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DATE: August 7, 2008
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for a variance to the screening requirement
to allow the deletion of 180' of an 8' tall wood screening fence
FILE: 577-BA
STAFF REPORT
Scott Standridge has applied for a variance to the screening
requirement to allow the deletion of 180' of an 8' tall wood screening
fence. The property is located on the south side of Dishman, west of
N. Major.
A new Social Security office is being constructed on the subject
property. The property abuts an approximately 52' wide DD#6
drainage ditch that is zoned RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling)
District. West of the ditch are the DD#6 detention ponds and soccer
fields. The Zoning Ordinance requires that whenever commercial
property that abuts residentially zoned property is developed, it must
install an 8' tall wood screening fence along the abutting property line.
The applicant shall have the burden of proof that all three conditions
necessary for approval have been met.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 8 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Scott Standridge
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
LOCATION: South of Dishman, west of N.
Major
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 3.34 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Vacant Outside city limits
EAST: Vacant GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD
WEST: DD#6 Ditch RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling)
District and GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: District Commercial Center
STREETS: Dishman Road - Major arterial
with a 60' wide right-of-way and
2 lanes, undivided
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 6" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 54" sanitary sewer line