TOWN OF CARY

DEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORT

Hall of Fame Baseball Academy

03-SP-130

APPLICANT

OWNER

Ken Donovan

Jefferson Sugg

Location:

The property is located at 1006 SW Maynard Road on the northern right of way of Maynard Road, east of the rail road right of way.

Map:

Site Plan 1

Site Plan 2

 

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of this site development plan.

Planning & Zoning Board Recommendation:

Town Center Review Commission Recommendation:

The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of this site plan review request.

 

N/A

Pending Items:

  

PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD:

November 17, 2003

TOWN COUNCIL:

December 11, 2003

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The applicant has requested a special use permit to allow the operation of a baseball and softball academy with indoor batting cages in an ORD (Office Research and Development) zoning district. All special use requests are required to be accompanied by a site plan to be processed with the special use request. The property contains a 24,000 square foot building of which 12,000 square feet will be used for the baseball academy. The other 12,000 square feet are being used as warehouse space. The applicant has agreed to the following changes to the existing site to comply with The Town’s Land Development Ordinance. The changes are:

·1 the addition of two canopy and four understory trees along SW Maynard Road,

·2 site lighting, as outlined in a plan prepared by CP&L,

·3 parking lot striping so as to provide nine foot wide parking spaces, and the alteration of several angle parking spaces to straight-in spaces to provide sufficient driveway width,

·4 screening of the HVAC equipment along the SW Maynard Road side of the building,

·5 a sign in the parking area indicating one-way movement to the adjoining lot and a pedestrian path,

·6 completion of the improvements within ninety days of approval by the Town Council.

PARCEL INFORMATION

Parcel #

Realid #

Area

075312970494

0068761

Portion of 6 acres

ZONING AND LAND USE PLAN COMPLIANCE
Current Zoning: Office Research and Development (ORD)

Overlay District: None

Town Limits: [ X ] In

Land Use Compliance: Office/Industrial

LANDSCAPE

This project will comply with the Town’s landscape provisions to the greatest extent possible provided the applicant installs the landscaping as detailed in this report. 

BUILDING ELEVATION

Building Height: One story

Building Size: 24,000 square feet. 12,000 square feet of the building is used by Hall of Fame Baseball Academy. The remainder is a warehouse.

Building Materials:

Building Color: White

TRAFFIC
No traffic study is required.

Staff Contact: Dick Moore, 462-3937, Email: dick.moore@townofcary.org

ROADWAY DESIGN

The required driveway width is 24’. The current driveway width is 20’3". It has been determined that this existing width will be acceptable at this time. If in the future it is determined by the Town that the width is inadequate, the Town will require that the driveway be widened to the required 24’.

Staff Contact: Tammy Spivey, 462-3933, Email: tammy.spivey@townofcary.org

UTILITIES

Water: The property currently is served by Town water.

Sewer: The property is currently served by Town sewer.
 

STORM WATER

There will be no additional land-disturbing activities, so no review is required.

Staff Contact: Tom Horstman, 469-4347, Email: tom.horstma@townofcary.org