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Variance Request – City InitiatedVariance Request – City Initiated

Application # 1913Application # 1913

224 East Palm Coast Parkway224 East Palm Coast Parkway

Final Site Plan Application#1534Final Site Plan Application#1534

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VARIANCE REQUEST

Purpose: Initiated as the result of needed additional right-of-way essential for the widening of Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road in the immediate vicinity of the subject property.

Alternatives: 1. Acquire needed right at this time via dedication opportunity; No cost to taxpayers

Enables opportunity to enhance remaining landscape buffer

2. Acquire at later date via condemnation (eminent domain) Direct cost to taxpayers/timely process Remaining landscape buffer unaffected

NOTE:• Need for additional right of way not restricted solely to the property in question.• Roadway widening in City’s 5-year Capital Improvements Program Status - Planning and Engineering – Active/construction 2013-2014Additional Note: Technical site plan able to proceed with or without approval of

variance request.

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VARIANCE STANDARD SUMMARY

• Building setback – – Reduce building setback on Palm Coast Parkway from the required 25 ft. to

minimum 12.5 ft. (Variance 12.5 ft.)– Reduce building setback on corner of Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Rd.

from the required 25 ft. to 19.9 ft. (Variance 5.1 ft)– Reduce monument sign setback from the required 10 ft. to 5 ft (Variance 5 ft.)

• Landscape buffer – - Reduce landscape buffer on a portion of Palm Coast Parkway from the required 25 ft. to 12.5 ft (Variance 12.5 ft.). **affected buffer segment measures 60+/- linear feet on Palm Coast Parkway and 25+/- linear feet on the corner (diagonal portion) of Old Kings Road and Palm Coast Parkway; no affect Old Kings Rd segment.

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FUTURE LAND USE MAP

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ZONING MAP

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Site DEVELOPMENT PLAN-Submitted

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ADDITIONAL ROW: PALM COAST PARKWAY & OLD KINGS RD. ( Ghyabi & Assoc.)

Old Kings Rd

Palm Coast Parkway

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PROPERTY LINE/SETBACK SUMMARY

Existing Property Line

Restated Property Line

Existing Property Line

Restated Property Line

Bldg. /Landscape Setback Proposed 12.5 ft.

Bldg./Landscape Setback Required 25 ft.

Dedication Property

Existing Property Line Restated Property Line Required Bld./Landscape setback Proposed Bld./Landscape setback

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BUILDING SETBACK TO CURB SUMMARY

Old Kings Road Curb Line – Preliminary location Distance to building setback 45 ft.

Old Kings Rd/Palm Coast Parkway Curb Line – Preliminary location Distance to building setback 38+/-ft.

Palm Coast Parkway Curb Line – Preliminary location Distance to building setback 25+/- ft.

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LANDSCAPE/SETBACK BUFFER ANALYSIS

Buffer Area

Minimum Required Buffer - 25 ft. Lot Area – 57,9847,589 sq. ft. = 13.09%

@ 12% maximum permitted reduction could reduce to 6,958 sq. ft.

Buffer ProvidedLot Area – 57,9847,590 sq. ft. = 13.09% lot area@ 12.5 ft. minimum landscape buffer setback

NOTE:Ordinance 2000-23, in effect at the time of site plan application, required a 35 ft. Landscape Buffer/bldg. setback which the applicant was in compliance. Subsection 5.01.04 Landscape Development Standards;(4) 3(a) Limitation – If the area of the required front perimeter landscape area exceeds 12% of the total area of the lot, then the applicant may reduce the required front perimeter setback area to not more than 12% of the total area so long as the average width is never less than 25 feet.

25 ft. Buffer/Setback Line

Restated Property Line

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PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN

Property Line: Restated

Landscape Buffer Area

Existing Property Line

Bldg. Setback

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VARIANCE REQUEST

Summary:

City Initiated variance to accommodate needed additional right-of-way essential for the widening of Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road.

Technical site plan able to proceed with or without approval of variance request.

Opportunity to Acquire needed right at this time via dedication opportunity; No cost to taxpayers; Opportunity to enhance remaining landscape buffer.

Recommended Action: Approve the request for variance for

setbacks and reduction in landscape buffer for ABC Fine Wine and Spirits.