HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-3649-A Staff AnalysisMarch 16, 1981
Item No. 1 - Z -3649-A
Owner: Joe Anderson
Address: 2318 Wright Avenue
Description: East 60' of the south 100' of the west
150' of Block 22, Park Addition
Zoned: "R-5" Urban Residence
Variance
Requested: (1) Relief from Section 7-101.7D to
permit a 20' encroachment into the
rear yard.
(2) Relief from Section 8-101-B to
permit parking in the front yard.
Present Use of
Property: Vacant
Proposed Use of
Property: 4 -unit Apartment
Staff Recommendation:
The property at present is zoned "C-3" General Commercial,
and under a separate action it will be downzoned to "R-5" as
per the conversion strategy in the.new Zoning Ordinance.
Under the old ordinance, the applicant could have
constructed as proposed with little or no need of variance.
The proposed construction requires a reduction of the rear
yard from 25' to 5' and it further requires a waiver of
Section 8=101 to permit front yard parking. Were the
property to be developed for commercial use, parking would
be allowed in the front yard as a matter of right.
Staff recommends approval.
Board Action:
The applicant was present and there were three objectors.
The applicant told the Board of his intentions to construct
an apartment on the property and claimed that he would like
the proposed encroachments into the rear yard so that he
could have adequate and safe parking for the residents of
March 16, 1981
Item No. 1 - Continued
the apartment building. Ben Rowland, an attorney
representing the objectors, principally the Trinity Church
of God, showed some pictures that were taken of the site and
cited the substandard size of the lot and what they believed
to be an unreasonable density proposed for the property. He
cited a fire hazard potential and stated that parking in the
front yard would be a hazard relative to the traffic
situation on Wright Avenue.
There was another objector, Mr. Wilkerson, who cited the
crime problems in the area, principally vandalism and theft
of things from the parking lot of the church, and the pastor
of the church, Dewey Hill, stated that they foresaw a
too high density for the proposal. The applicant, Mr.
Anderson, stated that what was proposed was four -unit
efficiency apartments with approximately 510 square feet per
unit.
After a lengthy discussion, the Board moved to approve the
application as filed,. and the motion was passed: 6 ayes,
0 noes and 1 absent.