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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4356 Staff AnalysisNovember 13, 1984 SUBDIVISIONS Item No. 14 NAME: LOCATION: OWNER/APPLICANT: PROPOSAL: Pulaski Heights Methodist Church Conditional Use Permit (Z-4356) Northeast corner of Lee Street and Monroe Street Pulaski Heights Methodist Church/Brooks Jackson To remove two houses at the .northeast corner of Monroe and Lee Streets and to construct a two-story Christian Life Center (which will contain a recreational center, stage and kitchen) on land that is zoned "R-4." ORDINANCE DESIGN STANDARDS: 1. Site Location This site is surrounded on three sides by residential streets and by a collector street on the south (Lee Avenue). 2. Compatibility with Neighborhood This church is an existing use. It occupies a City block (2.06 + acres). It is surrounded on all sides by existing single family uses. This site is compatible with the surrounding area. 3. On -Site Drives and Parki This proposal contains 109 existing paved parking spaces and proposes one ingress -from Lee Avenue and four means of egress onto Spruce Street. The proposal also contains a drop-off and a service drive on Monroe Street. 4. Screeninq and Buffers The site plan contains landscaping as per City ordinance. November 13, 1984 SUBDIVISIONS Item No. 14 - Continued 5. Analysis The staff is generally supportive of this proposal. The staff would like to point out that the building setback line on the new addition for Monroe Street does not meet ordinary ordinance requirements. The rear yard setback of 25 feet or side yard of 8 feet (whichever the case) is not applicable as per Zoning Ordinance Section 5-101 F 2f which states that where development of lots comprises 40 percent or more of frontage of the said block and the buildings do not average a variation of more than 6 feet, the average depth shall be considered standard. The only question the staff has concerns the proposed drop-off on Monroe Street. The City Engineer does not recommend it. The staff requests that the applicant meet with the City Traffic Engineer to discuss a potential loading zone. 6. Staff Recommendation Approval subject to the applicant agreeing to meet with the City Traffic Engineer to discuss the drop-off area. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE REVIEW: The applicant was present. The applicant agreed to delete the proposed drop-off shown near the Monroe and Lee Street intersection. The applicant was then told to meet with the City Engineer to discuss the handicap drop-off area. The applicant agreed to meet with the City Traffic Engineer. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: The applicant was present. The City Engineer stated that they would drop their objection to the loading or drop-off zone (on Monroe Street), provided the applicant agreed to move it further north on Monroe Street. The applicant agreed to the City Engineer's proposal. The Commission then voted 10 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent, to approve the application as recommended by staff and agreed to by the applicant.