Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 9. Public Hearing: CUP 02-026 Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a
' 3817 square foot Carl's Jr. restaurant with adrive-thru in a C-G zone by
Clayton Jones - on South Main Street, north of the Meridian Road and
Main Street intersection:
Borup: Thank you. Item Number 9, Public Hearing CUP 02-026, request for Conditional
Use Permit fora 3,817 square foot Carl's J unior Restaurant a nd drive-thru i n a C-G
zone by Clayton Jones. It's on South Main Street, north of Meridian Road and the Main
Street intersection. I'd like to open this Public Hearing at this time and start with the
staff report.
McKinnon: Thank you, Mr. Chairmah, Members of the Commission. This is a project
that should be familiar to most of you. This is the building that was originally housing
the Kentucky Fried Chicken at the location of the intersection of Main and 1St -- Main
and Meridian Road. The building that is currently on the overhead in front of you, it
looks like the building has been painted from the last time that it was brought in front of
you and it was moved. The project was originally -- when the A&W-Kentucky Fried
Chicken was approved for the site just to the south of the existing building. One of the
site specific comments that was made and was approved in the Findings of Facts and
Conclusions of Law was that the existing Kentucky Fried Chicken building would no
longer be allowed to have adrive-thru. That was based on configuration that had a
drive-thru on the north side of the building and now we are talking about either
rebuilding or building a new building at this location to allow for the Carl's Junior
restaurant to be located on the site. The building that's in front of you will be
transformed into a Carl's Junior at the site plan -- it will be razed. Thanks, Bruce. This
is the new site plan. I will go over it just briefly with you and just point out a few things.
One of the original problems with this entire site was the lack of parking. There is not a
great deal of parking for the A&W restaurant and a large portion of the parking for the
A&W restaurant is this entire area and taking up some of the former Kentucky Fried