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November 9, 2015
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sonya Watters, Associate City Planner
CC: City Clerk
RE: Stinker Station at Paramount Commercial — CR H-2015-0012
1410 W. McMillan Road
Mayor Tammy de Weerd
City Council Members:
Keith Bird Joe Berton
Luke Cavener Genesis Milam
Charlie Rountree David Zaremba
On October 15, 2015, the Planning & Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit (CUP -15-016) for a
drive-through establishment for a restaurant in the Stinker Station within 300 feet of another drive-through facility
(Walgreen's and Sonic) and a residential use (Linder Springs apartments). Extended hours of operation (24 hours
a day/7 days a week) were also approved for the convenience store/restaurant and fuel facility (the drive-through
was not allowed extended hours).
The applicant requests City Council review of the following conditions of approval associated with the CUP: (the
applicant's request is in italics)
•
91.2d — "A 25 -foot wide landscape buffer is required to be provided adjacent to the residential uses to the
north as set forth in UDC Table 11-2B-3 in accord with the standards listed in UDC 11-313-9C, unless
otherwise approved by City Council at a public hearing with notice to surrounding property owners
through submittal and approval of a City Council Review application."
A reduced buffer width ranging from 7 to 11 feet is proposed between the drive-through driveway and the
east/west cross -access driveway located along the north boundary of the site adjacent to the apartment
complex to the north. The buffer is proposed to contain a 6 -foot tall CMUsound and screen wall and
landscaping (see landscape plan, submitted with application). The reduction does not affect building
setbacks. (Note: A 6 -foot tall wood fence and a 5 -foot wide landscape strip exist along the southern
boundary of the apartment complex to the north)
• #1.5 — "Future structures built on the site shall comply with the design standards listed in UDC 11-3A-19
and the guidelines in the Meridian Design Manual or any updates thereof that are in effect at the time of
Certificate of Zoning Compliance review. The UDC (11-3A-19) does not allow prefabricated steel panels
as a primary finish material; the front elevation of the convenience store/restaurant shall be revised
accordingly.
The fuel canopy shall incorporate materials and colors consistent with the convenience store/restaurant
and should not exceed 20 feet in height in accord with UDC 11-4-3-20."
The applicant requests to be relieved of the portion of the condition that requires the fuel canopy to
incorporate materials and colors consistent with the convenience store/restaurant. The proposed canopy
is finished with aluminum composite panels faced with Sinclair graphics per Sinclair Fuel's branding and
imaging requirements and is a recognized element used by the company to brand and identify themselves
to their customers.