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03/04/1992 - Minutes NPO #7 Meeting Minutes March 4, 1992 Meeting called to order: 7:10 p.m. Present: Woolery, Blanchard, Dorsett, Howden, McGlinchy Excused: Gross Absent: Cunningham • Approved Minutes of February 5, 1992 as read. Approved. In favor: 5 Against: 0 • Wallace, G./Eva L. Sweeney, 11455 SW Walnut. Proposal for annexation to the City of Tigard. Motion: Larry McGlinchy, to approve Case No. ZCA 92-0003. Seconded: Jim Blanchard -- In favor: 5 Against: 0 • Case No. CPA 92-0001. Request for zone change from R-12 to R-25. Motion: Ed Howden, to table this until next meeting to allow the surrounding residents to be notified, a period of comment, until Item F of the application elements is satisfied. Seconded: Cal Woolery -- In favor: 5 Against: 0 • Discussion of Community Commercial Zone. Motion: Ed Howden, to approve comments regarding New Community Commercial District as follows: NPO #7 endorses the new Community Commercial district. However, we advocate additional limits on scale. First, this district should include a lower 30,000 sq ft limit on single grocery store gross floor area. Second, this district should exclude the conditional use process to raise a limit on single store gross floor area. Third, this district should include a limit on total commercial gross floor area (versus civic gfa) equal to 25% of site gross acres. We now agree with Mssrs. Bewersdorff and Offer that this commercial district could be compatible with residential areas at major collector-major collector intersections. We now understand that this district would be smaller than 8 acres at some sites to be compatible with surrounding residential areas. We concede that this district could better serve some residential areas from sites at some major collector-major collector intersections. We still argue that this commercial district should include low limits for single grocery store gfa (30,000 sq ft) and single general retail store gfa (10,000 sq ft) to ensure that such stores would be compatible with residential areas. Low limits on gross floor area for single stores would: ` • • 1. Soften storefronts within residential areas; 2. Promote stores that provide convenience shopping for nearby residents (see Matt Marcott exhibit); 3. Limit stores that provide comparison shopping for general consumers;and 4. Promote a variety of goods and services at one location (see Shopping Center Build-out exhibit). We also argue that this district should exclude the conditional use process to raise a limit on single store gross floor area. It is the right of residents to set limits on single store gfa now (versus hearings officers later) to ensure stores would be compatible with their neighborhoods. And we still argue that this district should include a limit on total commercial gross floor area to promote some civic use (branch library) within residential areas. We suggest a limit on total commercial gfa equal to typical site coverage of one-story retail build-out. Seconded: Jim Blanchard -- In favor: 4 Abstain: 1 Motion: Cal Woolery, that minutes be submitted to Planning Commission open record of Monday, March 2, 1992 as NPO #7 position. Seconded: Ed Howden -- In favor: 5 Against: 0 • Meeting adjourned 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Katy Dorsett IoginU1z\npo7m1n.392