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VA-2314: Request for a variance from Article V, Table V-4, to allow a Class C landscape buffer with a width of 30 feet without a wall in lieu of a Class C landscape buffer yard with a width of 30 feet with a wall for the property at 2830 Hibiscus Drive.
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Parcel ID#: 840201075350
Proposed use: Warehouse
Description of request:
1. To allow a Class C landscape buffer yard of 30 feet without a wall in lieu of a Class C landscape buffer yard of 30 feet with a wall for the property line abutting a single family residential lot as described within Article V, Table V-4, Buffer Yard Classifications.
Explanation of hardship by applicant: Site Design constraints: pond area, buffer, plantings, setbacks, and parking requirements. There is a 15 foot alley way that abuts the rear property line. There will be a total of 50' separation from the residential property to the proposed building setback line on-site. Proposed development will meet landscape requirements of a 50' buffer yard.
According to Section 21-100.04(d), Non-Administrative Variance, City of Edgewater's Land Development Code; In order to grant a non-administrative variance, the P&ZB shall make the following findings of fact:
1. That granting of the proposed variance is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan;
2. That granting of the proposed variance will not result in creating or continuing a use which is not compatible with adjacent uses in the area;
3. That granting of the proposed variance is the minimum action available to permit reasonable use of the property;
4. That the physical characteristics of the subject site are unique and not present on adjacent sites; and
5. That the circumstances creating the need for the variance are not the result of actions by the applicant, actions proposed by the applicant or actions by the previous property owner(s).
6. That granting of the proposed variance(s) will not cause substantial detriment to the public welfare or impair the purp...
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