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9. 0 CASE NUMBER: 1490-84 APPLICANT: Marco Construction, Inc. Page 2 north side of the property constitutes the rear. Under the B-3 zoning regulations, there is required a 20 foot setback on this side of the lot. The applicant is requesting that this be reduced to five feet. The building on the west side is setback 50 feet from this property line, which as a side lot would normally require a tt_n foot setback. Thus, the five foot setback on the north side is really a question of reorientation of the lot to the east rather than to the south. 6. The applicant is also requesting a reduced setback from 15 feet to five feet contiguous to the new right-of-way on the south side of the property. There is no hardship involved here except that the City is acquiring part of the land for right-of-way purposes. If approval of this setback is reflected in agreement on a reasonable price for the right-of-way, is may be an appropriate consideration. It is true that the acquisition of the 60 foot of right-of-way reduces the potential of the property. If the City pays the same price for the land as the applicant, the acquisition of the right-of-way should have relatively little adverse impact. However, if the City pays substantially less than the applicant is paying for the land Con a per square foot basis) this "hardship" could be mitigated to a degree by a reduction in the amount of setback required to the parking. This in effect allows more building to be placed on the remaining land, and thus increasing its value beyond what the normal development regulations would accommodate. 7. The applicant proposes to build the structure this year, and provide a temporary driveway along the 60 foot of right-of-way they now own at the the southwest corner of the site. Thus, access would be provided via County Road 6 at that southwest corner. Ultimately, when the service road is complete, a new driveway would he located on the east -west portion of the service road and the driveway that would be constructed initially at the southwest would be eliminated. 8. The proposed structure is a brick and stucco building which is proposed to be treated along all four sides. You will note that the elevation of the west side indicates the middle panel, near the roofline, is to terminate. The applicant has agreed, however, to extend these panels around the entire west side so the structure will be finished the same on all four sides. This is important in this case because there is an existing relatively new office building contiguous to the property on the west side. Thus, the rear of this structure will be highly visible from that property. 9. We have also discussed with the applicants the handling of the trash containers on the site. We suggest that if the variances are allowed, that it be on the condition that the trash containers be located inside the building. The applicant has agreed to this condition.