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DATE: March 3, 2005
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for a variance to the minimum side yard building
setback from 10' to 5'
FILE: 535-BA
STAFF REPORT
Sigma Engineers, Inc., the applicant on behalf of Christo Rey Catholic
Church, is requesting a variance to the minimum side yard building
setback from 10' to 5' for an addition to the church at 767 Avenue
A.
Christo Rey Catholic Church is wishing to construct two additions to
the sanctuary. An approximately 684 sq. ft. addition will be located
on the south side and an approximately 795 sq. ft. addition will be
located on the north side. The north side addition is the one for
which the variance is being requested.
The applicant states that two additions were added to the church in
2003. The 250 sq. ft. addition on the north side was constructed to
within 5' of the north property line. An investigation of the building
permit records shows that no building permits were granted for either
addition. The addition under consideration would line up with the
2003 addition constructed on the north side of the church.
The applicant shall have the burden of proof to demonstrate that all
three conditions necessary for approval of a variance have been met.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
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GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Sigma Engineers, Inc. for
Christo Rey Catholic Church
PROPERTY OWNER: Christo Rey Catholic Church
LOCATION: 767 Avenue A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lots 1 - 7, Block 70, Van Wormer
Addition
EXISTING ZONING: RCR (Residential
Conservation Revitalization) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.96 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Christo Rey Catholic Church
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential RCR (Residential Conservation Revitalization)
District
EAST: Vacant GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District
SOUTH: Residential RCR
WEST: Church parking lot, residential RCR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
OTHER PHYSICAL
FEATURES: None
STREETS: Avenue A - Local street with a 60'
wide right-of-way and a 16'
pavement width; Forsythe Street -
Local street with a 60' wide
right-of-way and an 18'
pavement width
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 2" and 6" water lines
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 6" sanitary sewer line
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES continued
FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection is provided by
Station #1, 747 College.
ADEQUACY
OF SERVICE: Services are adequate.