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Board of Adjustment Meeting <br />March 23, 2017 <br />Variance Request #17-93000001 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Planning and Development Department <br />Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE <br />Should the Board of Adjustment approve a request for a variance by James Elmore of Cisneros Designs <br />for the property located at 1101 S. Broadway St., legally described as Lots 1-31, Block 1110 La Porte <br />Subdivision (case #17-93000001) which would allow the applicant to construct a new gas canopy and <br />gas pumps with a reduced front yard setback. <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting a five (5) foot reduction in the required front yard setback along S. Broadway <br />St., allowing the canopy to be fifteen (15) feet from the ROW as opposed to the required twenty (20) <br />feet. This is contrary to Section 106-443 of the La Porte Code of Ordinances. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Applicant: <br />James Elmore, Cisneros Designs <br /> <br />Subject Site: <br />The subject site makes up a .69 acre tract of land located at 1101 S. Broadway St. The attached Exhibit B <br />is an area map that shows the location of the property in question. The site is currently occupied by an <br />existing gas station and convenient store and was developed with a retail strip center which is located to <br />the south and east of the subject parcel. The parcel is in the process of being subdivided in order to <br />separate the gas station off from the adjoining retail strip center. The proposed variance would only <br />apply to the newly separated parcel containing the gas station/convenience store. <br /> <br />Zoning Information: <br />The site is currently zoned GC, General Commercial, as shown in the attached Exhibit C. The following <br />table summarizes the surrounding zoning and land uses: <br /> <br /> Zoning Land Use <br />North GC, General Commercial Retail Strip Center <br />South GC, General Commercial Retail Strip Center <br />West GC, General Commercial Walgreens <br />East GC, General Commercial Retail Strip Center <br /> <br />Applicable Code Provisions: <br />Section 106-443, stipulates the commercial area requirements. The following is an excerpt from that <br />section as applicable to this variance request (see highlighted): <br /> <br />