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PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
September 15, 2004
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT
Tom Quinn, Chair
John Plotkin
Rich Urbanowski
Bill Marino
Charles Choi
STAFF PRESENT
Chad Minor, Senior Planner
Tina Dill , Planner I
Vicki Kaufman, Planning Commission Secretary
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The following are the minutes of the September 15, 2004 Lakewood Planning Commission
Public hearing. A permanent set of these minutes is retained in the office of
the City Clerk and a tape recording is located in the department of Community
Planning and Development, City of Lakewood.
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INDEX
RZ-04-003 Rezoning request of Brunswick Bowling and Billiards to rezone the property located at 945 South Kipling Parkway from 3-C* (Community Commercial with conditions) to 4-C* (Regional Commercial with the original conditions).
The roll having been called, a quorum was declared and the following business was conducted:
CHAIRMAN QUINN explained guidelines to be adhered to.
ITEM 1: CASE NO. RZ-04-003
DON STETLER of 3154 Running Deer Drive, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109, the applicant, who is the Director of Operations in Colorado for Brunswick Bowling and Billiards said this kind of rezoning, to increase the number of arcade games from approximately ten to approximately thirty, is common because of the change of demographics in their business. They are moving away from league based business and becoming more family oriented. Brunswick thinks that offering more to families can only be a positive. Also this bowling alley is not close to any schools or churches.
TINA DILL, PLANNER I, gave the staff report entering into the record the Lakewood Zoning Ordinance and the Lakewood Comprehensive Plan. She said Staff does recommend approval of the request.
COMMISSIONER CHOI was wondering what the 2-C zoning requirements were originally versus what they have now and what they may be able to rezone to in the future.
TINA DILL said Staff was recommending approval of this rezoning to allow only a bowling alley with an arcade even though there are other uses allowed in this zoning area and in other zoning designations. The other uses of this zoning were not applicable in this case.
CHAD MINOR, SENIOR PLANNER, said someone else could come in and rezone to a 4-C without conditions. That would open up the entire 4-C permitted use list of about 45-50 uses. The rezoning tonight will only allow the bowling alley with additional arcade machines specifically. Any other project would have to come before Planning Commission with a request that would accommodate their use.
COMMISSIONER CHOI asked the applicant what are the plans for the future?
DON STETLER said based upon the current square footage of the property, this
is the standard operation for a forty-lane bowling alley with an image center
today. They don't see any further changes especially since they have already
done remodeling on this property totaling over $800,000. The square footage
of this building does not allow for any further modifications therefore he doesn't
anticipate any other changes for at least the next ten years. The Brunswick
Bowling image is changing to bring them into more of a family recreation center
and that is their goal with this rezoning.
COMMISSIONER CHOI was concerned that there were no citizen's who showed up tonight to discuss this particular case. He verified with Staff that all notification requirements were met (they were) and then verified with the applicant that Don had met with the neighbors, which he had.
COMMISSIONER MARINO asked, "What are the current hours of the facility?" He noticed the hours are supposed to be 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for bowling. He wondered if the arcade would drive extended hours.
DON STETLER said the standard hours of operation would not change.
TINA DILL said the hours the bowling alley is supposed to be open are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
COMMISSIONER MARINO wanted to confirm with Staff that the condition zone is specifically designed to protect the area in terms of height and use.
CHAD MINOR said the concessions to the neighborhood were about height of the building, use, and the hours of operation. Staff doesn't feel the conditions were very clear in the beginning and can be subject to clarification but cannot be changed at this point.
COMMISSIONER MARINO made the motion to have Planning Commission recommend City Council approve case RZ-04-003 based on the findings in the Staff Report, the testimony heard tonight, inclusive of the conditions listed in the Staff Report with Staff clarifying the hours of operation.
COMMISSIONER URBANOWSKI seconded the motion.
Motion carried by a vote of 5-0.
ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JULY 21, 2004 PUBLIC HEARING
COMMISSIONER QUINN did not have a copy of the minutes to review and other commissioners indicated they had not yet had an opportunity to review the minutes. Therefore a request was made to hold approval of the minutes of July 21, 2004 until the next public hearing.
ITEM 3: GENERAL BUSINESS
COMMISSIONER QUINN recognized Boy Scout Troop 748 from Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church in Green Mountain who had come to the meeting tonight as part of their work to receive a Boy Scout Communications Merit Badge.
ITEM 4: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
There was discussion about what cases are coming forward and when a Study Session might be held.
COMMISSIONER QUINN said all commissioners would be contacted about the Study Session.
COMMISSIONER CHOI wanted to extend greetings to the new commissioner, John Plotkin, and thank him for representing our commission at the American Planning Association Conference this year.
COMMISSIONER PLOTKIN thanked his fellow commissioners for their hospitality at his first meeting.
There being no further business to conduct the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Vicki Kaufman, Secretary to the Lakewood Planning Commission
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