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Supporting Documentation · Jun 5, 2024

Planning Review Memo PB 24 06 410 Main Street

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13 parking spaces on the ground floor. The applicant also proposes related site improvements, including stormwater management infrastructure, landscaping, and lighting improvements. Three building entrances are proposed on the ground floor on Main Street: the commercial space, a trash room and the residential lobby. An exit door is proposed in the rear of the building, which will connect to a sidewalk between the building and the western property line. A parking garage is proposed on the ground floor of the building, which would be accessed by a driveway on Park Drive North. Thirteen parking spaces, including two electric vehicle charging spaces, one of which is also an accessible space, are proposed. There is some landscaping proposed on each side of the building. Proposed lighting includes eight wall-mounted fixtures (six on the Main Street façade and two on the Park Drive North façade flanking the garage door), one full cutoff wall pack above the rear exit door on the west façade and 16 LED luminaires in the garage. A trash and recycling room is proposed in the east-central portion of the ground floor of the building, with access directly from Main Street. Zoning Compliance The applicant is seeking conditional use approval for the proposed mixed-use development. A mixed-use development is permitted as a conditional use in a B-1 and B-2 Districts. Below is a listing of the standards for this conditional use, as listed in § 25-24.2 b.2.(m) of the Land Use Regulations Ordinance: (1) Permitted uses on the ground floor of a mixed-use development shall include the following permitted uses in the B-1 and B-2 Districts: retail store, personal service store or studio, office, business or vocational school, restaurant, bar, massage, bodywork or somatic therapy establishment, and fitness center/health club. (2) One or more dwelling units shall be permitted on the upper floor(s) above any of the permitted ground floor uses in § 25-24.2b2(m)(1). (3) Access to upper floor uses shall be provided by means of a separate entrance than provided for ground floor uses. (4) Minimum lot area shall be 5,000 square feet, and the minimum street frontage of such lot shall be 50 feet. The application complies with all of the above standards. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER www.westorange.org 3

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