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File # 420-30
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JULY 15, 2003
SILJBJECT: Update on General Plan Amendment Study for proposed IKEA
Furniture Store.
Report Prepared by: Andy Byde, Senior Planner ~
ATTACHMENTS: 1. None
RECOMMENDATION~P~}.- Hear Staff Presentation; and
Provide Staff Direction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None at this time.
BACKGROUND:
On June 4, 2002, the City Council approved initiation of a General Plan Amendment Study for an
undeveloped 27.4-acre site located at the southeast comer of Dublin Blvd. and Hacienda Drive.
Specifically, the General Plan Amendment Study was authorized to evaluate converting the site from
Campus Office General Plan Designation to a Retail Commercial designation to allow a 317,000 square
foot IKEA Furniture Store on 17 acres and 138,000 square feet of additional retail space on the balance
of the site.
Staff has been evaluating the project and is nearly complete with the fiscal study and traffic study.
Additionally, Staff is evaluating the site plan and the architecture of the proposed IKEA furniture store.
Representatives from IKEA have stated that they will submit the following discretionary permits
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Planned Development Rezoning: Stage 1 and 2
Development Plan, Site Development Review, and a Parcel Map. IKEA representatives have stated that
a complete application should be submitted by the end of July, with anticipation that the project should
be ready to bring before the Planning Commission and City Council by late fall, pending the completion
of the environmental review process.
IKEA representatives have stated that Opus West Corporation would ultimately develop the 138,000
square feet of additional retail space on the balance of the 27.4-acre site (if the project is approved),
although IKEA is acting as the applicant until the project is approved. Opus West Corporation has
stated that the proposed concept for the retail space is a "lifestyle center," which is a specialty retail
center with small and medium sized tenants organized like a modified city block with a main street
through the center of the project. Opus West has also indicated that anticipated construction of the retail
project is behind IKEA by approximately 8-months to one-year, due to tenant and lease negotiations.
For this reason, Opus has indicated to Staff that it is their desire to process a Planned Development
COPIES TO: IKEA
Opus West
ITEM NO.
Prior to presenting the project to the Planning Commission and City Council, Staff desires to confirm
the level of information that will be presented in relation to the additional retail space is adequate.
Planned Development Stage 1 and 2
As previously stated, Opus West has stated a Planned Development Stage 1 and 2 will be submitted for
the additional retail space. A Planned Development Stage 1 and 2 includes the following:
List of Proposed Uses: includes the permitted, conditional, and accessory uses proposed for the
development (not including actual tenants);
· Phasing Plan: includes the timing and sequencing of necessary infrastructure and buildings;
· Site Plan: includes the circulation systems, general building locations, parking and loading areas,
and landscaping areas;
· Development Regulations: includes proposed setbacks, lot coverage, floor area ratio, height
limits, and parking requirements
· Architectural Standards: includes the proposed architectural concepts, themes, materials, and
design guidelines (not including actual architectural elevations);
· Preliminary Landscape Plan: includes the generalized layout of landscaping and hardscape with
plant palate and hardscape materials.
The material difference between the discretionary permits proposed for IKEA and the additional retail
space proposed for the remainder property is, IKEA desires to have the exact architecture and site layout
approved through a Site Development Review (SDR) in order to obtain building permits (should the
City Council approve the project); whereas Opus does not require to have the exact architecture and site
layout approved at this point in time. Opus representatives have stated that once tenant and lease
negotiations are close to ~ompletion, Opus would then submit for a SDR for the exact architecture and
site layout, which would be required to be based on the development regulations and architectural
standards set forth in the Stage 1 and 2 Planned Development.
CONCLUSION:
IKEA is proposing a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, and Planned Development
Rezoning: Stage 1 and 2 Development Plan for the entire 27-acre site, in addition IKEA is submitting a
SDR exclusively for the IKEA furniture store. IKEA is also proposing 138,000 square feet of additional
retail space on the balance of the site, which would ultimately be developed by Opus West Corporation.
IKEA is proposing for the additional retail to be approved in concept via the Planned Development
Stage 1 and 2, which will include Development Regulations and Architectural Standards.
Staff desires to confirm the level of information provided in the Stage 1 and 2 Planned Development in
relation to the additional retail space will be enough for the City Council to render a decision when the
entire project is before it in the fall of 2003.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council, hear Staff presentation, deliberate and provide Staff direction as to
the adequacy of the level of information, as required by the Stage 1 and 2 Planned Development, in
relation to the additional retail space.
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