ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Title
VA-2606: Request for a variance from Article V to allow a 20-foot landscape buffer instead of a 35-foot and a chain-link fence around the perimeter of the parcel for the property at 2611-2623 Guava Drive.
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OWNER/APPLICANT:
Storch Law Firm c/o A. Joseph Posey, Jr., Applicant.
PROPOSED USE:
Light Industrial/ Commercial.
REQUESTED ACTION: (Change to current code)
1. Per Article V, Table V-4 allow a decreased rear yard landscape buffer of 20-feet (Class B) in lieu of the 35-foot (Class D (3)) required for a multifamily to light industrial zoned parcel.
2. Per Article V, Table V-3 footnote (3) allow an opaque chain-link fence along the rear property line that faces a multifamily zoning district in lieu of the 6-foot-high decorative masonry wall or fence required for a multifamily to light industrial zoned parcel.
PARCEL ID:
8402-01-06-6730, 8402-01-06-6750, and 8402-01-06-6770
AREA:
0.60 acres
CURRENT LAND USE:
Vacant Commercial
FLUM DESIGNATION:
Commercial
ZONING DISTRICT:
B-2, Neighborhood Business
VOTING DISTRICT:
District Three - Council Person Debbie Dolbow
Discussion:
The applicant is requesting a variance for the landscape buffer requirements from the Land Development Code Table V-3 and V-4, which requires a 35-foot rear landscape buffer and a 6-foot-high masonry wall or fence between multifamily and light industrial zoned properties. Applicant put in a request in 2023 for a variance (VA-2309) and was approved for a 20-foot landscape buffer yard. However, per the same variance, the Planning and Zoning Board required a 6-foot privacy fence. The new proposed variance before the Planning and Zoning Board is to reduce the landscaping buffer and allow a chain-link fence along the perimeter of the remaining lot.
Staff Review:
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-...
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