ITEM DESCRIPTION:
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VA-2411: Request for a variance from Article V, Section 21-54.04, Table V-5 to allow for a Class A, 10 foot landscape buffer in lieu of the required Class C landscape buffer for the property at 1517 and 1525 S. Ridgewood Avenue.
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APPLICANT:
David Rasmussen
PROPOSED USE:
In order to accommodate the need for overflow parking, stormwater, and emergency access to the rear of the building, the applicant is requesting a reduction in the required Class C Landscape Buffer to a 10' Class A Landscape Buffer between B-3 Zoning and Residential Zoning.
REQUESTED ACTION:
1. Article V, Section 21-54.04 Table V-5 Buffer Yard Planting Options to allow a 10' Class A buffer between B-3 Zoning and Residential (R-3) Zoning.
PARCEL IDs:
8402-31-00-0280 & 8402-31-00-0270
AREA:
1.23 acres
CURRENT LAND USE:
Office Building, Automobile Repair
FLUM DESIGNATION:
Commercial
ZONING DISTRICT:
B-3 Highway Commercial
VOTING DISTRICT:
District One - Councilwoman Charlotte Hope Gillis
According to Article IX, 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. & Z. Board 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 welfa...
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