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Home My WebLink About379-BA�a DATE: April 4, 1996 TO: Board of Adjustment FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Director SUBJECT: Request for a variance to encroach into the front yard building setback of property located in a GC -MD (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling) District. FILE: 379-BA STAFF REPORT The Planning Director recommends approval of the 13' elevator encroachment into the required 20' building setback on the North Street side of the subject property. St. Elizabeth Hospital is, in the process of converting the first floor (west end) of the hospital's parking garage at North and 14th Street into a new "Urgent Care" clinic. This conversion will include a new elevator from the ground floor up to the top floor of the parking garage. The elevator must be large enough to accommodate a stretcher because the top floor of the garage is the location of the hospital's primary helistop landing pad for emergency patient delivery. This elevator will act as a back- up to an existing elevator in the building. Other construction proposed includes an unenclosed canopy along the 14th Street side of the first floor, along with structural supports and brick pilasters to add architectural detail to the outside of the clinic. The canopy is to provide protection for the loading and unloading of patients at the new clinic during inclement weather. The canopy will extend west into the 14th Street right-of-way. The applicant has requested from the City's Real Property Division a license to encroach over the right- of-way. That request will be processed and then sent to the City Council for action. A variance on the west or 14th Street side of the property is not required. Exhibits are attached. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Notices Mailed to Property Owners: 13 (two owners) Responses in Favor: Responses in Opposition: VARIANCE SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION FOIJ BEAUMONT, TEXAS (CODES SECI ON 30-37 F-3.) The Board of Adjustment has the power to grant variances where the following listed conditions have been met. Indicate how your application meets each of these conditions in the space following each condition. Separate sheets may be attached. (The applicant has the burden of proof to demonstrate that all three of the conditions necessary for a variance have been met). Except as otherwise prohibited, the Board is empowered to authorize a variance from a'requirement of the Zoning Ordinance when the Board finds that all of the following conditions have been met: CONDITION A. That the granting of the variance will not be contrary to the public interest. W F, 15 e L I G VG- 7-44A T- I T- W1 L L, 5 � 110 M 6- rueg.qc., ipre7k"T IrO 4 kA�X�rr 7W 6- VA1Z/AA)&&- V57� AT734,-CY4FO LC---r7-m--k,. CONDITION B: That literal enforcement of the ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship because of exceptional narrowness, shallowness, shape, topography or other extraordinary' or exceptional physical situation or physical condition unique to the specific piece of property in question. "Unnecessary hardship" shall mean physical hardship relating to the property itself as distinguished from a hardship relating to convenience, financial considerations or caprice, and the. hardship must not result from the applicant or owner's own actions. T+iE:, lllreRAL� e7PFMe-FP6Wr OF rif 9;- W(LL� R-"VLT lAq vmuec" 4kKMH 47 A-5 P I;SCk 16 e-P I A9 77i-t� A TrA-el�b CONDITION : That by granting the variance, the spirit of the ordinance will be observed and substantial justice will be done. 7-tf5 5f >1 P, 17- PP A T-rA-e-H-Ub I HEREBY ATTEST THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, MY REQUEST MEETS THE CONDITIONS STATED ABOVE. Applicant's signature: 6 Date: V PacycSouthed and Pao-c Architects Engineers Consultants 6o6 West Avenue Austin Texas 78701 TEL 512 472 6721 FAX 512 477 3211 March 20,1996 Mr. Steve Richardson Planning Division, Room 210 City Hall, 801 Main Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 P.O. Box 3827 77704 Re,, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, Urgent Care Clinic Dear Mr. Richardson: St. Elizabeth Hospital is presently constructing a new Urgent Care Clinic on the ground floor of their existing parking garage at the northeast corner of 14th Street and North Street. They would like to modify the construction in three ways as described below: The contract documents include a passenger elevator from the ground floor up to the top floor of the parking garage. The Hospital has requested that we modify the documents so that the elevator is large enough to accomodate a stretcher. This would allow the elevator to be used as a backup for the existing elevator which provides stretcher access from the helipad on: the roof of the parking garage. The existing elevator breaks down from time to time and there is then no way to get patients down from the helipad. The larger size elevator will be over the building set- back line along North Street by 2'-4". We would like to request a variance to allow for this. 2. The contract documents presently show a patient drop-off along 14th Street which will allow three vehicles to park close to the building while patients are getting in or out of a vehicle. The Hospital would like to add a canopy at this drop-off to protect people from the