Title
Resolution to Approve MMG Plymouth Road Mixed Use Planned Project Site Plan and Development Agreement, 3611-3621 Plymouth Road (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 9 Yeas and 0 Nays)
Memorandum
Approval of this resolution will allow for the construction of a new six-story hotel and a restaurant renovation.
Petition Summary:
* This development project includes three petitions: a petition to rezone the site from PUD (Bolgos Property Planned Unit Development) to C3 (Fringe Commercial district), a petition for site plan with planned project modifications approval, and a petition to approve a special exception use (drive-through facility).
* The petition to rezone has been submitted to Council separately.
* The petition for special exception use approval was approved by the Planning Commission on May 5, 2020 (8 yes, 1 no).
* The site plan proposes to demolish one of the existing Red Roof Inn buildings and construct a new, six-story, 126-bed Hampton Inn, and to completely renovate the existing, closed Big Boy Restaurant into a Panera Bread Restaurant. One existing Red Roof Inn building will remain.
* The petitioner is requesting a planned project modification to increase the maximum height and to eliminate the maximum front setback. The maximum height limit in the C3 district is 4 stories and 55 feet, and the proposed hotel is 6 stories and 65 feet 10 inches. And, as a new building, the hotel should be between 10 and 25 feet from the front lot line. The proposed hotel is more than 200 feet from Plymouth Road (and more than 80 feet from the nearest private street). To justify the planned project modifications, the project offers to maintain 30% open space (there is no minimum requirement in the C3 district) and a commitment to cover 45% of the new hotel roof and 25% of the renovated restaurant roofs' surfaces with solar panels.
* A development agreement has been prepared to address water main construction and the solar panel commitment.
* The petitioner...
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