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Variance and Nonconforming Use Request – Big Louie’s Restaurant <br />Planning Commission Report; 11-20-18 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />General Findings <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Site Data:  Existing Lot Size ≈ 1.35 acres (58,806 sq ft) <br /> Existing Use – Restaurant <br /> Existing Zoning – B-3 <br /> Property Identification Number (PID): 32-30-23-43-0007 <br /> <br />Comp Plan <br />Guidance: <br /> The comprehensive plan guides this property for Commercial Business (CB) use. <br />The restaurant under B-3 zoning is an appropriate use. <br /> <br />Notable Code <br />Definitions: <br /> Setback. The minimum horizontal distance from a building, structure, fence, or <br />parking lot to a lot line. <br /> Uses, Nonconforming. Any use of land, structure, or combination thereof <br />which was lawfully established and which does not comply with all applicable <br />portions of the Zoning Code. <br /> Variance. A modification or variation of the provisions of this zoning code as <br />applied to a specific piece of property. <br /> <br />Applicable <br />Codes: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chapter 5, Article 3, B-3 District. <br />Identifies eating places as a permitted use (5-220), and establishes required <br />setbacks for structures (5-250). <br /> Chapter 8, Article 2, Special Use Permit and Variance. <br />Identifies the process by which a variance is to be reviewed and decided. <br /> <br />While the footprint would not <br />change and was previously <br />authorized by variance in <br />1987, areas above the <br />solarium would be expanded <br />within the setback to allow <br />the new room to be <br />integrated into the existing <br />building.