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Home My WebLink AboutZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - - 03/16/2000 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA Regular Meeting March 16, 2000 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of the Minutes from the February 10, 2000 meeting, 3. Appeal : 2287 The variance would reduce the required street side setback along Myrtle Street from 15' to 10' in order to allow the construction of an outside stairwell for a new basement to be constructed under an existing home. The existing basement walls are crumbling, and the owner would like to construct a stairwell as part of the new, replacement basement. Section 4.8(D)(3)(d), by Dana Christensen, Owner. 530 S. Whitcomb Street. 4. Appeal : 2288 The variance would allow three permanent housing project identification signs to be located along Shields Street, instead of at entrance locations into the housing complex. Specifically, the variance would allow three, 35 sq. ft. per face ground signs on Shields Street—one at the northeast comer of Shields & Wabash, one at the southeast comer of Shields &Arbor, and one on Shields halfway between Arbor& Wabash. The signs would advertise the new Four Seasons Condominium Project. Without a variance, the developer would be allowed a sign at each entrance —one at the entrance off Wabash, one on Century Drive, and one on Arbor. The applicant is proposing that no signs be placed along Century &Arbor in exchange for allowing signage on Shields. Section 3.8.7(C)(1)(f), by Rick Birdsall, representative of Adcon Signs, Contractor. 1020 Wabash Street. 5. Other Business ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA Regular Meeting March 16, 2000 AA eal2287: --- 530 S. Whitcomb Street --- Petitioner: Dana Christensen, Owner �7 --- Zone: NCB --- 4.8(D)(3)(d) O --- The variance would reduce the required street side setback along Myrtle Street from 15' to 10' in order to allow the construction of an outside stairwell for a new basement to be constructed under an existing home, The existing basement walls are crumbling, and the owner would like to construct a stairwell as part of the new, replacement basement. --- Petitioner's statement of hardship: The south side of the home is the best location for a stairwell with regards to snow and ice buildup and for maximizing sunlight into the basement. There also is little room on the north side to allow the stairwell, and the back yard is used for parking. --- Staff comments: None. Appeal 2288: --- 1020 Wabash Street --- Petitioner: Rick Birdsall, representative of Adcon Signs, Contractor — Zone: MMN --- 3.8.7(C)(1)(f) --- The variance would allow three permanent housing project identification signs to be located along Shields Street, instead of at entrance locations into the housing complex. Specifically, the variance would allow three, 35 sq. ft. per face ground signs on Shields Street—one at the northeast corner of Shields & Wabash, one at the southeast corner of Shields & Arbor, and one on Shields halfway between Arbor& Wabash. The signs would advertise the new Four Seasons Condominium Project. Without a variance, the developer would be allowed a sign at each entrance —one at the entrance off Wabash, one on Century Drive, and one on Arbor. The applicant is proposing that no signs be placed along Century & Arbor in exchange for allowing signage on Shields. --- Petitioner's statement of hardship: The entrances into the complex are off of minor streets -p -- Wabash, Arbor and Century. Signs at these entrances do not provide adequate identification along Shields Street, which is the major street adjacent to the development, and which is the street upon which visitors, delivery drivers, etc., will be driving on and looking for identification signs. Staff comments: The Board has granted some similar variances in the past to allow apartment complexes to place a sign along the major street bordering the project. These variances have been in instances where the project does not have an entrance off the major street. Sometimes, such a valance has been approved with the condition that no ID sign be allowed at the "actual"entrance into the complex. This particular variance request differs significantly from previous ones in that the applicant is requesting three signs on the major street instead of just one sign, as has historically been requested by previous applicants. This property and surrounding properties are located within the Residential Neighborhood Sign District, wherein sign regulations are more restrictive than regulations for properties that are not within this sign district. It is important to note that the Poudre Valley Plaza shopping center directly to the north of the Four Seasons project is only allowed one sign along Shields Street, and they are complying with the regulations for their property. The applicant in this case is asking for three times as many signs as is allowed for the adjacent commercial project. If the Board chooses to grant this particular variance request, then a precedent might be set, and certainly the commercial project to the north would expect that they could also obtain a variance to allow 3 signs along Shields, instead of the 1 sign that they are allowed. • Other Business: 40. :,R. 1 ! IRA + 4 - w"— 1 s WA I I I I I 1 I 1 1 5'! --3 IrL M g FTJ '_ 10 4-1 „ - 11 I 1 1 1 1 1 I •1 I I 'I Appeal n88 Como Habash Sr. Tht unan(t would allow thrtt permanent homing project identibatian signs to k located along Shields St.insttad of at the entran(e locations into tht mr house faces onto South A tromb St.with the right side yard adja(ent to Myrtle k hooting(ompim Ba ftroand Information the law ka ons(oMaru uurx polar it laatm in the Nkmal ntlghborhood Sin Wit ?' one dent 5tatian gn ex3 ro the profr ty is aUOMd,par dcd that su h gm da rot i + I (raw Dr exceed�sgwre ka b aka ptr fact and do not wed b ket in hdght. This housing pojett ft not love iq dirta entrances od of Shields but that art mtrarcn locoed off of kbor Armor.(mW Orrvt and Mabrh trm M ttua of W art adoprd idemihobon sgns at ro acted tlx We imoationi. The appncant is popouag to dirainate the s m on kbor dt.and(nma7 Or and m add carer `- p _ -� sqm abrg Shiddi k fur a total of far Nmtibatiam Op i t r r P �l_y . _ a LOGO cast at the nortfl-tast(Omer of hrabash and Shields. Tht proposed loation of one of looking north along Shields St.One of the propaud ptrmanrnt grounds will be lomtd Wirt rk new ground sigm. the tmporary sign is currently Ioatel d btoum for Powrc Yale(Baia proposed )mioa r' I'?we toratr as the previous slidt but(oolting tact and ROO towards the four kasa rs Proposed sign location at soah Last torntr o{Arbor Arc,and S Shitids St Wit, peighberhood and Poudre Valley Plata commtrtial site looking south along South SNO.at the approtmart location of one of _ the ground sigm. Appropmare sign laadon on Arbor Ave Approximate sign IOU601 on Century Ot. bdusnggroTA 4palong auo Wd U.lur Po he Uiey ram.Pd Me SO Cok tMmtr anor+ed one Ireund qqo alog the SInddi 6ogc locking north towards the intention of lionetooth and Shields,showing the esdsting ground sign looking north along Shields St and the intersection of Shields and Arbor. for Poudre Valley Plaza The residential ndghborhDA located directly west of four Seasons{ands are d - (obblesmnt and Movnt Ndgc. One identification sign per subdrmion is located at the interstdon of Shields and Habash:one on tlse north side and one on the south We- The End Zoning Board of Appeals March 16, 2000