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May 25, 2022 Centerville City Council Page 5 of 18 RE: Banjo Distribution Center, PUD, Preliminary & Final Plat SITE ISSUES Loading Facilities/Screening The Zoning Code has standards for location of loading facilities in the Industrial District in 156.040(L): Loading facilities shall be on the side of rear yards. When adjacent to and/or visible from any public street, the facilities must be adequately screened. The Banjo facility has two “loading facilities” – the truck docks on the west side and the van st loading area on the south side of the building. The front of the lot is 21 Avenue, the rear is opposite the front by code, so the truck loading docks on the west are in the rear yard. They are th adjacent to 20 Avenue, however, so they still must be adequately screened. The van loading area on the south side of the building also qualifies as a “loading facility” – it is the area where 344 vans will be “loaded” with the packages from this facility for delivery. The south side of the building is a side yard, which does not allow a loading facility. There may be different ways to address this – enclose the van loading area completely within the building, rearrange the site to put it in the rear yard, or negotiate a satisfactory arrangement within a PUD. This is one example of how a PUD might be an easier and more useful tool in this process than a straight CUP. The landscape plan provides significant landscaping behind the loading docks in addition to th existing volunteer vegetation along 20 Avenue. An 8-ft chain link fence is proposed around the truck dock area. There is a 6-ft wooden fence proposed along the Fairview Street and part of the st 21 Avenue sides of the site, seen on the site plan and oblique view on the next page. There is also a 5-ft PVC-coated chain link fence between the van parking and the van loading areas. Another concern is noise from the van loading area that might be mitigated by enclosing this part of the operation. The City Code in Section 91.09(A)(3) stipulates: No person shall create loud and excessive noise in loading, unloading or unpacking any vehicle between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Potential noise issues will be reviewed in detail and negotiated within a PUD. The landscape plan proposes significant screening around and between all parts of the site which is reviewed within the PUD process. Traffic The facility will generate considerable traffic – 344 vans leaving in the morning and returning in the evening. The operation deliberately avoids the peak morning and evening rush hours: vans leave the site between 9:50-11:30 am, returning from 7:10-9:10 pm. Still, this traffic will have an impact on st Avenue. A traffic study has adjacent roads, especially the intersection of Main Street and 21 been prepared by the applicants’ consultant which is factored into the recommendations.