HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-7 PCR« ` Member Pierce introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
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RESOLUTION NO. 77-7_
5. The variances and Li~cumstances are similar to those considered
and approved under Application No. 74044.
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF APPLICATION NO. 77052
SUBMITTED BY J.K.H. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
6. No objection to the variance request was made by adjacent property
WHEREAS, Application No. 77052 was submitted by J. K. Holle for J.K.H. Construct-
owners or other parties.
ion Company on September 15, 1977 requesting a variance from Section 35-413 of the
City Ordinances relative to minimum greenstrip buffer area between a proposed I-1
development at 1601 - 61th Avenue North and an adjacent R-1 site at 6625 Humboldt
Avenue North; and
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WHEREAS, the R-1 property is owned and occupied by the Berean Evangelical Free
Church, an institutional special use in the R-1 district; and
ATTEST:
WHEREAS, the subject I-1 site consists of land from the church property as com-
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prehended by Applications No. 77045 and No. 77046 submitted by the church and recom-
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by •._.
mended for approval by the Commission; and
member Jacobson, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor
thereof: Scott, Engdahl, Pierce, Horan, Jacobson and Book. The following against:
WHEREAS, the variance request proposes a greenstrip 50 feet wide, rather than
none.
the ordinance minimum width of 100 feet; and proposes a screen fence 8 feet high
for the parking lot only, rather than across the entire width of the greenstrip; and
WHEREAS, the Commission reviewed the request at a duly called public hearing
on September 29, 1977, in conjunction with site and building plans submitted by J.K.H.
Construction Company under Application No. 77053;.and
WHEREAS, the Commission considered a similar variance approved under Application
No. 74044 on September 23, 1974 for adjacent property to the north at 1600 - 67th
Avenue North;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Advisory Commission of the City
of Brooklyn Center to recommend approval of Application No. 77052 submitted on behalf
of J. K. H. Construction Company, comprehending a required buffer greenstrip width
variance of 50 feet and a variance as to the location of the required screen fence
as indicated on the approved site plan; in consideration of the following:
• 1. The standards for variance listed in Section 35-240 are met,
especially with respect to uniqueness and hardship.
2. The direct abutment of the I-1 zoned site to the R-1 property is
unique in the 1-1 District:
3. The ordinance buffering standard, where I-1 sites directly abut R-1
property, can be reduced in this instance due to the proposed I-1
site layout and the special use institutional character of the R-1
property.
4. Screen fencing of the parking lot only is within the intent of the
ordinance buffering requirements due to the location of the church .
and church parking facilities, and due to the orientation of the I-1
development to'the west.