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Board of Adjustment Meeting <br />November 10, 2016 <br />Pfeiffer Landscaping Variance <br /> <br /> <br /> Zoning Land Use <br />North LI, Light Industrial Unimproved Land <br />South LI, Light Industrial Unimproved Land <br />West LI, Light Industrial Industrial (Pfeiffer Parking Lot) <br />East LI, Light Industrial Unimproved Land <br /> <br />Applicable Code Provisions: <br />Section 106-800, speaks to required landscaping. The following is an excerpt from that section as <br />applicable to this variance request (see highlighted): <br />(c) Landscaping plans shall be developed using the following criteria: <br />(1) Location. <br />c. Parking lot requirements. <br />i. Parking lot with minimum 20 spaces shall provide a planter at the ratio of one for every <br />ten parking spaces. <br />ii. Planters (minimum 135 square feet) shall not abut on more than two sides of required <br />perimeter landscape area. Each required planter shall have one shade tree. Trees shall <br />be dispersed throughout the parking lot to maximize the shading effect on the parking <br />spaces. These trees are exclusive of trees planted around the perimeter of the parking <br />lot. <br />iii. The minimum size of parking lot trees shall be minimum two-inch caliper. <br />iv. The minimum height of parking lot trees shall be six feet. <br /> <br /> <br />Analysis: <br />The applicant is seeking approval of a variance that would allow the applicant to forego installation of <br />landscape planters within a newly constructed parking lot. The applicant has stated that they have no <br />requirements. They propose relocating the required parking lot trees to the perimeter of the new <br />parking lot. This will provide additional screening for the lot as well as some of the intended shading <br />benefits. <br /> <br />Code of Ordinances <br />the literal interpretation of the code approved by the Board subject to the fact that enforcement of the <br />provisions of the code would cause an unnecessary hardship because of circumstances unique to the <br />subject property. The Board is authorized to grant a variance when the Board finds that a number of <br />criteria are met. The following table outlines those criteria and sta <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion: Staff Finding: <br />a. That the granting of the variance will not be Granting this variance would allow the applicant <br />contrary to the public interest to relocate and expand their parking, ultimately <br /> <br />