HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4165-A Staff AnalysisJanuary 4, 1993
Item No.:
File No.
Owner•
Address•
Description•
Zoned•
Variance Requested:
Z -4165-A
J. W. Morton
9401 I-30
Lots 3 and 5, Triangle Properties
Industrial District
I-2
1) From the pavement provisions
of Section 36-508 to permit
the use of a substandard
parking lot for a period not
to exceed three months.
2) From the development criteria
provisions of Section
36-320(b)(1) to permit outside
storage of equipment and
materials without the required
6 foot opaque barrier.
Justification: The neighbor to the west prefers
that a 6 foot opaque barrier fence
not be installed because it will
shield his monument display from
west bound traffic on I-30. A
fence would also shield would be
intruders and possibly increase the
incidents of theft and vandalism,
which is already high in this area
of the city. The parking variance
is for a period of only three
months.
Present Use of Property: Industrial
Proposed Use of Property: Industrial
Staff Report•
A. Engineering issues:
There are none to be reported.
January 4, 1993
Item No.: 3 Cont.)
B. Staff Analysis:
This request involves two variances and they are from the
screening requirement for outside storage and from the
pavement standards for a parking area. In the I-2 district,
outdoor storage of equipment, materials or merchandise,
however is allowed provided they are screened by a six foot
opaque barrier, except when such merchandise consist of
airplanes, automobiles, mobile homes, motorcycles etc. For
parking areas,,the ordinance states that
"Every parcel of land which after the effective date of
this chapter is changed to a parking area, automobile,
other vehicle or trailer sales or storage area or all
automobile or motor vehicle service station, garage or
other vehicle use area shall be paved where subject to
wheeled traffic. The minimum pavement requirement
shall be one and one-half (1 1/2) inches asphaltic
concrete hot -mixed with a five (5) inch compacted base
or double surface treatment with a five (5) inch
compacted base or four (4) inch concrete slab and shall
have an appropriate bumper guards where needed."
What the applicant is proposing for the outside storage is
typical for the area and will not impact the surrounding
properties. In fact, one of the adjacent landowners has
specifically asked that the area not be screened for several
reasons. The property is located in the Triangle Properties
Industrial District where the uses are either commercial or
industrial, and screening would not benefit anybody. A
majority of the current users have similar storage and those
areas have not created any visible problems.
The pavement variance is a minor issue because it is for
relatively short period of time, three months, and involves
a surface that has been heavily damaged by truck traffic.
The parking area was paved at one time and now it is in need
of some major repairs. The use of the area for parking is
not new and it is still being utilized for some parking.
C. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the screening variance and the
pavement variance for a time period not to exceed three
months from the date of the Board's action.
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January 4, 1993
Item N(Cont.)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ACTION: (JANUARY 4, 1993)
Staff informed the Board members that they would first have to
act on a Bylaw waiver because the applicant did not use an
abstract company to obtain the list of property owners. A motion
was made to grant the necessary waiver and hear the case. The
motion was approved by all the members present.
The applicant, Dennis Simmons, was present. There were no
objectors. Mr. Simmons said that the parking lot has been paved
and the screening variance is the only issue.
A motion was made to approve the variance as requested. The
motion passed by a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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