11-30-1989 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• ® VARIANCE REQUEST V89-001 REQUESTED FOR: I.W. II, Incorporated LOCATION: 11730 Old La Porte Road (See Exhibit A) LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Part of Lot 9 of the F. A. Staashen Survey REOUESTED BY: Mr.-I,:W~. Hickham, Jr., owner of I.W. II, Inc. REQUESTED RELIEF: Twenty seven (23) foot variance to the fifty (•50) foot rear setback requirements of section 7-600 of Ordinance 1501 to allow construction of a building addition with a rear setback of twenty seven (27) feet. ZONING: Light Industrial (LI) (See Exhibit B) BACKGROUND • ~~~d~ ~ _~~~ ~ ~ I.W. II, Incorporated owns and operates a light industrial manufacturing facility which is located at 11730 Old La Porte Road. The company is proposing to expand one of the existing buildings l o c t ~~ ~~ ~ ~ tab s i t e . S~e'e two n~~•6:0:0.=~a~-l:e= --8-, ~Ind~u~:t-r'-i:al, rues a ~ifty (50) foot rear setback for all structures located within L. I. zones whose rear property lines abut residentially zoned property. ~ _p.rop~~y l;rn:e~-o-f I_rHt ~- :: Ida bu~t:s~°-a--"'-"1 oa'~.•-d•e•n•s-i-tyz.-rr-e•s• d~e-n°t i a-1°- 'r(~t2 --1) -:.~z:o_n e-°-~ use e ` Exhi-rzt"B). The Monument Estates subdivision is located in the portion of this R-1 zone which adjoins I.W. II. As proposed; the bu' ding. addition would have a rear setback of twenty seven (27 feet at its closest proximity to the rear property line. At the furthest point from the rear property line, the setback would be thirty six (36) feet (See Exhibit A). Mr. Hickham, the owner of I.W. II Inc., is requesting a variance to allow construction:•of this addition with the reduced rear setback. ~~ S`-'° ~~r= ~~~~'f- the~:Zoning Ordinance defines a variance a s s~ - A deviation from the literal provisions of the Zoning Ordinance which is granted by the Board when st:.ic~t confazmity to t1',e Zoning Ordinance would cause an unnecessary hardship because of ~ circumstances unique to the property on which the variance is granted. • ..