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File #: CPC CP 17-00009    Version: Name: 1170 Kelley Johnson
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 5/26/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/11/2017 Final action: 7/11/2017
Title: A Concept Plan for an 87-room hotel on 1.61 acres located at 1170 Kelly Johnson Boulevard (Quasi-Judicial) Related File: CPC ZC 17-00008 Presenter: Rachel Teixeira, Planner II, Planning and Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development
Attachments: 1. Figure 1 - Concept Plan, 2. 7.5.501.E Concept Plans
Related files: CPC ZC 17-00008


Title
A Concept Plan for an 87-room hotel on 1.61 acres located at 1170 Kelly Johnson Boulevard

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related File: CPC ZC 17-00008

Presenter:
Rachel Teixeira, Planner II, Planning and Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development

Body
Summary:
Applicant: Kumar Merchant and YOW Architects PC
Owner: Harwal Inc.
Location: Southwest of Kelly Johnson Boulevard and Goddard Street

The project includes an application for a zone change from PIP-1 (Planned Industrial Park) to PBC (Planned Business Center) and a concept plan for the 2-acre site. The proposal will establish an 87 room, 4-story hotel with associated parking and water quality.

Previous Council Action:
City Council last acted on this property with annexation and zone change in 1983.

Background:
This project will rezone 1.61 acres from PIP-1 (Planned Industrial Park) to PBC (Planned Business Center) and will establish a conceptual plan for 87 rooms, 4-story hotel with associated parking and water quality facilities. The applicant proposes to rezone the property to PBC in order to develop the site as a hotel.

City Planning Staff provided notification to 22 property owners within a 1,000 foot buffer distance. No written correspondence was received either in support or in opposition.

Access to the site is off of Kelly Johnson Boulevard via two new curb cuts; one on the northern end of the property and one on the southern end. Traffic Engineering did not require a traffic study for the proposed hotel. Traffic required that the site plan reflect the proposed north access location, compared to the De Vry University north access located across the street. Street improvements include a detached sidewalk along Kelly Johnson Boulevard, curb and gutter, and driveway aprons, and a transit bus stop.
Transit requested a bus stop and shelter pad based on the location indicated on the concept plan. The concept plan illustrates the bus stop she...

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