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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Zoning Board of Appeals
DATE: April 7, 2014
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance Granting a Variance to reduce the required front yard setback from thirty (30) feet to ten (10) and the exterior side yard setback from fifteen (15) feet to six (6) feet for a parking lot located at 635 E. New York Street.
PURPOSE:
The petitioner, J and G Properties Group, LLC, is requesting a Variance to reduce the required front and exterior side setbacks for a parking lot at the southeast corner of E. New York Street and Madison Street known as 635 E. New York Street
BACKGROUND:
This Variance petition, was referred by the City Council to the Planning Division on March 18, 2014.
The property at Southeast corner of E. New York Street and Madison Street and 635 E. New York Street, is currently vacant, though a building used to occupy the corner. The building was removed and the slab foundation remains.
Legislative History:
Date Review Body Motion Vote
4/8/2014 Planning Council Forward Unanimous
4/16/2014 Zoning Board of Appeals Approval Unanimous.
DISCUSSION:
Proposal: The petitioner is requesting a Variance for the required front and exterior side setbacks for the construction of a new eleven (11) parking stall lot. This lot will be used for the business that is located at 22 N Union Street. There will be access to the Union Street business through a rear door located at the southeast corner of this lot. The proposal is to reuse the existing concrete foundation as the parking lot, cutting out the areas that are currently encroaching into the proposed setbacks, and installing an access point to the lot. Access for the parking lot will be from Madison Street only, and it is located 80 feet south of the intersection. Additionally the petitioner is proposing to install a six (6) foot tall privacy fence along the southern property line to provide screening to the residential unit immediately to the south. Included as par...
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