Case Number:
A-18-064
Applicant:
Joe F. Rodriguez
Owner:
Joe F. Rodriguez
Council District:|1010|Location:
1452 S. WW White Road
Legal Description:
The West 281.7 Feet of Lot 52, NCB 10755
Zoning:
"C-3" General Commercial District
Case Manager:
Dominic Silva, Planner
Request
A request for a eight foot variance from the 15 foot Type C landscaped buffer yard requirements, as described in Section 35-510, to allow a buffer yard to be as narrow as seven feet.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located within the Eastern Triangle Plan and is situated 188 feet north of Holmgreen Road. The applicant is requesting a variance from the 15 foot Type C buffer yard to reduce the landscape buffer to seven feet and allow for redevelopment of the site. As part of the redevelopment, the owner will be installing two new parking lot screening plant beds totaling 720 square feet on the frontage along S. WW White Road. The current configuration of the vacant property has no buffer yards.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-3" General Commercial District
Vacant
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
"R-5" Residential Single-Family District
Church
South
"C-2" Commercial District
Salon
East
"R-5 Residential Single-Family District
Church
West
"R-5" Residential Single-Family District
Fire Station
Comprehensive Plan Consistency/Neighborhood Association
The property is within the Eastern Triangle Plan and designated as High Density Mixed Use in the future land use component of the plan. The subject property is located within the boundaries of the Dellcrest Area Neighborhood Association. As such they were notified and asked to comment.
Criteria for Review
According to Section 35-482(e) of the UDC, in order for a variance to be granted, the applicant must demonstrate all of the following:
1. The variance is not contrary to the public interest.
The seven foot buffer yard is not contrary to public in...
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