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VA-2313: Request for a variance to allow a Class A landscape buffer yard of 10 feet in lieu of a Class C landscape buffer yard of 30 feet for the eastern and northern property line abutting single family residential lots as described within Article V, Table V-4, Buffer Yard Classifications for the property at 601 N Ridgewood Avenue.
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Parcel ID#: 745006000020
Proposed use: Self Service Ice Machine and Food Truck Court with Outdoor Dining.
Description of request:
1. To allow a Class A landscape buffer yard of 10 feet in lieu of a Class C landscape buffer yard of 30 feet for the eastern and northern property line abutting single family residential lots as described within Article V, Table V-4, Buffer Yard Classifications.
Explanation of hardship by applicant: Lot is L-shaped eastern portion of site is only 50' wide.
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 purposes and intent of the Land Development Code.
1. Will granting the proposed variance result in a conflict with the Comprehensive Plan?
a. Staff's res...
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