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No. 00PD052 - Terracita Highlights

A request by Gary Barber Designs for Bill Durst to consider an application for a Major Amendment to a Planned Residential Development to allow a garage in excess of 30% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit on property described by metes and bounds commencing at the center of Section 14, T1N, R7E, BHM, thence N 0º01’ 34" W, a distance of 210’, thence N 19º 43’ 43" E, a distance of 7.63’ to the southwest corner of proposed Lot 18, the point of beginning; Thence First Course: N 19º 43’ 43" E, a distance of 241.15 feet to the northwest corner of proposed Lot 18; Thence Second Course: S 85º 36’ 55" E, a distance of 291.09, to the northeast corner of proposed Lot 18, which is a point on a non-tangent curve concave to the northeast, having a radius of 523.36 feet; Thence Third Course: Southeasterly along said curve, through an angle of 20º 13’ 48", a distance of 184.79 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the northwest, having a radius of 30.00 feet; Thence Fourth Course: Southwesterly along said curve, through an angle of 39º 42’ 55", a distance of 20.79 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave to the southeast, having a radius of 48 feet; Thence Fifth Course: Southwesterly along said curve, through an angle of 11º 18’ 50", a distance of 9.48 feet to a non-tangent line which is the southeast corner of proposed Lot 18; Thence Sixth Course: S 73º 40’ 56" W, a distance of 219.87 feet, to an angle point on the south lot line of proposed Lot 18; Thence Seventh Course: N 68º 21’ 33" W, a distance of 187.84 feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel of land contains 2.000 acres, more or less. All located in the S1/2 of the NE ¼ of Section 14, T1N, R7E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as being located at the southern terminus of Alta Vista Drive.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Major Amendment to a Planned Residential Development to allow a garages in excess of 30% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit be approved with the following stipulations:

Engineering Division Recommendations:

  1. Prior to issuance of a Building Permit, the applicant shall provide a geotechnical evaluation of the property;

  2. Prior to issuance of a Building Permit, the applicant shall provide an engineered design for the proposed retaining walls of review and approval; or an alternate grading plan shall be submitted for review and approval ;

  3. Prior to issuance of a Building Permit, the applicant shall provide a site drainage plan for the site for review and approval;

Fire Department Recommendations:

  1. The driveway shall meet all requirements of the Street Design Criteria Manual;

  2. Address of the structure shall be in compliance with the Uniform Building Codes;

Urban Planning Division Recommendations:

  1. Prior to City Council approval, a landscape plan shall be submitted for review and approval identifying a landscape buffer along the south side of the property to screen the garage on the south side of the structure. All landscaping shall be located outside the sewer easement;

  2. Prior to issuance of a Certificate of Completion for the residence, a minimum of the first fifty feet of the driveway shall be paved;

  3. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the petitioner shall have filed a notice with the Pennington County Register of Deeds Office indicating that the garage will only be used for residential purposes; and,

  4. That approval of this Use on Review shall expire if the use for which it was granted has ceased for a period of two years of more, or if the use as approved has not been completed within two years of the approval of the Use on Review.

Vote: (9 to 0)