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tCCYVi L. tt J 7- -i:) 0 <br />y, March 22, 1979 <br />ew <br />REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL <br />APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE AND BUILDING PERMIT <br />prighton VN-203, LP-81 HOBAR PUBLICATIONS <br />PURPOSE <br />To consider an application for a building permit and variance <br />for an initial reduction in the construction of required <br />parking spaces <br />BACKGROUND <br />APPLICANT: Hobar Publications <br />LOCATION: Generally.the southeast corner of <br />5th Street N.W. and Old Highway #8. <br />ZONING: Presently I-2, Heavy Industrial. <br />PROPOSED REZONING: B-3, General Business <br />AREA OF SITE: 24,200 square feet <br />PRESENT USE OF PROPERTY: Vacant <br />GROSS FLOOR AREA: 5,200 square feet <br />FLOOR AREA RATIO: .215 <br />PARKING SPACES PROVIDED: Initially 9 spaces <br />Ultimate 35 spaces <br />The site and landscape plans submitted are designed according <br />to the requirements of a B-3 district. This project is <br />therefore subject to the approval of the rezoning request to <br />be considered by the City Council on March 27, 1979. <br />A variance-is required because the applicant proposes to <br />construct 9 parking spaces whereas 35 parking spaces are <br />required. The.applicant's reason for the variance request <br />is that 35 parking spaces are not needed by the applicant. <br />The site will be used for Hobar Publications which is a mail <br />order catalog type business which has no retail sales or <br />customers coming to the site needing parking. The firm has <br />only one.full time and two part-time employees. The <br />applicant proposes to construct four (4).spaces for customer <br />parking and five (5) spaces for employee parking with the <br />remainder of the property to be landscaped. The "Ultimate <br />issued by City Manager