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Page 5 FIRE 1. Access to Site: 2. Access to Structure: 3, Additional Hydrants: 4. Y Connection Location: 5, Other Considerations: Adequate Adequate None None None POLICE 1, Traffic Safety: 2, On-Street Parking: 3. Site Security: Adequate None proposed Adequate STAFF COMMENTS The proposed garage project would improve the existing site conditions on the subject site, Currently, the subject site does not contain any enclosed parking. The City's Parking Ordinance requires one parking stall per unit be enclosed, The proposed 15 stall garage would serve to bring the subject site further into compliance with that requirement. Also, the applicant is proposing to enclose the existing dumpster. The above proposed improvements would require the approval of a nonconforming use permit and a setback variance as well as site plan review approval. NONCONFORMING USE PERMIT The existing Type IV nonconformities on the subject property are: 1, The parking lot is not curbed; . 2. Lack of enclosed parking stalls; 3, The existing apartment building is only setback 10 feet from the rear property line (A 30 foot setback is required); and . 4. The existing dumpster is not epclosed. The applicant proposes to reduce some ofthese nonconformities by making the following improvements: 1. Provide for 15 enclosed parking stalls; and 2, Enclose the existing dumpster. Where TyPe IV nonconformities are present on a lot, the construction of new structures requires City Council approval. Such permission can only be granted if the City Council determines the number of nonconformities have been reduced to the greatest practical extent, SETBACK VARIANCE The proposed garage would require a 45 foot district line setback variance. The required setback from an R-l district line for buildings in an R-3A district is 50 feet. The proposed garage would be setback five feet from the R-l district line. The unique circumstance in this case is threefold. First, the existing apartment building was built in the 1960's, prior to current zoning standards being adopted. For example, the apartment building is only setback 10 feet from the rear property line and ~ere is an insufficient amount of parking on site, Today' s R-3A district lot standards and parking standards would have required such a building to be constructed on a much larger site accommodating larger setbacks and more parking area, Also, the subject site is G:1CD\-96-CCRIERNYlNC-103.WPD