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DATE: May 7, 2009
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for variances to the rear yard building setback from 15'
to 1' and from the side yard setback for a parking lot within the
Oaks Historic District from 10' to 4.5'.
FILE: 591-BA
STAFF REPORT
A-1 Glass Co., the applicant, is requesting a variance to the rear yard
building setback from 15' to 1' and from the side yard setback for a
parking lot within the Oaks Historic District from 10' to 4.5' at 1850
Calder Avenue. The property is one of the few along Calder included
in the Oaks Historic District.
The applicant is asking that the warehouse expansion be allowed to
align with the existing buildings rear building line. The parking will
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encroach slightly into the 2 Street setback as the parking spaces will
be on an angle. This is part of a plan to include all required parking,
accommodate the Oaks Historic District regulations and at the same
time preserve as many trees as possible.
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: A-1 Glass Co.
PROPERTY OWNER: A-1 Glass Co.
LOCATION: 1850 Calder Avenue
LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lots 1-3 and 2 of 4, Block 19,
McFaddin Second Addition
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.56 acres
EXISTING LAND USES: Glass Company and vacant lot
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @- Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Offices RCR-H (Residential Conservation Revitalization
- Historical) District
EAST: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial -
Multiple Family Dwelling) District
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD
WEST: Commercial GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: Calder Ave - Secondary Arterial
with an 70' wide right-of-way
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and a 50' pavement width and 2
Street - Residential 60' wide
right-of-way and a 25' pavement
width.
DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter on Calder and
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open ditch on 2 Street
WATER: 6" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line