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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3City of Lakeville Community & Economic Development Memorandum To: Mayor and City Council Justin Miller, City Administrator From: Daryl Morey, Planning Director David Olson, Community & Economic Development Director Date: April 19, 2019 Subject: Commercial Exterior Building Materials Requirements It has recently come to staff’s attention that the new Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh under construction in the northeast quadrant of Cedar Avenue and Dodd Boulevard is using a product called thin brick instead of regular course brick as one of their Grade A exterior building materials. Thin brick is not permitted by the Zoning Ordinance for non-residential buildings. The conditional use permit approved by the City Council on July 17, 2017 for Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh stipulated that the exterior building materials must meet Zoning Ordinance requirements and the building elevation plans approved by the City Council reflect that requirement. However, unbeknownst to Planning Department staff, the detailed wall section plan sheets submitted with the building permit application identified the use of thin brick. The exterior building elevation plan submitted with the building permit application indicated traditional brick consistent with the plan approved by the City Council. The wall section plan sheet is not consistent with the exterior building elevation plans approved by the City Council. The walls of the Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh have been completely installed using thin brick in violation of the Zoning Ordinance and the approved CUP. The thin brick wall panels are manufactured in a factory and shipped to the site. Staff will show a short video at the work session on how these thin brick wall panels are manufactured. In addition, it appears that the thin brick material may also have been used in a few other recent commercial projects unbeknownst to Planning Department staff. There are three options for the Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh building: • Install full brick on the front of the existing façades to bring the building into compliance with Zoning Ordinance requirements and the approved CUP. The architect for the project has indicated that this can be done without taking the existing walls down. 2 • Hy-Vee could apply for a conditional use permit per Section 11-17-9.G of the Zoning Ordinance. • The City could amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow the use of thin brick on non- residential buildings. It should be noted that there have been similar requests for this in the past, and staff is anticipating requests for this type of exterior building material in the near future. If the City Council wanted to proceed with this option, staff would work with the Planning Commission and City Attorney on appropriate ordinance language. Action Requested: Provide direction to City staff on the preferred option for the Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh exterior building materials.