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,~~:-~ ~~ ~/ ~~~~ APPLICZ-~`FION FOR VARIAN£E VN-197, R.C.E. CORPORA TION- s`. -`4~ ~ ~ s PURPOSE . Consideration ,of a request for a variance to not install concrete curb adjacent to a drive way in a commercial district. BACKGROUND. APPLICANT: R.C.E. Corporation LOCATION: West of Silver Lake Road,. North of Rice Creek Road and. South of the Rice Creek Shopping_Center. ZONING: B-3, General Business Approximately six (6) weeks ago the City Council approved the R.C.E. Corporation request-for a temporary driveway from-the Rice Creek Center to Rice Creek Road. This approval was given subject to a one.(1) year limitation on the use and location of the driveway and also subject to condition that the operation of the driveway ~ . be reviewed after one. year with consideration and Council action as to whether a second year is permitted based on that review. As this ,property is zoned commercially. there exists a requirement. that the driveway servicing the shopping center be provided with concrete curbs. Due to the temporary nature of this driveway the applicant is requesting that he not be required to install this concrete curbing. .The application presents some circumstances:-that warrant consideration of a variance. First, the situation is somewhat unique in that the City Council .has approved a driveway with a condition :chat the driveway have a one year limitation with a possibility of a second year. Secondly, the installation of the curbing could present a real-hardship to the applicant if the driveway is no longer to be used after a period of one year in, which case a considerable expense would have been wasted on the curbing. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that VN-197 be approved by waiving the reading and adopting the attached- reys~ol~uton. ~~ /~'~,~ ~ j2,.. ~•~ ~~~° A:~~ ~ ~ /~ /. Ch ~C;~ ~ames F. Winkels, Director Community .Development