Louis Community Foundation was founded in 1915 to help citizens pool their philanthropic funds in order to maximize their giving impact and to ensure the charitable purposes prescribed by the donor are honored into perpetuity. The building will be utilized for offices, daily operations, board meetings, donor meetings/events, and community meetings/events. The building and grounds will continue to be rented out for wedding receptions and other similar events. All events will be catered. The Foundation proposes to operate 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Some events will occur after normal business hours and will be limited to the facility’s capacity. Interior and exterior updates to the building are proposed and include restoration of all first floor windows, replacement of the second and third floor windows, roof repair, tuck-pointing, repairs to the gutters and painting.

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The lease with the City provides for 30 reserved parking spaces. The City’s Parking Regulations require commercial buildings to provide one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area. Based on the size of the subject building, 43 parking spaces are required. 30 spaces are available per the lease agreement with the City. The City’s parking regulations states that non-conforming buildings do not need to provide additional parking spaces for re-occupancy for a similar or less restrictive use. Staff is of the opinion that the proposed use is similar to the previous use (St. Louis Artists’ Guild), and therefore additional parking is not required. Based on the City’s Bicycle Parking Regulations, the proposed use is required to provide one bicycle rack. The Plan Commission considered this request at their meeting of August 17, 2015, and voted to recommend approval. Staff recommends approving a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to the stipulations and conditions listed in the attached resolution. Mayor Sanger expressed that he is happy that they will be a part of the Clayton Community. Alderman Lintz inquired that tonight’s request for the conditional use permit was contingent upon the Board’s approval of the lease agreement during the last Board meeting. Patty DeForrest confirmed. In response to Alderman Boulton’s question regarding the installation of bike racks, Patty DeForrest stated that there will be two bike racks installed at the location. Mayor Sanger closed the public hearing.

Team 1 has vacated the property and ABRA has since taken occupancy. ABRA proposes to operate 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Trash will be stored in a trash enclosure and located at the southern corner of the property. The operational impacts of this auto-related use can be significant. Auto repair technicians are responsible for removing dents in vehicles, straightening bent car parts and replacing parts that are beyond repair due to accidents, collisions, vandalism or wear. They also refinish car bodies and replace glass components. Auto technicians also do some welding and realignment of the frame, and sometimes they are required to straighten out a bent frame on a car, truck or other vehicle. Additionally, vehicles and parts will be re-painted. As defined in the code, an auto repair shop also allows major automobile engine overhauls. An overhauled engine is an engine which has been removed, disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired as necessary and tested.

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Staff is of the opinion that the surrounding properties could be moderately impacted by the proposed use, specifically the building to the north. The operational characteristics of the use as proposed by the applicant can be noisy, visually unattractive, waste producing and odor producing. These impacts are somewhat mitigated by the configuration of the building on the subject property and the existing landscape buffering between the two properties. The garage bays, where most of the noise producing activity will take place, are located in the center of the building, thus providing a buffer between the location of the noise producing activity and the office building to the north. Furthermore, both buildings are located directly adjacent to Interstate 170, so there is a large amount of noise generated by passing traffic that could help offset some of the noise produced by the automobile repair shop. Finally, the storage/parking area is located at the south end of the property and is screened by an opaque fence and the existing building, therefore limiting its visibility to the public. The Conditional Use Permit from 2012 required the replacement of a chain link fence with a vinyl fence, and the installation of evergreen trees planted on 12-foot centers along the entire length of the fence parallel to Interstate 170. The trees were to be installed at a minimum height of 6 feet at the time of planting, and to be maintained at a height of no less than 15 feet.