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Background <br /> <br />This lot is part of Avon Acres 4th Addition which was approved m 1974. The <br />applicant also owns the adjacent lot to the east, Lot 4, Block 1, Avon Acres 4th <br />Addition. The apphcant has indicated that he has plans for future expansion on <br />these two lots and that this proposed building will be incorporated into those <br />expansion plans. <br /> <br />Existin~ Conditions <br /> <br />The property is bordered by residentially zoned property (l:tla) to the south and <br />commercially zoned property (C3) on the east and west. To the north is I-Iighway <br />10/169 and the frontage road. The property to the immediate east is vacant and <br />owned by the applicant; to the east of that is a rn]ni 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 vacant. <br /> <br />The site is approximately 1 3/4 acres m size and is long and narrow. It contemns <br />a concrete block build~n g, situated at the front of the lot, which is currently <br />utilized by the apphcant as a showroom for fireplaces and air-conditioning units. <br />There is a semi-tr3]]er 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 lines 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 with 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 />buil~n g. <br /> <br />Variance Requests <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting variances to allow the following: <br />· To allow pavement within 10 feet of the east and west property l~nes <br />· Temporary bituminous curbing in the front of the site <br />· No curbing in the rear of the existing build~n g <br />· The exterior of the proposed storage building to be ps~nted metal. <br /> <br />There does not appear to be any physical, topographic or vegetative constrsints <br />that would prohibit the apphcant from complying with the pavement setback <br />requirement and curbing requirements. The apphcant has indicated that the <br />variances are needed because the proposed curbing and paving is temporary <br /> <br /> <br />