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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/09/2004 - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - AGENDA - Regular Meeting Zoning Board of Appeals Agenda Regular Meeting Thursday,December 09,2004 Roll Call Approval of the Minutes from the July 10, 2003 Meeting Appeal: 2490 430 500 Hemlock St The variance would allow a detached building to be used in connection with a home occupation activity. Specifically, the variance would allow the home at 430 Hemlock to be used as the office for the owner's clothing business while allowing the existing warehouse building to be used for merchandise storage for the owner's four clothing stores. Retail sales do not occur on the premises. The variance would also allow more than 50%of the floor area of the dwelling unit to be used in connection with the business. 50% of the floor area is about 750 square feet, and the size of the existing warehouse is 5400 sq. ft. Code Sections: 3.8.3(1), 3.8.3(3) Petitioner: Aric Hanson ZoningDistrict CN & RC Appeal.• 2491 815 E MULBERRY ST The Petitioner is requesting that a ground sign be installed to within 2.5 feet from the east interior side lot line. The code requires that no such sign shall be installed within 15 feet of any interior side lot line. Code Sections: 3.8.7 (G)(2) Petitioner: MARK BEANER ZoningDistrict CL Other Business: Zoning Board of Appeals Agenda Regular Meeting Thursday, December 09, 2004 Appeal 2490 Address 430 500 Hemlock St Petitioner Aric Hanson Zoning District CN & RC Section 3.8.3(1), 3.8.3(3) Description The variance would allow a detached building to be used in connection with a home occupation activity. Specifically, the variance would allow the home at 430 Hemlock to be used as the office for the owner's clothing business while allowing the existing warehouse building to be used for merchandise storage for the owner's four clothing stores. Retail sales do not occur on the premises. The variance would also allow more than 50% of the floor area of the dwelling unit to be used in connection with the business. 50% of the floor area is about 750 square feet, and the size of the existing warehouse is 5400 sq. ft. Hardship This property is not zoned residential. The house is in the Commercial North College zone and the warehouse is in the River Conservation zone. The house and warehouse have historically been used for commercial operations, i.e. Padia Fertilizer Company. The home occupation use is an excellent use of the property and it is considerably less commercial in nature than previous uses. The use of the home for the business would not require a variance. It's just the use of the existing detached building that requires the variance. The building will be for storage only, so their will be very little activity on the site. The property is just over 2 acres in size. Staff Comments It is unusual to find home occupations being conducted in commercial areas such as this. The intent of the home occupation regulations is to allow residents of a dwelling to conduct self-employment activities on the premises in a manner that protects the residential character of the neighborhood in which the home occupation activity is conducted. Since this property is located in a commercial area, the character of the "neighborhood" is not truly residential. Therefore, with regards to the uniqueness of this property, the purpose of the standard is promoted equally well as a plan that would comply, and the residential character of the neighborhood is not diminished. Appeal 2491 Address 815 E MULBERRY ST Petitioner MARK BEANER Zoning District CL Section 3.8.7 (G)(2) Description The Petitioner is requesting that a ground sign be installed to within 2.5 feet from the east interior side lot line. The code requires that no such sign shall be installed within 15 feet of any interior side lot line. Hardship By installing the sign 15' from the interior side lot line the sign would be placed within the drive isle contracting and preventing vehicles from being parked in at least a couple of parking stalls. Any further distances would cause the both drive isle and curb cut access to be partially blocked. The lot is 100 feet wide. Staff Comments Staff believes that a hardship does exist in that this property already exists and it would be difficult to comply with the standard without eliminating parking or a curb cut. c>' v Other Business