44-25 Special Exception at 221 North Ironwood Drive

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Staff Report— BZA#0341-25 August 4, 2025 Criteria for Decision Making:Variance(s) State statutes and the Zoning Ordinance require that certain standards must be met before a variance can be approved. The standards and their justifications are as follows: (1) The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community. The use will be a personal services location serving one customer at a time under the standards set forth by the Home Occupations accessory use standards. (2) The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner. The applicant intends to establish the use in an accessory structure within zoning standards. The foot traffic and activity related to this use should not result in negative impacts to the area. (3) The strict application of the terms of this Chapter would result in practical difficulties in the use of the property Strict application of the terms of this Chapter would make it impossible for this use to be on this property. Beauty shops are banned as a home occupation in the code along with barber shops. The twelve standards applied to all home occupation accessory uses would mitigate any potential nuisance associated with the beauty shop home occupation use. (4) The variance granted is the minimum necessary The variance granted is the minimum necessary. This is only a use variance, not a variance to construct anything else that would be generally viewed as a commercial building or site improvements expanding the use beyond the standards for home occupations. (5) The variance does not correct a hardship cause by a former or current owner of the property The variance granted does not correct a hardship caused by a former or current owner of the property. The hardship is created by the existing code which explicitly limits specific common neighborhood uses like barbershops, photography studios, and and exercise studios from being established accessory to residential uses. Analysis & Recommendation Analysis: The existing standards for Home Occupations are strong enough to curtail any nuisances that may be associated with this use variance, particularly how clients are limited to one at a time and any space it is housed in must appear residential in nature. Additionally, the use is proposed along a major street that features more intense commercial uses nearby. If the petitioner is successful, and more business comes, the operation will likely seek a larger, commercially zoned space. Sol:Ttl 131 D BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS pare 3 „I.4