Advisory Plan Commission - Regular Meeting

It is time to call to order the Advisory Plan Commission for Monday, May 11th. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay, just see, do a roll call. Daisy? Here. Marnie is not here. Shane? Here. Harold? Present. Brian? Here. And Wayne is not here. Okay, let the record reflect that we do have a quorum. I want to do your announcement. And, yeah, just Thank you. So this meeting is being live streamed by Under Conduction Multimedia. So now the approval agenda, did everybody get a copy of the agenda? You might get a chance to review it. All right, so I need a motion to approve. I move to make the motion. A motion by Harold. I'll second it. Second by Shane. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. All right, Hanson. Okay, our standing business approval of prior meeting minutes. Need a motion to approve?

I'll make that motion.

Okay, motion made by Dacey. I'll second. Second by Harrell. Second. All right, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye, Hanson. all right is there any public comments okay no public comments okay no old business uh we'll move on to new business Okay, our new business, the special exception for the storage facility on Market, the old JC store. Let me explain that to you.

This is a public hearing. What it is, it's called a special exception because in our zoning code, we don't have anything that covers storage facilities. So there's no way of putting it there. So you're assuming it's always in a business. Well, this area is a business, a B1 business, which they would normally fall under. We have two other storage facilities, of course, in the area. So they came in for a special exception to be able to operate that. So you're going to open public hearing? Yeah, you're going to have to open up a public hearing.

Okay. Okay. All right, so I'll open up a public hearing for that. Just ask for any comments. Is there any comments and remonstrances?

That wouldn't be until after the... Well, I made a comment today. Oh, okay. A public hearing. I made a comment. Oh, from the board, not from the hearing.

motion to close the program here all right all right let's go go oh they got them they got to talk oh they have okay yeah yeah yeah here he is okay you have a presentation you want to leave no no i'm here for the duration yeah you're here too evening my name is courtney gallion gallion's capital i'm the uh the applicant for this project um so we are applying for the special exceptions We are proposing a Class A climate control high-end storage facility here, which is a product that is currently not in the market here. I've developed several of these throughout the state and throughout Kentucky. We find Charleston to be a very prosperous We do have a couple revisions to the site plan that have improved on the site significantly, but we are here seeking special exceptions. I haven't answered any questions on it, but again, this will be a high-end climate control temperature monitor facility. Okay, what all security measures will be in place? Yeah, great question. So we will have AI camera systems that will monitor the entire facility. That will be tied into my security system back in my office. That is also tied into the gate. It will be fully perimeter with a high-end gate system that is tied into, again, to our security access. So nobody will be able to access the perimeter unless they drive the car through the gate system. But that is the first level of security. Another thing that we are offering or that I will offer that nobody else is, we will have what essentially is a ring camera system for each individual unit. That is not in any facility you have anywhere in the marketplace on this side of the river. So each tenant will have access to their own monitoring system. And then the fourth component is going to be a keyless access gate, key system into the individual unit that is tied to the customer's phone access. I will dispel any concerns as far as people, excuse me, as far as people breaking, entering from side units into other people's units, that will set off the monitoring system for the tenant. The key access point will only be granted to people that the tenant grants, so there will be no combo locks, there will be no key locks, there will be nothing of that nature. It's also tied into my monitoring system as well, and typically the what we call a storage defender, which is kind of the ring camera that's in each individual unit that is also tied into the police department as well as the notification. I guess another level of security is we have two proposed buildings that are indoor climate control, so those will be interior as well. So you'll have a security system to be able to even access to be able to access your own unit. The other three buildings, one of them will be a drive up climate control building, which again, that is not a product that's in the marketplace. My idea, my concept is to attract the highest in tenant base so that we have the minimum amount of issues. We won't have any dumpsters or trash on site. There's no RV parking, no boat parking, no car parking. Everything is remotely monitored via security system. And again, the AI camera systems today, which you'll see a lot more in the retail stores, are very sensitive. We can set parameters around that that are specific to our site. Okay, how close by are other homes in that area? I couldn't tell you the exact proximity, but there is a row on 160 that butts out. That would be the closest homes to our property. I think roughly five or six, I believe, along that corridor.

I know we had some residents reach out with concerns. Sure. And, of course, we have to take their concerns very, very seriously. You know, I know... of traffic and things coming through there.

And property becoming neglected.

So those are some pretty serious concerns, you know, the residents that reached out. Any questions about the board?

How are you going to get access to it? Because it's an interior property.

