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File #: CPC DP 22-00015    Version: 1 Name: Early Connections
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 8/25/2022 In control: Downtown Review Board
On agenda: 9/6/2022 Final action: 9/6/2022
Title: A Form-Based Zone Development Plan with Building Envelope, Frontage, and Public Space Warrants to allow construction of a 2-story, 21,800 square foot childcare center on 1.2 acres. The site is located on the northeast corner of Antlers Place and S. Sierra Madre St. and is zoned FBZ-CEN (Form-Based Zone - Central Sector). Presenter: Ryan Tefertiller, Planning Manager, Urban Planning Division
Attachments: 1. Early Connections DRB Staff Report, 2. FIGURE 1 - Early Connections Development Plan, 3. FIGURE 2 - Early Connections Project Statement, 4. FIGURE 3 - Zoning Exhibit, 5. FIGURE 4 - Stakeholder Letter

Title
A Form-Based Zone Development Plan with Building Envelope, Frontage, and Public Space Warrants to allow construction of a 2-story, 21,800 square foot childcare center on 1.2 acres. The site is located on the northeast corner of Antlers Place and S. Sierra Madre St. and is zoned FBZ-CEN (Form-Based Zone - Central Sector).

Presenter:
Ryan Tefertiller, Planning Manager, Urban Planning Division

Recommended Action
Proposed Motion:
Approve the Early Connections Center Form-Based Zone development plan with Warrants for building envelopes, frontage design, and public space design, based upon the findings that the application complies with the criteria for granting Warrants, subject to compliance with the following condition of approval and technical plan modifications:

Condition of Approval
1. Gain acceptance of the project's drainage report and ensure that the development plan accurately reflects any necessary stormwater details.

Technical and Informational Modifications to the Form-Based Zone Development Plan:
1. Update the plan data to correctly reflect building type and zoning designation.
2. Update the plan to reflect proposed bike rack and lighting location and details.
3. Provide clarity on sidewalk and amenity zone widths and proposed materials along Sierra Madre and Antlers Place.
4. Clarify if the existing driveway on Sierra Madre is being retained or eliminated and illustrate future parallel parking configuration adjacent to the site.
5. Label the percent glazing for both public-facing frontages; provide the total square footage as well as square footage of glazing to document proposed percentages.
6. Update materials and design related information for the retaining walls along the front of the site.
7. Address EDR comments including labeling the new sidewalk, correcting the street names in general note 11 and adjusting the anglers Place pedestrian ramp location.
8. Clarify the status of existing timber retaining walls located north of the ...

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