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WHER�S, Cit�- Code §ioo9.o4 (Variar�ces) establishes the purpose of a�-ariance is "tr� permit adjustrnent to the zanirag regulatio�s ��•here there are praetical diff'iculties apply�ng to a parcel of land or building that prevent t�e property- from �eing used to the extent intended by� the zoning;" and WHERF AS, the Var�ance Board has made th+e follo��zng findings: a. The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensiue Plarz. Although such irnpro�-ements are not specificall�- identified in the 203o Rose�-�lle Comprehensiti•e Plan, Planning Di��isian staff finds that th� proposed site improc•ements (customerJemployee garking and semi-trailer storage/parking) for �vhich the �,-ariance is necessar}� are generalls� consistent �ti-ith the Compreh�nsi�-e Plan (Emploti-ment Area Goals and Policies}. b. The proposal is in harmony with the purposes and intent af rhe zonirtg ordinanees. The purpose af the Zoning Cod� is to set de�-elopment standards that achie�-e the goals and polieies �f the Comprehensi�•e Plan and that make good +de��elopment sense. There are instances, like in the ease af the subject property, «-here the design standards and existing impro�•ements conflict «-ith 4ne anot�er. Planning Dii-ision finds that the proposal to expand the northeast customer%emplo}�ee parking lot area cannot be completed wti�ithaut a�-ariance to §ioo6.o5.E (Parking Placement). Similarl�� the pragosed addition of a storage/parking area for 31 serni-trailers adjacent to the existing dock facility- alsa requires a�-ariance. Both of these impra�-ements �4�11 be completed in tiae area bet�4�een the building and the street, ��hich is not permitt�d. A�-ariance to each impro��ement grants allo«-ance to make these improti�ements, �ti�hieh are cansistent ��-ith the intent of the zaning ordinance�. c. The proposal puts the subject property to use in a r•easonable mQnner. Pianning Di��sian concludes that it is a reasonable to seek improrer�ents to the gre-existing non-conforming parking lot and add additional improved semi-trailer storage/parking especiall�- �+�-hen site rede�-elopment (the on1�- optzon to achie��e compliance «-ith all Zoning Code standards) is not being cQntempiated. d. Thei•e are unique circurnstartces to the p�•operty which w�r�e not ci•eaied by the tandQwner. It is safe to sa�- that t�te need for �-ar�ances to parking lot design and placement are a direct result of the Zoning Code being amended in 2aao. Suck� changes and �ubsequent non-conformit�� are not uncomman, ho��-e�-er, there are instances, like in this case, �ti-here the irnpro�-ements justifc- the appro�•al of the requested �•ariances. e. The �arfan�e, if grant�d, will not alter• the essentiQl charr�cter of the Iocality. Planning Di�-isian staff has determir�ed that the requested �-ariance for expanding a pre-existing non-confarrning parking lot and the addition of a semi-�railer storage/parking area adjacent to the existing dock facility would not alter the essential character of the lacalit5-, as the area is gea�erally- de�-eloped ��-ith industrial uses that date back to the 197o's ��-hen the Cii�,- Code included a much different set of use a�d site derelopment design standard�. WHEREAS, §ioo9.o4 (Variancesa of the City Code also explains that the purpose of a variance is "to perrnit adjustment to the zaning regralatians where there are practical di�culti�s applying to a p�rcel of land or builciing that pre��ent the property fron� being used to the extent intended b�- the zoning;" and