Bill 65-16 Rezoning Petition 427 and 437 Corby Boulevard and 913 Lawrence St.

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of new multi - family buildings shall be no more than twice the massing of the immediately abutting building, including buildings on the same lot to a maximum of seven times. This request is needed due to the existing homes which are located to the West and North of the project site. Those homes are some of the original dwellings which were built several decades ago on smaller lots. The intent is to add new single family attached homes in the neighborhood. There are a variety of sizes of homes in the area from one story modest dwelling to large two story homes. The homes closest to the project site are on the small to modest size. In order to provide affordable homes that meet a demand for the area the proposed single family townhomes are built with common walls. This type of housing based on the ordinance creates a larger overall massing than existing detached homes on smaller lots. The proposed project will blend with the mixture of dwelling styles, sizes and architecture in existence. The owners do not believe the approval of the proposed new dwellings will have a negative impact in the neighborhood. The next request is from the requirement that Mechanical equipment shall not be located long primary and secondary street frontages to being allowed but shall be screened from the street by fencing or landscaping. Due to the project being located on a corner with homes facing both streets there will be a situation where the placement of mechanical equipment may be seen from one of the street frontages. The owners would mitigate this by placing a screening fence and or landscaping to create a visual barrier to eliminate a direct view of any mechanical equipment from a street. The owners do not believe approval of this request would have a detrimental effect on any surrounding property. The last request from the NNZO design guidelines is from the requirement that Driveways shall be no more than twelve feet (12') wide at front property line to a maximum of 20 ft. The project as shown would have one driveway of a 20 ft. width which would access Lawrence Street. This driveway is the interior driveway system for accessing the rear located garages of each dwelling. This interior driveway will also access the public alleys which will be paved and brought up to City standards. This one driveway access point to the public street is similar to other access drives for townhome developments. The width will allow for enough room for vehicles to both enter and exit the site without creating a traffic conflict. The owners do not believe approval of this request will adversely affect any surrounding property. The owners would ask the Commission members to agree that the approval of the above requested Variances, will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community and the use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner; and, that the strict application of the terms of this Ordinance would result in practical difficulties in the use of the property.