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Wells Fargo Parking Lot
112 W. Magnolia Street.
Alternative Compliance Request
The owner requests a modification of the standard per Section 2.8.2(H)(1)-The plan as submitted
will promote the general purpose of the standard for which the modification is requested
equally well or better than would a plan which complies with the standard for which a
modification is requested.
The standard per Section 3.2.2(J) states that a 15' setback is required along an arterial (in this
case, College Ave.) and a 5' setback is required from lotlines. The proposed layout provides the
needed setbacks on the north and south property lines; the setback from the alley (west
property line) is 6" and the setback from College Ave is 8' (at the narrowest point).
The owner is requesting this modification for the following reasons:
1. Providing the additonal 4.5' on the east side and 7' on the west side would result in the
elimination of an entire row of parking and thus the loss of a minimum of 8 parking
spaces.
2. The extra area provided in these setbacks would not allow the owner to maximize the
much needed parking area in this existing lot.
3. With the approval of the proposed parking layout, Wells Fargo will gain back the 35
parking spaces lost when the parking argreement they shared became invalid (see
Statement of Planning Objectives).
The proposed site and landscape plans provide a 3' tall masonry wall on the east property line
as well as substantial landscape buffers (including trees being provided in larger quantities than
required) on the east and south to aid in buffering and screening the parking lot and attempting
offset the effects of smaller setbacks.