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Puhlic Nearing - VN-176 January 10, 1978 - 7:55 P. M. Request: VN-176, Ccuncil approval of varaa_nce for less than required side yard setback Applicant: Pletscher Greenhouses, .Inc Location: 6~1 Old Highway R ZonincT: I-1 and I-2 Attac~~ments: 1- Application 2, See enclosed site: .and Landscape plans Ordinance Rectuirements : The L~Te~a Fric~hton ?oninct code states that in industrial districts a minimum 15 foot side vard set?~~ack is required Discs.,-:~ ion: As car.. be seen from the enclosed site plans, Pletscher Green- houses would like to construct ~,.. two stall loading garage on the north end of their existing hui_:iding_ The proposed garage addition would be 10 feet from their .~ort~~ or side' yard property line, thus the reason for this request. The applicants reasons foz requesting the- var'ianr_e are as`follows: 1. The garage so siauated perm~ii:s dowers and pl~i~ts `to be loaded directly from the cooler- and :fla~rer ~,:rrang-ins; area. 2. They have found it impossibi~ tc `maintain a proper workizig~ temperature for e~np?;ogees in th.e retail area when. trucks and vans are be~.ng loaded during v*in-ter months. 3_ Meeting the 1S foot,sethack would require that the-entrance dooxs he v.isihle .from Odd Ni_grway 8, exposed to a northwest wind anc~ the interior would be -too small for efficient: trucl~. loading. 4. The graperty immediately-to the north-is owned bg the fai;her. of_ thin variance applicant As in any variance application, we ~~~ave c'iscussed possirle location alternatives 'gut: the applicants have indicated that given the ` location of their cooler ana ~:rPsent` rotail area; "this is the only realistic place for- the lc«:aint-, aar~ge Screening. of the. proposc~~? garage is not possirlP as-:the 4 foot remaining setback area is needed' fora driveway, An agreement' could possihlV ?~~° reached to provi~lP ac~~itionaS scrpenincx on the applicants gather's property if this .were felt necessar~r,