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Gorder Variance Request - 166 & 170 1st Avenue South - Variances for reduced landscape buffer, number of driveways, driveway spacing, and driveway width
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Summary:
The first variance request is for a 10 foot landscape area buffer. The second request is for two (2) driveways along 1st Avenue South. The third request is for driveway spacing distances from the corner of West 2nd Street South to 1st Avenue South and Division Avenue. The fourth request is a larger driveway width. The ordinance requires a 50 foot landscape buffer, permits one (1) access drive to 1st Avenue South, requires a 60 foot driveway spacing offset from a major collector street, and restricts commercial driveway widths to 30 feet.
Background:
The property is located at the northwest corner of 1st Avenue South and West 2nd Street South with Division Avenue adjacent on the west side. The applicant is seeking multiple variances in order to redevelop the property for an auto detailing shop and for auto sales. The land is zoned B-3 and has three (3) street frontages. The property abuts vacant residential zoned property to the north. The ordinance requires a 50 foot landscaped area abutting residential property. In this case, the applicant's property is limited in size at 100' x 140'.
The applicant is proposing a 10 foot landscaped buffer rather than the required 50 foot buffer. The owner would like to have two (2) separate driveways with one for the detailing shop and another for auto sales area. The ordinance requires a frontage distance of 150' or greater to have two (2) driveways onto 1st Avenue South. If two (2) driveways are allowed onto 1St Avenue South, the spacing requirements will need to be reduced from the corner in order to fit both driveways along the property. The owner would like the proposed access drive to extend from 1st Avenue South to Division Avenue, which will require a reduction in the spacing offset to align with the driveway along 1st Avenue Sout...
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