City of Aurora - File #: 17-00612

• File #: 17-00612
• Version: 3
• Name: ATMI / Variance for M-2 / 659 S. Elmwood Drive
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/6/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/22/2017
• Final action: 8/22/2017
• Title: An Ordinance Granting a Setback Requirement Variance pursuant to Section 10.5 for property located at 659 S. Elmwood Drive being the west side of Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/22/2017	3	City Council	adopted	Pass
8/15/2017	3	Committee of the Whole	(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
8/10/2017	3	Planning & Development Committee	recommended for approval	Pass
8/2/2017	2	Zoning Board of Appeals	Forwarded	Pass
7/25/2017	1	Planning Council	Forwarded	Pass
7/11/2017	1	Committee of the Whole	Forward to Planning Council

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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin

FROM: Zoning Board of Appeals

DATE: August 4, 2017

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Granting a Setback Requirement Variance pursuant to Section 10.5 for property located at 659 S. Elmwood Drive being the west side of Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue (ATMI Precast/930 Ridgeway LP - 17-00612 / AU29/2-16.018-Su/V - JM - Ward 4)

PURPOSE:
The Petitioner ATMI Precast/930 Ridgeway LP is requesting approval of a setback variance pursuant to Section 10.5 for the property at 659 S. Elmwood Drive located on the west side of Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue.

BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is currently industrial with M-2 Manufacturing - General zoning on the portion located on the west side of Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue and R-1 One Family Dwelling zoning on the portion located along Hartford Avenue. Additional information on the legislative history of the property can be found in the attached Property Information Sheet.

The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Setback Variance from 60 feet to 12 feet for the western property line of the M-2 portion located on the west side of Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue. The details of the request include the addition of 12 parking spaces to the west side of the current parking lot. The current parking lot and use has been in existence since the early 2000s and is already within the current setback requirement being only 33' from the property line. The use of the property will not change, and the additional spaces should have no negative impact on neighboring properties. A six foot fence and evergreen shrubs run along the boundary of the adjacent residential property providing a buffer. Additional landscaping will be added along the boundary.

Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Special Use for a Parking Facilities, Non-Residential (4170) Use for the R-...