Special Exception - 4050 Ralph Jones Drive

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5 frontage street of William Richardson Court. Along the East and South property lines, the proposed fencing should provide adequate security and the existing on-site vegetation and trees with the existing vegetation and trees on the adjacent properties, should create a suitable visible barrier that can be maintained. Along the East property line, the existing warehouse building has no windows facing towards the proposed storage area, so no negative impact will be created along this line. On the South line the adjacent property is also wooded and the existing facility has their delivery area and outside storage facing towards the petition site. Again, there should be no negative impact created by approval of the requested Variance. Along the West line, in addition to the security fence, the existing trees and vegetation should help mitigate the view into the storage area from Ralph Jones Drive. The Petitioner and contingent purchaser also propose planting additional evergreen trees to provide another visual barrier from the street looking towards the portion of the building being used for deliveries and trash dumpsters. The last Variance request is from the requirement that all outside storage shall not exceed the height of the screening fence to being allowed to have storage exceed the height of the proposed eight (8) foot high vinyl-coated chain link fence by a maximum of 6 feet (i.e. height of stored equipment and materials being a maximum of 1~! feet). The Petitioners and contingent purchaser would state that most of the equipment that would exceed the height of the proposed fencing would be kept along the South side of the storage area. The front portion of the storage area would be used for materials, which would exceed the proposed fence height infrequently. The proposed landscape berm with evergreen trees should help with mitigation of the view into the storage area from William Richardson Court in addition to the 170-foot distance the storage area is from the street pavement. The equipment and materials would also be difficult to be seen from Ralph Jones Drive, as the distance from the street is approximately 350 feet. As mentioned above, the view into the storage area from the East from the existing building is minimal as no windows are along the West side of the Warehouse building, and from the South the only view to the storage area is through the existing trees from the adjacent property owners storage and delivery area. The Petitioners and contingent purchasers believe approval of this Variance would not have a negative impact on the adjacent industrial sites. The Petitioners believe that approval of the above Special Exception and Variances for this proposed and existing use will not be detrimental to adjacent properties, nor will it adversely affect the surrounding property values. The Petitioners would ask the Board Members to agree that approval of the above described Special Exception and Variances will not have a detrimental affect for this area, nor would the property values, public'S health, safety, morals, or general welfare be adversely affected.