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Luther Cadillac Project Staff Report April 12, 2022 G.em Lake Planning Commission Page 7 Section 17..5.0(C) 1) Shall maintain.harmony and compatibility with surrounding uses and with the architectural character and design standards :of existing uses and development,• The site. is unique in that.a. majority of the site is not within the city limits; there are no buildings or structures within the Gem lake side: that would add or subtract from the aesthetics of the area. Since the site is within the gateway zone, the. commission could request additional landscaping or screening if there is concerns with theparking lotbeing compatible with. the properties to the north. 2) Shall meet or exceed all Performance Standards contain elsewhere in this Ordinance; The.proposed use is meeting applicable. zoning requirements. 3) Shall not generate. such additional traffic. associated with the use that would overburden or exceed the capabilities of streets and otherpublic services and facilities including, but not limited to, parks; schools, and utillties.serving the area. The proposed. development Would notbe generating traffic to a. level that would overburden streets or other public services and utilities. Variance criteria Practical Difficulties, per Section 17.4.1: The property ownerproposes to use the property in a reasonable manner notpermitted by the zoning ordinance The request is to have a. zero foot.setback, in order to permit a. parking lot to extend over two { parcels that are under the same ownership. Due to the lots being in different municipalities, the two lots are unable tobe combined. Without a variance, the parking lot would need to maintain: a setback from the. property line: The plight of the landowner is due :to circumstances unique to the Property not created by the landowner The municipal boundary., not.created by the land owner, prevents the parcel from being combined With the other parcels under the. same ownership The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality It will be unlikely that passersby Will be -aware of the municipal boundary in this area, which creates the need to keep the property line and triggered the need for a setback. Reducing the setback along the. south property line to.zem feet for the parking lot would allow the site to appear and function.as one development, and does not appear to have an impact to the character of adjacent areas within the city. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties The practical difficulty is. due to the location of the municipal boundary preventingthe. parcels from.. being combined; economic considerations are. not: noted as a practical difficulty: Practical difl`iculties include, but are not limited to, inadequate. access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems NIA