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Memo to Planning Commission/CU 98-18 <br /> July 28, 1998 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Overview <br /> • Sands Companies is proposing to construct a 78 unit Country Inn and Suites <br /> on property just north of the Perkins located at Elk Hills Drive and Highway <br /> 169. The project is located in the Elk River Retail Center Planned Unit <br /> Development. The project also includes an amendment to the PUD to allow a <br /> hotel as a conditional use and a replatting of the plat for Elk River Retail <br /> Center. <br /> The Elk River Retail Center was approved in 1994. The original plans <br /> showed a class I restaurant (Perkins), 18,800 square feet of retail space and a <br /> 3,900 square foot automotive center. <br /> PUD Amendment <br /> The existing PUD agreement does not include hotel/motels as an allowed use. <br /> Uses currently allowed are those listed as permitted, conditional and <br /> accessory in the C2 (Office District) and as conditional uses retail shops and <br /> stores, motor vehicle specialty shop, and class I restaurant. <br /> The proposed hotel will have less of an impact on the neighborhood than the <br /> • originally approved retail and automotive center regarding traffic. Traffic <br /> generated by the retail use would be almost twice as much, 91 vs 55 peak <br /> hour trips, than a motel. The 55 trips generated by the motel is based on full <br /> occupancy. When the traffic generated by the automotive center is included, <br /> the uses in the original plan generated more than twice as many peak hour <br /> trips. <br /> Preliminary plat <br /> The preliminary plat for Elk River Retail Center No. 2 involves replatting 3 <br /> lots from Elk River Retail Center into two lots. The largest lot (133,818 <br /> square feet) is located on the north end of the site and will accommodate the <br /> hotel. The smaller lot (61,617) is located between Perkins and the motel site <br /> and is likely to accommodate an office use. <br /> There is an existing drainage and utility easement from the original plat that <br /> crosses through the middle of proposed lot 2. This easement will need to be <br /> vacated. This item is scheduled to be considered by the City Council when <br /> they review this preliminary plat application. <br /> Access to the plat is provided by two driveways off of Dodge Street. One <br /> . driveway has been constructed and is currently used by Perkins. The second <br /> \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\scott\cu98-18.doc <br />