Bill 28-16 Amending the zoning ordinance for 1311 Ironwood Dr.

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.1 Requested Variances: The Petitioners have owned the real estate shown on the attached site plan for the past several years. The property has been used for single- family. The owner is now at a point where they desire to rezone the property and renovate the existing structure to use it for a professional office. As part of the rezoning process, the Petitioner's representative met with the APC staff to discuss the project and the proposed site improvements. The attached site plan reflects the proposed site improvements, which includes the addition of a new parking lot to serve the office building. Access to the parking lot is from an existing public alley located on the north line of the site. The parking lot was centered between the north and south property lines which allows for the maximum amount of landscape area to exist between the pavement and adjacent properties. Based on the proposed use of the property and the layout shown, the Petitioners are requesting the following Variances; 1) From the required 15' minimum side residential bufferyard to 13% 2) From the required landscaping of required perimeter yards and residential bufferyards to the landscaping as shown on the site plan; and 3) From the required off - street parking area screenings to none. The Petitioners would ask for approval of the above Variances for the following reasons: 1). From the required landscaping of required perimeter yards and residential bufferyards to the landscaping as shown on the site plan. Due to the limited width of the property and the meeting the City's minimum size requirements for parking spaces and driveways, the Petitioners have proposed the use of a solid vinyl screening fence and the use of narrow evergreen trees. The fencing will provide a sufficient visual screen of the proposed parking area from the adjacent residential homes. There is an existing parking lot located along a portion of the north property line which was previously approved in a residential district. No screening is believed to be required between the two shown parking areas. The proposed fencing will tie to the existing fencing that was done as part of previous rezoning and special use exception approval for the properties located to the north of the Petition site. Along the west and south property lines fencing will screen the proposed development from the existing residential uses and an evergreen screen is proposed for a portion of the south property to provide a natural visual buffer from the proposed parking area and the residential to the south. The Petitioners propose to add some new over -story deciduous trees along the front and north side of the site as shown. They would ask to be allowed to use the existing plants along the west and south property lines to meet the intent of the Ordinance. Along the north property line there is an existing overhead power, telephone and cable lines which would make it difficult to place trees in that utility area. Approval of this variance should not have an adverse impact on surrounding properties. 2). From the required 15' minimum side residential bufferyard to 13'. The Petitioners worked with the planning staff to locate the proposed parking behind the building as shown. The parking bay was centered in the property to provide the maximum landscape buffer area between the proposed parking spaces and the adjacent residential properties. The parking spaces would encroach approximately 2 feet into the bufferyard area. With the proposed fencing and landscaping the Petitioners believe this will provide improvements from the residential properties. There will also be JF"kh k;6i the buffervard area to allow the parking lot to have direct access t a put ' pprov, oft is vices not have a negative impact on adjacen prop ies JUL 2 0 2016 JUL 0 5 2016 KAREEMAH FOWLER AREA PLAN C CITY CLERK, SPMJTH REND, IN 1CATION N(