Applicant's NarrativeThe purpose of this document is to request a clarification/small addition to the site plan. To give you a short background… we currently are permitted by the City to install balconies
onto our buildings and plan to continue to add them to create architectural features and views of the complex and natural landscape given the large wetland that is part of this property.
This request is to clarify the ability to add decks in a few locations (which differ only in size from the balconies which have been permitted; as a point of reference, the City also
approved a deck as part of the original site plan) to the buildings within the Auto MotorPlex Campus. As you are likely aware, the Auto MotorPlex Campus has grown quickly with a quality
look, feel and presence and we continue to attract an affluent group of people who have been accretive to the City. Our clients tend to be conservative and on the wealthier side. They
enjoy the quality and security that has been constructed at the MotorPlex and commensurately have a?dded finishing to their garage so they can enjoy their motorsports passion as well
as hanging out with like minded enthusiasts in a pleasant surrounding and natural beauty. Currently, we have 6 balconies (ranging 3’x10’ to 3’x16’) and 1 observation deck (12’x30) constructed
on our buildings, please see the attached pictures for examples. The construction of these balconies and deck has been permitted and approved by the City. They have added accretive architectural
features to the buildings and additional functionality that has helped sales. Given the economic times, this is important… it has been a buyer decision factor. All of these structures
are guided in our architectural guidelines section of our association bylaws. The bylaws govern the look and finish of these balconies and decks to ensure the quality and integrity of
the Auto MotorPlex Campus. The City does continue to allow for the construction of the balconies but wants the input of the Planning Commission to support the decision of allowing 5
observation decks (identified as “D”, ranging from 8’-14’W x 10’-20’L), see site plan below, as well as 6’W x 10’-16’L balconies (identified as “B”) on the north side of two future buildings.
I am requesting that we be permitted to construct the additional observation decks and balconies on remote parts of our buildings providing a scenic view of the property. This is a feature
that, in at least two cases, clients have purchased their private garage with the belief that a deck can be constructed, given that a permitted one already existed on the campus. I request
your approval of this clarification to the site plan. Please see the pictures below, they show the site plan, balconies and deck already built, two pictures of the view of where the
proposed decks would be located and a picture of what the balconies would likely resemble for two future buildings (A & B on the site plan).