HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4104-A Staff AnalysisAUGUST 30, 2010
ITEM NO.: 2
File No.:
Owner:
Applicant:
Address:
Description:
Zoned:
Z-4104-A
Crain Investments, LP
Joe White, White-Daters and Associates
9911 Interstate 30
South side of Interstate 30, east of Baseline Road
1-2
Variance Requested: A variance is requested from the buffer provisions of Section 36-
522 to allow reduced street buffers.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter.
Present Use of Property: Vacant Warehouse
Proposed Use of Property: Auto Dealership
STAFF REPORT
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Public Works Issues:
No Comments
Landscape and Buffer Issues:
Site plan must comply with the City's landscape and buffer ordinance
requirements.
The zoning street buffer ordinance requires an average fifty foot (50') wide street
buffer along both Interstate 30 and along Baseline Road and in no case shall be
less than half, or twenty-five foot (25') wide. Currently, both of the streets are
deficient in this amount.
Approval has been granted for the reduced Interstate buffer width by the City
Beautiful Commission for nine feet (9) on July 01, 2010.
C. Staff Analysis:
The 1-2 zoned property at 9911 Interstate 30 is occupied by a large one-story
vacant warehouse building which is located near the center of the site. There are
associated paved/concrete vehicular use and parking areas around the building.
AUGUST 30, 2010
ITEM NO.' 2 (CGN'T.
The property has frontage on 1-30 and Baseline Road. The applicant is in the
process of redeveloping the site for relocation of the Crain Chevrolet dealership
from S. University Avenue. The existing building will be remodeled for the
dealership, with new areas of paved parking and auto display, as noted on the
attached site plan. The site will be landscaped as required by ordinance.
With the new area of pavement, the applicant is proposing nine (9) foot wide street
buffers/landscaped areas along the 1-30 and Baseline Road frontages. Section 36-
522(b)(4)b. of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires minimum street buffers of 50
feet. Section 36-522(a)(3) requires a minimum interstate buffer width of 30 feet.
Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance from these ordinance standards
to allow the reduced street buffers.
On July 1, 2010 the City Beautiful Commission granted variances for the reduced
street buffers/landscaped areas for this proposed project. The approval contained
the following condition:
All required trees within landscaped areas shall have a minimum caliper of
four (4) inches.
Staff is supportive of the requested variance to allow reduced street buffers,
supporting the City Beautiful Commission's approval of the site/landscape plan
with reduced street buffers/landscape areas. This property has been a derelict
property and an eyesore for the nearby residential neighborhoods for many years.
The applicant is proposing a quality redevelopment plan for the property. The
proposed reduced street buffers will not The out of character with many other
properties in this general area, both along 1-30 and Baseline Road. There are a
number of properties in this area which are non -conforming with respect to buffers
and landscape areas that are deficient is size and do not conform to current
ordinance standards. Staff believes the proposed redevelopment plan with
reduced street buffers will have no adverse impact on the adjacent properties or
the general area.
D. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested buffer variance, as approved by the
City Beautiful Commission, with the following condition:
1. All required trees within landscaped areas shall have a minimum caliper of
four (4) inches.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT:
(AUGUST 30, 2010)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item
and a recommendation of approval as noted i the "staff recommendation" above.
There was no further discussion. The item was placed on the consent agenda and
approved as recommended by staff. The vote was 4 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent and 1 open
position.