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Request by Todd and Suzanne Yanders for conditional district rezoning for a landscaping design business with outdoor storage of materials on Parcel Number 17352, located at 190 Hatley Road.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Request by Todd and Suzanne Yanders for conditional district rezoning for a landscaping design business with outdoor storage of materials on Parcel Number 17352, located at 190 Hatley Road.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on this request October 21, 2013. Planning staff presented the application and noted any issues or concerns that have been or are in the process of being corrected. Concerns/issues included the existence of a floor drain in the building which is not permitted by Environmental Health (EH) regulations. The floor drain has been filled in per the request of EH. The building was originally constructed as an agricultural exempt structure under the provision of horticulture. Since that was no longer the use on the property, the owner’s have been working with the Building Inspections Department to gain approval on its construction for commercial use.
No other persons spoke on the request and the BOC had no further questions.
Planning Board met at their regularly scheduled meeting on November 5, 2013. There was no discussion or issues raised.
Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are zoning districts in which the development and use of the property is subject to predetermined ordinance standards and the rules, regulations, and conditions imposed as part of a legislative decision creating the district and applying it to the particular property.
Some land uses are of such a nature or scale that they have significant impacts on both the immediate surrounding area and on the entire community, which cannot be predetermined and controlled by general district standards. The review process established in this Ordinance provides for accommodation of such uses by a reclassification...
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