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<br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />platted block and a company needing a five thousand square <br />foot (5,000 sq. ft.) building. If the block is zoned "Light <br />Industrial" the company would require a 75 foot wide by 125 <br />foot deep tract of land (9,375 sq.ft.). <br />In a B-1 zone, in accordance with the present <br />guidelines, the company would require a tract with 225 feet <br />of frontage by 125 feet deep (28,125 sq.ft.). Under this <br />scenario, the B-1 property must be three times as large and, <br />because of the setbacks, the building would have to be 35 <br />feet from front to rear and 142 feet from end to end, with <br />only a 17% lot coverage. For practical applications, this <br />does not make sense. <br />The situation improves slightly if the alley can be <br />closed, increasing the tract's depth to 266 feet. However, <br />because of setbacks, a minimum of 100 feet of frontage is <br />required, and the total tract still must be 26,600 square <br />feet, allowing only a 18% lot coverage. <br />Using our proposed guidelines, the above described <br />scenarios are greatly improved. The company buying within <br />a revised B-1 zone, without the alley closed, would only <br />require a tract 100 feet wide by 125 feet deep, totalling <br />12,500 sq.ft. (as opposed to 28,125 sq. ft. ) and allowing a <br />40% lot coverage (as opposed to 17%). Under the scenario <br />closing the alley, the tract would be reduced to 75 feet wide <br />by 266 feet deep, totalling 19,950 sq. ft. (as opposed to <br />26,600 sq. ft.) with lot coverage increases to 25% (as <br />opposed to 18%). <br />We feel very strongly that these proposed guideline <br />changes will greatly assist in further promoting the smart, <br />healthy economic growth of our community. <br />Thank you for your time and your positive response to <br />this matter. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />)1)1 JJ/JJ ()~ <br /> <br />Hark McKim <br />