Council discussed whether operating limits should be conditions of the special-use permit and heard that a cooperative parking plan would be required.
The proposal would give youth, high-school and college baseball players an appointment-based training site while requiring customers to share 52 regular and four ADA parking spaces with two neighboring buildings.
The city packet places the facility in Building 3 at 18443 State Highway 46. The applicant expects the busiest period from about 5 to 9 p.m., after the regular 9 a.m.-to-5 p.m. employee parking demand at Buildings 1 and 2 decreases.
How the facility would operate
The application describes private and semi-private instruction for youth, high-school and collegiate baseball players. Proposed services include batting, pitching and defensive instruction, throwing programs and athletic-performance training, with limited equipment and apparel sales as an accessory use.
The operating plan anticipates no more than two athletes in each of four batting cages, groups of up to four in the strength area and four in the open-turf area. The applicant estimates about 16 customers per hour during normal peak operations, with as many as five coaches working at full capacity.
A conceptual layout divides the roughly 7,500-square-foot interior among batting cages, strength and turf areas, warm-up space, restrooms, check-in, circulation and storage.
Why the city permit is required
City staff says the planned development district’s C-2 commercial base zoning requires a special-use permit for the proposed interior baseball training and athletic performance facility.
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval. The staff report says the city sent 12 notices to properties within 200 feet and received one response in support.
The draft ordinance would confine the special use to indoor activity and require substantial conformance with the submitted plans.
What happens next
If approved, the facility would still have to comply with city building codes and permitting requirements.
Residents can inspect the SUP-26-08 staff report, operating statement, parking exhibit and draft ordinance in the council packet. The next decisive public record will be a signed ordinance or another city action on the application.
The Sept. 22 council recap covers the meeting’s broader decisions, while the advance agenda guide shows where the permit fit among the night’s business.