rain during inclement weather. In order to support the canopy we need to have four 6" square steel columns which will be over the building set -back line by 14" to 3'-5". We would like to request a variance to allow for this. The canopy also encroaches on the right -of way by approximately 44" at one end and 18" at the other end. 3. In order to enhance the appearance of the clinic, and distinguish it from the parking garage, the hospital would like to add brick pilasters one story tall along the exterior walls of the clinic. Three of these pilaster will be over the building set -back line by 11", 2'-4", and 1"-4". We would like to request a variance to allow for this. If you need any further information from us please do not hesitate to call. sincerely Cliff Koeninger Project Architect Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC -�• ASm+rabn (4) 01 tl may) ' . '. 04 CP. Gdum,I i gyp, FILE 379-BA: A request for a variance from the building NORTH setbacks for an urgent care clinic located within a GC -MD (General Commercial. -Multiple Family Dwelling) District (existin LOCATION: Northeast corner of North St. & 14th St. g parking garage) 1/200 APPLICANT; Fagg Southerland.PElizabeth Hos ital c7m KA11�1l�0 .AVE I at r i a SUBJECT 1 A IN ml 'UM ■INUM a • o 9N�_ ... a� M i b d V M 'V Ir C V - JW REQUIREMENTS FOR A VARIANCE The Board of Adjustment is empowered to authorize a variance from a requirement of the Zoning Ordinance when the Board finds that all of the following conditions have been met: CONDITION A: That the granting of the variance will not be contrary to the public interest. CONDITION B: That literal enforcement of the ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship because of exceptional narrowness, shallowness, shape, topography or other extraordinary or exceptional physical situation or physical condition -unique to the specific piece of property in question. "Unnecessary hardship" shall mean physical hardship relating to the property itself as distinguished from a hardship relating to convenience, financial considerations or caprice, and the hardship must not result from the applicant or property owner's own actions. CONDITION C: That by granting the variance, the spirit of the ordinance will be observed and substantial justice will be done. ANALYSIS CONDITION A: Granting the variance for the elevator encroachment will not be contrary to the public interest. The elevator will be used by hospital staff, patients and visitors. The hospital is a medical institution which serves the public. CONDITION B: The creation of the urgent care clinic is part of a plan to reduce the number of non -emergency patient visits to the emergency room located across the street. The urgent care clinic will serve those persons needing medical care and attention but will free up the personnel and equipment in the emergency room for critical medical trauma and other emergencies. Space in the proposed clinic is at a premium as is needed parking spaces for the hospital. The elevator housing located outside the structure will enable valuable space to be dedicated for patient care and will not impede pedestrian travel because the sidewalk along North Street will not be affected. CONDITION C: By granting the variance, justice will be done and the spirit of the ordinance will be maintained for the good of the public and the institution. The structure will not impair -vehicle driver's line of sight. GENERAL INFORMATIONNUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Page Southerland Page PROPERTY OWNER: Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word STATUS OF Owner — Prospective Buyer APPLICANT: Tenant _X Other (Architects - Cliff Koeninger, Project Architect) LOCATION: Northeast corner of North Street and Fourteenth Street LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Being part of a 1.2 acre tract out of Tracts 3, 4, 4A and 5, Block 30, J. B. Langharn Estate Subdivision, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. EXISTING ZONING: GC -MD (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling) District FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: X C (Minimal) B (Moderate) A (100 year) Floodway SIZE OF PROPERTY: 1.2 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: Parking garage, helistop SURROUNDING USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Medical offices GC -MD (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling) District EAST- offices and parking garages GC -MD sou'rH: Hospital, cancer clinic, GC -MD emergency room WES'r Parking lots and medical offices GC -MD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization OTHER PHYSICAL FEATURES: None STREETS: North St. is a 60' residential right-of-way with a 36'wide concrete pavement. North is used in this area as a collector street. Fourteenth St. is a 60' residential right-of-way with a 26'wide pavement. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES continued DRAINAGE: There is a 21" storm sewer in North and an 18" line in Fourteenth Street. WATER: There is an 8" water line in North and a 6" line in Fourteenth Street. SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: There are 18" sanitary sewer lines in North and Fourteenth Street. FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection is provided by Station #7, 1700 McFaddin Avenue. ADEQUACY OF SERVICE: Services and utilities are adequate.