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BoardofAdjustmentRegularMeeting <br />October14,2015 <br />MLKJr.(formerlyNorthside)ParkFenceVariance <br />PlanningandDevelopmentDepartment <br />StaffReport <br />ISSUE <br />ShouldtheBoardofAdjustmentapprovetherequestedvariancebytheCityofLatƚƩƷĻ͸ƭParks <br />andRecreationDepartmenttoretaina4foothigh3railwoodfencelocatedinthefrontyard <br />th <br />alongthenorthpropertylineatthesubjectpropertylocatedat402N.5Streetalsoknownat <br />MartinLutherKingJr.Park(case#1593000009)? <br />DISCUSSION <br />Applicant: <br />CityofLaPorte,ParksandRecreationDepartment. <br />!ƦƦƌźĭğƓƷ͸ƭRequest: <br />TheattachedExhibitAisacopyoftheapplicationandsiteplanfortheproposedimprovements. <br />Theapplicantisseekingapprovalofvariancerequest#1493000009,arequestedvarianceto <br />allowconstructionofa4foothighornamentalironfencelocatedalongthenorthpropertyline <br />inthefrontyard. <br />SubjectSite: <br />th <br />Therequestedvarianceisforthepropertylocatedat402N.5Street,furtherdescribedasLots <br />1116,Block89,TownofLaPorteandisthesiteofthenewMartinLutherKingJr.(formerly <br />Northside)ParkSpashpark.TheĭźƷǤ͸ƭParksandRecreationDepartmentrecentlyconstructeda <br />newsplashparkfacilityonthesubjectsite.TheattachedExhibitBisanareamapthatshowsthe <br />locationofthesiteaswellasthesurroundingarea. <br />NoticeofPublicHearing: <br />Section106194oftheZoningOrdinancestipulatesthevariousrequirementsforpublicnoticeof <br />thepublichearing.Thisvarianceincludedallofthenecessarycoderequirementsforapublic <br />hearingincludingthefollowing: <br />Noticeofpublichearingwaspostedinthenewspaperofgeneralcirculationtendays <br />priortothedateofthehearing. <br />Mailednoticesweresenttoallownersofpropertylyingwithin200feetofthesiteten <br />dayspriortothedateofthehearing. <br />Asignwaspostedonthesitetendayspriortothehearingdate. <br />Additionally,inaccordancewithstatelaw,noticeofthepublichearingwaspostedatCityHall <br />andonthe/źƷǤ͸ƭwebsiteatleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearing. <br />BackgroundInformation: <br />Thesubjectsiteis18,750squarefeetinarea,andisthesiteofMartinLutherKingJr.(formerly <br />Northside)Park.Thecityrecentlyconstructedanewsplashparkfacilityonthesubjectsite.Asa <br />1 <br /> <br />