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Background <br /> <br />This lot is part of Avon Acres 4th Addition which was approved in 1974. The <br />applicant also owns the adjacent lot to the east, Lot 4, Block 1, Avon Acres 4th <br />Addition. The applicant has indicated that he has plans for future expansion on <br />these two lots and that this proposed building will be incorporated/nto those <br />exp ansion plans. <br /> <br />Existing Conditions <br /> <br />The property is bordered by residentially zoned property (Rla) to the south and <br />commercially zoned property (C3) on the east and west. To the north is Highway <br />10/169 and the frontage road. The property to the immediate east is vacant and <br />owned by the apphcant; to the east of that is a mini storage facility. The <br />property to the west contains a storage building that is also used for vehicle <br />maintenance. The property to the south is vadant. <br /> <br />The site is approx/mately 1 3/4 acres in size and is long and narrow. It contains <br />a concrete block buff. ding, situated at the front of the lot, which is currently <br />ut/]ized by the applicant as a sho,~room for fireplaces and air-conditioning units. <br />There is a semi-trailer parked on site, adjacent to the northwest corner of the <br />building, that is used for storage. <br /> <br />The front of the site is paved up to the frontage road, to the east and west <br />property ]~nes and around to the rear of the building. There is no landscaping, <br />no curb .or gutters on the site and the rear of the property is vacant. The <br />blacktop is cracked w/th vegetation growing through it. <br /> <br />The front of the site is level to the front of the building. The lot drops off sharply <br />to the rear, approximately ten feet. The only access to the rear of the lot is over <br />approximately 20 feet of paved area between the west property line and the <br />building. <br /> <br />Variance Requests <br /> <br />The apphcant is requesting variances to allow the following: <br />· To allow pavement wit. Bin 10 feet of the east and west property lines <br />· Temporary bituminous curbing in the front of the site <br />· No curbing in the rear of the existing building <br />· The exterior of the proposed storage building to be p~]nted metal. <br /> <br />There does not appear to be any physical, topographic or vegetative constraints <br />that would prohibit the applicant from complying with the pavement setback <br />requ/_rement and curbing requirements. The applicant has ind/cated that the <br />variances are needed because the proposed curbing and paving is temporary <br /> <br /> <br />