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DATE: August 2, 2007
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for variances to the minimum front yard building
setback from 20' to 9.78' and to the minimum side yard
building setback from 20' to 4.9'
FILE: 560-BA
STAFF REPORT
M.O. Kothawala, representing M & B Investments LP, is requesting
variances to the minimum front yard building setback from 20' to
9.78' and to the minimum side yard building setback from 20' to
4.9'. The property is located at 980 N. MLK Parkway.
On July 24, the City Council approved an amended specific use
permit to allow the construction of an additional 5,000 sq. ft. to the
existing heating and air conditioning business located on the subject
property. This specific use permit was conditioned upon the new
building being reduced in size to meet the setback requirements or be
granted variances to the building setbacks.
The existing building was constructed under an approved specific use
permit in 1997. Along Long Avenue, the original building setback
was approved at 10'. Mr. Kothawala states that he would like to
continue the existing setback along Long Avenue.
The applicant shall have the burden of proof to demonstrate that all
three conditions necessary for approval have been met.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 27 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: W.O. Kothawala for M & B
Investments LP
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
LOCATION: 980 N. MLK Parkway
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Parts of Lots 409
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.494 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Heating and air conditioning
wholesale supply
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
EAST: Apartments RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling)
District
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD
WEST: Commercial, vacant GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
- Major arterial with a 120'
wide right-of-way and varying
pavement width; Long Avenue -
Local street with a 60' wide
right-of-way and a 26' pavement
width.
DRAINAGE: MLK Parkway - curb and gutter;
Long Avenue - open ditch
WATER: 12" and 30" water lines
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 18" and 96" sanitary sewer lines