HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 316CITY OF MEDINA
RESOLUTION NO. 316
DENYING A HISTORIC USE PERMIT REVISION FOR THE MEDINA GREEN
STORE AND ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Hae Lee is owner of the Medina Green Store located on
Evergreen Point Drive and NE 8th, and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Lee has applied for a revision to her historic use permit for the
Green Store to allow expanded retail use, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held an open record hearing to consider
the application and has made a recommendation to the City Council and adopted
findings of fact and conclusions and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Planning Commission's
recommendation at the November 13, 2006 City Council meeting and directed
staff to prepare a Resolution which denied the requested revision, now therefore,
THE MEDINA CITY COUNCIL HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS,
CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION AS FOLLOWS:
1. The applicant is requesting a Historical Use Permit to modify the
previously -approved uses (HUP 2003-01) associated with the "Medina
Store" project.
2. No change is proposed to the previously -approved main level uses of
neighborhood market, dry cleaning pick-up and laundry pick-up.
3. The upper floor, which was previously approved for storage leasing and
storage / bookkeeping in support of the market, is now proposed to have
1,128 square feet (out of 1,468 total upper floor square footage) in
neighborhood market use as an extension of the main floor market
establishment.
4. The basement, which was previously approved for storage and
bookkeeping in support of the market, is now proposed to have 888
square feet (out of 2,511 total basement square footage) in neighborhood
market use as an extension of the main floor market establishment.
5. Historical Use Permit 2003-01 provided for 2,511 square feet of retail floor
area, (all on the main floor) and HUP 2006-01 is requesting an additional
2,016 square feet of retail area on the upper floor and the basement for a
total of 4,527 square feet of retail area in the building.
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6. The applicant has testified that the additional floor area will result in a
commensurate amount of additional customer traffic compared to the
store proposal that was approved through HUP 2003-01.
7. The applicant's traffic engineer has testified that the additional floor area
will result in a greater parking demand, which, at times, will exceed the
proposed 18 parking stalls, one of which is a designated loading zone.
The applicant further testified that there are sufficient on -street parking
stalls in the vicinity of the store to accommodate those periods of high
parking demand.
8. The applicant's traffic engineer has testified that the increased traffic from
the requested additional retail space will generate additional traffic
approximately equal to the traffic being generated by the adjoining post
office.
9. Neighbors to the project have testified that the increased traffic and
increased parking demands will have an adverse impact on their property
due to the increased noise and other impacts from the proposal.
10. The Council concludes that the proposed revision does not meet the
criteria for approval set forth in MMC Section 17.56A.030 in several
respects.
11. The City Council had previously approved HUP 2003-01 in 2003 after a
lengthy and often contentious process. That approval was a careful
balance of the rights of all, including Mrs. Lee, the neighbors as well as
the citizens at large. The extent of retail use approved was as requested
by Mrs. Lee and fit the historical character of the Green Store.
12. The requested expansion of the retail use will cause material detrimental
effects on the neighbors and the increased retail use is not in keeping with
the historical uses of the property.
13. For the above reasons, the request is denied.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 111h DAY OF DECEMBER, 2006, AND
SIGNED IN AUTHENTICATION OF ITS PASSAGE ON THE 111" DAY OF
DECEMBER, 2006.
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Miles R. Adam, Mayor
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Approved as to form:
Wayne D. anaka, City Attorney
Attest:
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R hel Baker, City Clerk
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