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<br />Karn, Zone Change <br />April 26, 1994 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Four years ago the Karn's purchased their home with the understanding that <br />the property was zoned residential. The Karn's have recently put their home <br />up for sale and during an appraisal of the property, it was discovered that the <br />property was zoned industrial rather than residential. The problem this <br />causes is that if over 50% of the home is destroyed, it could not be rebuilt for <br />residential purposes. This makes selling the home very difficult because <br />lending institutions may have reservations about granting a loan for this <br />type of situation. The Karn's would like to rezone the property to R3 <br />(Townhouse/ Multi Family Residential), which would allow single family <br />homes as a permitted use and removed the non-conforming use status. <br /> <br />SITE CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This site is encompassed by a thin strip of vacant R3 zoned property to the <br />east, industrial zoning to the north and west, and single family residential <br />zoning to the south. The subject property is characterized by a strip of <br />buildable ground along Meadowvale Road with the bulk of the property <br />consisting of wetlands to the rear of the parcel. Mr. & Mrs. Karn propose <br />extending the R3 zoning district boundaries east along Meadowvale Road to <br />encompass both the two (4) unit apartment buildings and the single family <br />home (see the attached zoning map). <br /> <br />ZONING <br /> <br />If this property is rezoned to R3, permitted uses for this particular zoning <br />district include single family homes, duplexes, townhouses, and multi family <br />dwellings (maximum 12 units per structure). Light industrial zoned districts <br />allow permitted uses such as offices, light manufacturing, enclosed storage <br />and warehouse units, etc. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />It is staffs opinion that this site would be better suited for an R3 zoning <br />designation. The existing use of the properties also better reflect the R3 <br />zoning designation. The strip of buildable ground along Meadowvale Road <br />would be better suited for residential development versus industrial uses <br />due to the small amount of buildable ground. Staff envisions townhouses, <br />duplexes, and small apartment buildings being built along Meadowvale <br />Road, which could take advantage of the large wetland to the rear of the <br />property. The R3 zoning district could also offer a buffer between the <br />industrial users to the west and north, and to the single family homes to the <br />south. <br /> <br />karn. planning <br />