Yeah, so we have an access, we're working on cross-access easement with the adjacent shopping center right now. So that'll be access point one. Access point two will be through the shared access next to the Chinese restaurant that is owned by the property owner currently, Max Zimmerman. And we're working on those details currently right now. The other thing I'd like to address is your comments in regards to neglect. We will have continuous maintenance and monitoring of the systems. My concept is meant to be high-end, so it's meant to be taken care of consistently. Again, with our security systems, we'll be able to monitor it remotely, even if we're not on site. And the whole design of it is, most of it is going to be interior anyway, so there will be no trash left behind. We're not going to have dumpsters on site. As far as lighting, it's all going to be downward lighting. Wall packs will have hours of operations as well to minimize traffic flow. I did leave, I did print up a number of renderings just to show some examples. Those renderings don't show the second climate control building, but that will be updated before we get to the site plan, or before we get to... Roughly 364 units. We're actually targeting larger bays here for some more of the contractor-type business tenants. Typically a facility of this size would probably actually have more if designed differently, but we're going to have right around 365, give or take.

What kind of fencing are you going to have, Randall?

Right now, we are proposing a decorative fence, a highly secure but decorative fence around the perimeter, and then the gate system is going to be a remote-operated gate system with high-end decorative fence on the front end.

My concern with the houses that bust up to 160, that's really about the only concern. Will there be any type of barrier between the fence and that, like shrubbery or something to kind of

Yeah, we're looking into that. And obviously, I'll address any comments or concerns from the neighbors or my day if I get a chance outside of that. We'll also be scheduled a meeting prior to addressing any comments before we go to site plan approval. But yeah, we are looking into that right now with my architect and engineering, with landscape requirements and all the other compliance issues. Is it just a single story or will it be? This will be single story. It will not be going over. No.

Any other questions or comments? Okay, so bring this for a vote. We need to hear remonstrances. Oh, remonstrances. Yeah, anybody wants to speak? Yeah, sorry, is there any remonstrances? Anybody want to speak about this? Come on.

Todd Paxton, we own a property right on 160 adjacent to the proposed project. And the resident that lives in that home is voiced his concern about visual pollution, the lighting and everything, kind of disturb what's going on there. So possibly he would like to see a little more conceptual idea on the lighting of the project.

Thank you. Thank you. I can answer that question for you. What they do, they have to come back in front of this board for their design or development plans, and they'll have all that in there. That's why he's saying he'll talk to the neighbors before the development plan, because that has all the landscaping in it, but it's all built in the zoning. to cut down on light pollution, noise pollution, and stuff like that. Okay. Thank you. All right, anyone else?

On the map, there's like a pond. What is that for?

I don't think that's the map that they're building. I think that's just a drawing they have somewhere else, and it was just showing the type of building they're using. It's not part of that. That's just a graphic they use as their type of ability. Am I wrong? That's correct.

Thank you.

All right. Anyone else? Okay. Okay, so no one else has any comments. We will close the hearing. And we'll bring this for a vote for the board. Who do we vote on?

Hang on. I need more information before I vote. I need to know exactly how they're going to get in and out. I need to know those things. He did answer. He said he's in the process of working on that.

The end of that, those specific items, those are, I don't want to say set in stone, but we have our operational procedures that are going to be set. So we're using a system called KISS, which is Keep It Simple Storage, which is our locking mechanism in the unit. No, I mean traffic. Oh, traffic. So the adjacent shopping center, we're working out the cross-access easement with the adjacent shopping center to come into the shared drive that runs north and south behind the proposed Dunkin' Donuts. That's access point one. Access point two will be granted to us from the current property owner, Max Zimmerman, who's also selling this property, to the Chinese restaurant that is a cross-access that's running perpendicular.

So you have access from both places?

Yes. Two points of access from Route 3. Okay. Yep.

Can I clear that up a little bit? Can I speak, Brian? Yeah, come on.

I'll clear that up a little bit so it'll get lost. Mack Zimmerman, 6616 Charlestown, Indiana. I think there will be two access to get there. I don't have the agreement with Mr. Forrest yet, but we are working through it, and I'm sure we'll get the agreement done. But that inter-rail there between J.C. Store over to Big Blue for years, always been there. So really there's a legal way that we can get through there like that. Plus also the sewer runs through there. I'm 100%, 99% sure we'll get that deal done with Mr. Forrest. Plus we'll have the access through our property. So he said, yeah, we do have it both agreed to. We don't have a signed agreement easement with Mr. Forrest yet, but I'm almost, I'm positive we'll get that done. I just want to make sure. No, I mean, I want to clear that up. If it was your property, I would want to do the same thing. So we're working through that now, and we'll get it done. Thank you.

Anything else? Okay. We will bring a vote for the board. So... FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION STORAGE FACILITY THERE ON MARKET AND 160, THE OLD JC STORE. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. AYE, HASN'T. ANYTHING ELSE? Okay, so if nothing else, we need a motion to adjourn. Motion made by Shane. I'll second. Second by Harold. All in favor say aye. Aye. We're adjourned.