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ZoningBoardofAdjustmentMeeting <br />May26,2016 <br />BroadwayTownhomesDensityVariance <br />Mailednoticesweresenttoallownersofpropertylyingwithin200feetofthesitetendays <br />priortothedateofthehearing. <br />TheapplicantsignedanAffidavitofPostingindicatingthattherequiredsignwaspostedon <br />thesitetendayspriortothehearingdate. <br />Additionally,incompliancewithstatelaw,noticeofthepublichearingwaspostedatCityHallandonthe <br />/źƷǤ͸ƭwebsiteatleasttendayspriortothedateofthepublichearing. <br />BackgroundInformation: <br />ThesiteiscurrentlyzonedR3,HighDensityResidential.TheattachedExhibitCisaZoningMapthat <br />showsthesubjectsitecomparedtothesurroundingneighborhood.Thefollowingtablesummarizesthe <br />surroundingzoningandlanduses: <br />ZoningLandUse <br />NorthR3,MediumdensityChurchillPlace <br />Residential <br />SouthR3,MediumdensityHikeandBikeTrail;single <br />Residentialfamilydetachedresidential <br />frontingN.ForrestAve. <br />WestGC,GeneralCommercialLaPorteRecreationCenter <br />EastR3,MediumdensitySinglefamilyresidentialhouse <br />Residential <br />ApplicableCodeProvisions: <br />Section106333,stipulatestheresidentialarearequirements.Thefollowingisanexcerptfromthat <br />sectionasapplicabletothisvariancerequest(seehighlighted): <br />UsesMin.Min.Min.Max.Min.Max.Lot <br />LotLotYardHeightSiteCoverage/Min. <br />AreaWidthSetbacksAreaLandscaping <br />Townhouses, <br />2000 20 25-20-20 45 Ft. 4400 75%/25% <br />quadraplexes (10,000 s.f 10.0 <br />of site area 100 ft. wide) DU/A <br />Analysis: <br />Theapplicantisrequestingavariancethatwouldallowforthedevelopmentofa2.35acretractofland <br />assinglefamilyattachedtownhomes.Section106333oftheĭźƷǤ͸ƭCodeofOrdinancesallowsfora <br />maximumdensityof10dwellingunitsperacre,whichwouldallowforamaximumof23unitsonthe <br />subjectsite.Theapplicantisdesiring32dwellingunits,whichequatestoadensityof13.6dwellingunits <br />peracre.Staffrecognizesthattheuseproposedbytheapplicantisapermitteduseforthesite,theissue <br />comesdowntothedensityproposed.Theapplicantisproposingatotalof9additionaldwellingunits <br />thanwhatthecodeallowsfortownhousedevelopment. <br />Section106192oftheZoningOrdinancestatesthatthetermͻǝğƩźğƓĭĻͼrepresentsadeviationfrom <br />theliteralinterpretationofthecodeapprovedbytheBoardsubjecttothefactthatenforcementofthe <br />provisionsofthecodewouldcauseanunnecessaryhardshipbecauseofcircumstancesuniquetothe <br />subjectproperty.TheBoardisauthorizedtograntavariancewhentheBoardfindsthatanumberof <br />criteriaaremet.ThefollowingtableoutlinesthosecriteriaandƭƷğŅŅ͸ƭanalysisofthosecriteria. <br /> <br />