10-28-99 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing

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Boad of Adjustment January 27, 2000 #NCS 2000-001 Page 3 of 5 previously discussed non -conforming aspects of this project. Options available to address each one are as follows: Parking — Currently there are 85 parking spaces surrounding the complex. The applicant proposes to construct an additional 16 off-street parking spaces within an open area at the southwest corner of the complex making the total 101 spaces. Current development standards require 135 spaces or an additional 34. In addition, current standards require that all parking be off-street. There is no area within the 1.83 acre site to accommodate additional parking. An option available to the applicant to achieve the 135 required parking spaces requires acquiring additional land from the vacant areas surrounding this facility. With regard to the use of public right-of- way for parking, the layout at Flamingo Bay requires parked vehicles to back into the adjacent streets. This would occur on a daily basis and create a traffic safety issue. The only cure for this non -conformity would be to acquire enough adjacent property to accommodate all the parking on -site. Building Setbacks — As stated earlier, 5 of the 9 buildings encroach into current required setback areas. Physically moving or relocating the buildings is not a reasonable solution. However, setback requirements could be accomplished by acquiring additional property around the boundary of the site. On the west side, additional land could be acquired from the property owner: Number of Dwelling Units per Acre — There are currently 57 dwelling units on a 1.83 acre site. This calculates to a density of 31 units per acre. There are two directions available to remedy this nonconformity. The first requires the elimination of 7 dwelling units within the existing 1.83 acre site which creates a conforming density of 27 units pre acre. The second alternative would be to gain approximately 12,245 square feet of land and apply to the existing 57 units. This again would create a conforming density of 27 units per acre. Landscaping — Current development standards require 6% landscaping. .. There currently is little to no landscaping for this site. The site plan submitted by the applicant shows a significant amount of proposed landscaping estimated to -be approximately 12% to 15%. Recommendation: Parking — Staff research concludes that previously, while occupied, vehicles were using the opposite side of the street along Garfield, Forest, and Oregon as parking and that this activity was occurring on a daily