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Zoning Board of Adjustment
November 21, 1978
Members Present: Acting Chairman Harper, Members DuBois, Hawley,
Jones, Ringer (Council Liaison)
Staff Present: Building Official Koehler, City Planner Mayo.
(1) Approval of minutes of the meeting of October 17, 1978: DuBois
moved that the minutes be approved as presented. The motion
was seconded by Jones and unanimously approved.
(2) Consideration of a request for variance from Agency Records
Control. This item was deferred due to the absence of any
representative.
(3) Consideration of a request for variance from Joe Courtney.
Mr. Jim Blake, the purchaser of the property, saif that the
reduced space presented no problem to the use of the property.
Koehler presented the material furnished by the applicant and
concurred that there would be no interference with public faci-
lities and that other drives on the street had a similar pro-
blem to a lesser degree.
The Chairman moved that the variance be granted due to the ex-
istence of similar situations in the area, the fact that there
has been no observed detrimental effect, and in consideration
of the substantial cost and inconvenience of correction com-
pared to the lack of benefit to be derived thereby.
The motion was seconded by Ringer and unanimously approved.
(4) Consideration of a request for variance from John Painter.
Koehler said that the proposal would not interfere with public
utilities and that two other structures in the block had less
than the presently required setback. He offered the opinion
that the main purpose of rear setback was to assure light and
open space.
Mr. Painter saif that the original garage had been enclosed by
a previous owner and that he had been in contact with the owner
of the property to the rear who had no objection to the pro-
posal.
The Chairman moved that the variance be granted due to other
nearly similar structures, the lack of detriment to the ad-
jacent owner, and because sufficient open space exists else-
where on the lot. The motion was seconded by Ringer and unani-
mously approved.
(5) Consideration of a regular meeting date.
Harper moved that the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P. M.
would be a regular meeting date, and that a meeting would be
held at those times unless specifically cancelled. The motion
was seconded by Hawley and unanimously approved. _
(6) Other business. Koehler suggested that the Board could act on
the written information furnished by Agency Records Control in
the deferred item (2).
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The Chairman moved that item (2) be considered. The motion
was seconded by Hawley and unanimously approved.
Mayo said that the existing buildings were built before an-
nexation and were now 42 spaces short of meeting minimum re-
quirements. Proposed construction would require at least an
additional 69 spaces for a total of 111 spaces plus an allowance
for employees and loading spaces. He pointed out that adjoin-
ing properties were under developement and that adjacent streets
could not be counted upon to accomodate overflow parking. He
said that the owner had told him that the proposed additional
building would involve no new employees and that the owner did
not want to add any parking spaces to his existing facilities.
Mayo said that he had observed a lack of spaces for vehicles
present when he visited the site. He recommended that the
Board require at least 69 spaces plus two loading spaces and
pointed out that the City should consider any reasonable use
to which the building might be put when imposing minimum re-
quirements.
The Chairman moved that a variance be granted to require only
69 spaces rather than the normal 111 spaces plus employee spaces
and loading spaces because existing use does not indicate a
severe a need as the ordinance requires and the existing faci-
lity may be regared as a non-conforming use; provided however
that the variance be received at the end of one year to deter-
mine if actual use requires an additional 42 spaces plus an
additional 4 loading spaces as would be required by normal ap-
plication of the Zoning Ordinance. The motion was seconded by
Hawley and unanimously approved.
(7) Adjourn There being no other business, the meeting was declared
adjourned.