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File #: APPL-23-0006    Version: 1 Name: Autowash Appeal
Type: Planning Case Status: Failed
File created: 10/24/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/14/2023 Final action: 11/14/2023
Title: An appeal of City Planning Commission's approval with conditions of a Conditional Use to allow a carwash in the MX-M (Mixed-Use Medium Scale) zone district consisting of 1.91 acres located at 3924 Pony Tracks Drive. Quasi-Judicial Presenter: Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning + Neighborhood Services Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services
Sponsors: Planning Department
Attachments: 1. CPC Staff Report_Autowash 3924 Pony Tracks, 2. CUDP-23-0014 Autowash_appeal_of_a_city_planning_commission_deci, 3. Staff_Autowash 3924 Pony Tracks Dr_11.14.23, 4. Planning Commission Minutes, 5. Project Statement, 6. Public Comments, 7. Response to Public Comment, 8. CONTEXT MAP, 9. Staff_Autowash 3924 Pony Tracks Dr_10.9.23
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An appeal of City Planning Commission's approval with conditions of a Conditional Use to allow a carwash in the MX-M (Mixed-Use Medium Scale) zone district consisting of 1.91 acres located at 3924 Pony Tracks Drive.

Quasi-Judicial

Presenter:
Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning + Neighborhood Services
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services

Summary:
Owner: Krause+ LLC
Developer: Autowash Companies
Representative: Battista Design Group
Location: 3924 Pony Tracks Drive

City Planning Commission, at a regularly scheduled public hearing on October 11, 2023, approved a Conditional Use request for Autowash at 3924 Pony Tracks Drive to allow a self-service car wash facility to include three enclosed self-service car wash bays, three in-bay automatic wash bays with air dryers and overhead doors, and two dedicated enclosed dog wash stations, enclosed equipment room, enclosed vending/office room with associated parking and vacuum islands. Planning Commission's action included a number of conditions of approval, including limiting the facility's hours of operation from 6:00AM to 11:00PM. The limitation on hours of operation was intended to lessen the potential noise impacts on existing homes across the street (Pony Tracks).

On October 11, 2023, the Appellants, filed an appeal of the City Planning Commission's decision to approve the above-referenced project within the 10-day appeal window.

Background:
Please see the attached City Planning Commission Staff Report for a complete analysis of the proposed application.

Review Criteria:
The review criteria for granting a Conditional Use as set forth in City Code Section 7.5.601.C.2 are noted below.
a. The application complies with any use-specific standards for the use in Part 7.3.3 (Use-Specific Standards),
b. The size, scale, height, density, multimodal traffic impacts, and other impacts of the use are compatible with existing and planned uses in the surrounding area, and any ...

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