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TO: South Burlington Development Review Board
FROM: Marla Keene, Development Review Planner
SUBJECT: SP-18-16 793 & 907 Shelburne Road
DATE: July 17, 2018 Development Review Board meeting
R.L. Vallee, Inc. has submitted sketch plan application #SD-18-16 to demolish an existing hotel and a portion of
an existing service station and create a planned unit development consisting of an expanded service station
with four additional fueling positions for a total of twelve and associated 9,000 square foot retail sales building
at 793 and 907 Shelburne Road.
The Board reviewed the application at the June 5 and July 17 Development Review Board meetings. The Board
identified a number of criteria about which they had concerns. The applicant offered solutions for many of the
criterion, summarized below. Taken in isolation the Board may or may not consider that each individual
concern is partially addressed, but Staff recommends that the Board consider the project on an overall basis
and whether, as a whole, it can be considered to meet the requirements of the Land Development Regulations.
Areas of concern
1. Expansion of Non -Conforming Use — the applicant agrees that gas station is a non -conforming use in
this district. The Board has raised that the existing property contains both a service station and a full -
service repair shop, and thus the Board considers that the applicant is proposing to remove one use
and replace it with more gas pumps, a non -conforming use. The applicant has stated their belief that a
50% increase in the number of gas pumps is not an expansion of a non -conforming use because the
entire site is used as a gas station today.
2. PUD —the LDRs state that the purpose of a PUD is to provide for relief from the strict dimensional
standards for individual lots in these regulations in order to encourage innovation in design and layout,
efficient use of land, and the viability of infill development and redevelopment in the City's core area."
This application must be reviewed as a PUD because the front setback, lot coverage, and front setback
coverage standards are not met. The applicant has stated they do not believe they must demonstrate
compliance with the purpose of the PUD in order to be eligible to be considered a PUD.
3. Lot coverage — the applicant has proposed to meet the lot coverage standard on an overall basis (but
not lot -by -lot, requiring a PUD) by providing green space over the underground fuel tanks. Staff has
attached street view imagery showing an example of this configuration.
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At the June 5, 2018 Development Review Board meeting, the Board reviewed the sketch plan application. The
Board continued the hearing to July 17 in order to allow the applicant to address some of the concerns
discussed in the staff comments and allow the Board to consider the presented the material.
575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com
SD-18-06
The main issues discussed in the June 5 hearing were related to the overall approvability of the project, taking
into account the cumulative effect of waivers. Specific topics included applicability of PUD designation,
relationship to the comprehensive plan, nonconformity, traffic, site coverage and parking.
The applicant submitted revised materials on Thursday July 12, 2017. Staff has not had an opportunity to
review the revised materials, and is including them for the Board's use here.
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