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1 September 1982 PLANNING-REPORT CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT LOCATION: ACTION REQVETED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1389 -82 Daniel P. Commers (Roseville Properties) South of County Road B -2j Westerly of Cleveland Avenue Approval of Front yard Variance 1. The property in question is occupied by a building owned by the. applicant and leased to mrthwestern Bell Telephone Company* Previously, a portion of the building was used for offices and the remainder was used for storage purposes. The applicant proposes at this time to remodel the warehouse area extensively for of flee purposes o, thus, making the building an office building in its entirety. Attached is a copy of a site plan as submitted by the applicant showing the location of the building and its parking facilities on the lot. The southerly portion of the building is the area to be remodeled for office purposes. 2. The problem here is that the building 'is non -eo n f ormI ng inasmuch as the structure is located 30 feet from the south right -of -way line of County Road B-2. The land is zoned "Industrial" which requires a 40 foot front yard setback. Thus, in order to authorize the substantial remodeling of the building, it is necessary to remove the non- confo=ing status by processing a variance to the front yard setback as the building is constructed. Thus, a variance is requested for io feet legalizing the 30 foot setback on the front yard as constructed 4 + 3+ we are not aware as to why the 30 foot setback was allowed in the first place. If the land were rezoned to B -40,'or another business district, the required setback would be 30 feet* As you know, it is the City's policy to encourage land in this area to be redeveloped for business purposes, Thus, it would appear appropriate to approve the ten foot varlance, and thus rem ve the non - conforming status of this structure. The redevelopment of this }wilding for office purposes is in conformance with the City's development policy# making it a business use rather than substantially a warehouse use as it was originally constructed. offices are, of course, a permitted use in the Industrial Zone.