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Memo to Planning Commission Page 2 September 24, 1996 To date the applicant has provided a contract for deed for the adjacent property to the south, Lot 4, Block 1, Avon Acres 4th Addition. The contract indicates that the applicant will own the property by October 1996. However, the applicant has indicated that he does not plan on combining the lots. The applicant has indicated that he has not contacted the owner of the property to the north regarding access. The applicant does not wish to utilize the neighboring driveway to access to rear of his lot. The applicant has provided a grading and drainage plan. The plan covers the rear of the site in the area surrounding the proposed warehouse. The grading plan has been forwarded to the City Engineer for his review and comment. The applicant has not provided a.revised landscaping plan. It is staffs understanding that the applicant would like to proceed with the landscaping shown on the existing site plan. In summary, the apphcations and site plan before the Commission are essentially unchanged from what was proposed back in July. The only additional information is the grading and drainage plan for the rear of the lot. Since the apphcant does not plan on combining the 2 lots, staff is reviewing this proposal as a final product without any future expansion. Variance Request With the exception of pavement within 10 feet of the property line along the north side of the existing building, staff does not believe that the variance requests meet the 5 standards required to grant a variance. Regarding the variance request for pavement within 10 feet of the property line along the north side of the existing building, the location of the building, the narrowness of the lot and topography make access to the rear of the lot difficult at best. Regarding the other variance requests for parking and access setbacks, curbing and architectural requirements, there does not appear to be any physical, topographic or vegetative constraints that would prevent the applicant from complying with the zoning code requirements. This property is under consideration for rezoning to light industrial. If the rezoning is approved, curbing will not be required in the rear of the existing building except to control drainage. In addition, the architectural requirement of 75% of the exterior of the proposed building consisting of material on the approved exterior material list will be reduced to 25%.