Z-3899 Staff AnalysisOctober 26, 1982
Item No. 5 - Z-3899
Owner:
Applicant:
Location:
Request:
Purpose:
Size:
Existing Use:
Ray and Nancy Richardson
Ray Richardson
7410 Stagecoach Road
Rezone from "R-2" Single Family to
11I-2" Light Industrial
Conformity with Existing Use
5 acres +
Contractor Office and Storage
Yard
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING:
North - Vacant, Unclassified
South - Residential, Zoned "R-2"
East - Vacant, Zoned "R-2"
West - Residential, Zoned "R-2"
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS:
No adverse comments have been received from any reviewing
agency concerning this request. The request is not
compatible with the Suburban Development Plan, which shows
this area for future single family development.
The applicant has an existing industrial use on the property
which is comprised of several, interrelated engineering and
contracting businesses. There is no current residential use
of the property although the office for the businesses is
housed within a former single family dwelling.
The purpose in this application is to obtain a building
permit to construct another storage building on the
property. The applicant has a major investment in this
property, but the property is included in an area shown on
the plan for residential use. Staff believes there is a
definite hardship in this case but does not feel comfortable
with the prospect of zoning this property industrial,
because such action could easily lead to a loss of the
remaining residential properties in the area.
This property is sufficiently buffered by the surrounding
land area which is mostly floodplain, making this a somewhat
isolated tract of land. Staff will support allowing the
Board of Adjustment to permit expansion of this
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Item No. 5 - Continued
nonconforming industrial use under the hardship
considerations of the ordinance. Staff bases its support
for this proposal on the fact that this is an isolated
circumstance with true hardship factors.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends withdrawal of the application without
prejudice and transfer of the request to the Board of
Adjustment without further filing requirements including
fees and notice.
COMMISSION ACTION:
The applicant was present, and there were no objectors.
There was a brief discussion of the withdrawal of the
application and the future of the application before the
Board of Adjustment. After all of the various aspects of
the matter were explained to the applicant, the applicant
agreed to withdraw the application without prejudice from
the Planning Commission Agenda. The Board moved to accept
withdrawal, and the motion passed: 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2
absent.