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3 <br /> to a minimum of 32 feet for a proposed building addition.The Petitioners desires to expand the existing <br /> facility and would add an 800 sq.ft.addition to the North.This portion of the building will contain <br /> additional area for storage of materials and assembly area.Due to the fact that the property to the North <br /> is presently zoned SF 2 Single Family,the Ordinance does not allow for a building to be closer than 50 <br /> ft.from a property line adjacent to residential property.The City's long-term plan will be to change the <br /> zoning to industrial,but they have not finalized their plans as of the present time. Since this area will be <br /> used in the future for industrial,the Petitioners do not believe approval of this Variance will be <br /> detrimental to any surrounding property. <br /> 5).A Variance from the required minimum 50 ft. Side Residential Bufferyard along the West property line <br /> to a minimum of 15 feet for a proposed building addition.This is similar to the previous Variance <br /> request where the Petitioners desires to expand the existing facility and would add a 1,000 sq.ft.addition <br /> to the West.This portion of the building will also contain additional area for storage of materials and <br /> assembly area.Due to the fact that the property to the West is presently zoned MF 1 Urban Corridor <br /> Multi-family,the Ordinance does not allow for a building to be closer than 50 ft.from a property line <br /> adjacent to residential property.The City's long-term plan will be to change the zoning to industrial,but <br /> they have not finalized their plans as of the present time. Since this area will be used in the future for <br /> industrial,the Petitioners do not believe approval of this Variance will be detrimental to any surrounding <br /> property. <br /> 6).A Variance from the requirement of providing a minimum of 2 parking spaces(i.e.2 spaces for 600 <br /> sq.ft.of office area,4 spaces for 3,606 sq.ft.of manufacturing/assembly area and 1 spaces for 570 sq.ft. <br /> of storage area,a total of seven(7)parking spaces)to a minimum of three(3)spaces as shown. <br /> The Petitioners are requesting to reduce the required number of provided parking spaces for their <br /> use.The Zoning ordinance bases the number of spaces to be provided on the use of the building. <br /> Parking for office space is calculated at a rate of 3.5 spaces per 1,000 sq.ft.of office area, 1 space per <br /> 1,000 sq.ft.of manufacturing/assembly area and 1 space per 3,000 sq.ft. of storage area. The Petitioners <br /> have a total of three(3)employees,and even with the proposed building improvements they are not <br /> planning to add any new employees at the present time.The employees presently use the existing <br /> parking area located on the South side of the building.The Petitioners are requesting as part of this <br /> approval process,a Variance to be allowed to place a larger parking area in front of the building along <br /> Kemble Street.This is being done to do long-term planning for the facility so that if the need arises for <br /> additional on-site parking they can build it without having to submit a separate Variance Petition at a <br /> later date. <br /> 7).A Variance from the 25 ft.Front-yard setback for parking to a minimum of 13 ft.along the Indiana <br /> Avenue frontage as shown.The Petitioners would desire to continue to use the existing parking along <br /> the South side of the building.This parking area has been used by the three employees since 2004.The <br /> Petitioners believe for the small amount of parking required based on existing employees,approval of <br /> this Variance will not have a negative impact on surrounding properties. <br /> 8).A Variance from the 25 ft.Front-yard setback for parking to a minimum of 9 ft.along the Kemble <br /> Street and Indiana Avenue frontage as shown.The Petitioners desire to do long term planning as <br /> mentioned above,and request a Variance now to allow for a future parking area located along Kemble <br /> Street and Indiana Avenue.This Variance would allow a parking lot aisleway to be placed in the 25 ft. <br /> Frontyard parking setback of the corner street frontages.This future parking lot would be built when the <br /> need for additional parking is necessitated by an increase in the number of employees.This may not <br /> happen for a few years,but the option to build the parking lot would be available to the Petitioners.The <br /> Petitioners do not believe approval of this Variance being done for long term planning would have a <br /> negative impact on surrounding properties. <br /> 9).A Variance from the requirement of providing Type"C"Full Screening along the North,South and <br /> West property lines to providing no additional Type"C"Full Screening along said property lines.This <br /> Type of Full Screening requires a minimum of four(4)evergreen trees for every 30 ft.of property line <br />