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Filed in Clerk's Office <br />MAR 2 2017 <br />The second Variance request is from the required landscaping of required esidenK~4' V00hR <br />Type "B" Landscaping to allow 6 ft. high solid screening fence on the south ICI <br />fence on the west. This request is required since the properties to the South and West are zoned <br />residential. The owners desire to place a screening fence along the South property line as mentioned <br />above to allow for efficient parking layout for vehicles. They will attempt to keep as much of the existing <br />vegetation as possible. Along the West line the request is to place a fence and parking to a minimum of 5 <br />ft. from the property line. To the West of the site is a City owned retention basin. No home will ever be <br />placed on this adjacent property and will be used to store surface runoff from the existing neighborhood. <br />The owners do not believe approval of this request would have an adverse affect on any surrounding <br />properties. <br />Third variance request is from the requirement of providing a minimum of 380 parking spaces for the <br />proposed Event Center to a minimum of 110 parking spaces. The proposed use, an Event Center, is <br />required by the zoning ordinance to provide one of the highest on -site parking of any use under the CB <br />Community Business District. This is due to the fact that the parking number is based on the square <br />footage of the building at a rate of 1 space per 25 sq.ft. of event space. The remaining portions of the <br />building also have parking requirements based on the use in the building such as office space, kitchen <br />area and storage space. The end result is that the number of parking spaces required becomes quite large <br />and does not necessary reflect the real amount of parking needed. The owners have total control over how <br />the Event Center will handle the various gatherings in the building. They would not host events for the <br />building which would exceed the amount of available on -site parking. This particular site does not have <br />street parking readily available and the result would be the Event Center would not be able to rent out the <br />event space to their clients if parking cannot be provided. The site as shown does maximize the amount of <br />parking that can be located on the property. The owners would ask not be required to provide an <br />unreasonable amount of parking for the proposed use. They do not believe approval of this request would <br />have a negative effect on surrounding properties. <br />The fourth variance request is from the minimum allowed parking aisle width of 24 ft. to a minimum <br />of 22 feet. This request is to allow for flexibility in the aisle width of the driveways within the site. The <br />owners would use 22 ft. wide driveway along a limited area of the parking lot as shown and at the <br />entrance driveway. The use of a 22 ft. wide driveway should not impact the flow of vehicles using the site <br />and with parking spaces having a 20 ft. depth there should be no conflicts in backing out of the shown <br />spaces. The owners do not believe approval of this variance request would be detrimental to surrounding <br />properties. <br />The fifth variance request is from the requirement of providing 1 loading space for buildings <br />containing 10,000 sq.ft., but less than 100,000 sq.ft., to providing no loading space. The proposed Event <br />Center facility does not have the type of deliveries that require a dedicated off-street loading space for a <br />semi - truck. The deliveries would be done by smaller vehicles such as step vans or smaller trucks. The <br />owners would ask not to be required to provide a loading space. The owners do not believe approval of <br />this variance request would have an adverse affect on any surrounding properties. <br />The sixth variance request is from the requirement of providing perimeter landscaping to no perimeter <br />landscaping. This property is located away from any main public street and backs up to railroad tracks, a <br />retention basin an alley and a commercial/industrial use. The ordinance requires providing over -story <br />trees at a minimum of every 40 ft. along such uses and an alley. There are existing trees and scrub <br />vegetation along the north, west and a portion of the south property lines now. The property to the east <br />u <br />VA �Rl 0 2J' 17 <br />