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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
Division of Planning Zoning
June 19, 2002
Department Report
To: Board of Zoning Appeals Members
From: Department of Community Services
Re: Projects scheduled to be heard Monday, June 24, 2002
J. Public Hearing
46 -55j. Carmel/Clay Schools Woodbrook Elementary (V- 97 -02; V- 98 -02; V- 99 -02; V- 100 -02; V-
101 -02; V- 102 -02; V- 103 -02; V- 104 -02; V- 105 -02; V- 106 -02)
Petitioner seeks approval of the following Development Standards Variances:
V -97 -02
§25.7.01 -2
15.84- square -foot traffic directional sign 91
V -98 -02
§25.7.01 -2
3' 10" traffic directional sign #1
V -99 -02
§25.7.01 -2
12.94- square -foot traffic directional sign 93
V- 100 -02
§25.7.01 -2
4' 6" traffic directional sign #3
V- 101 -02
§25.7.01 -2
10.84- square -foot traffic directional sign 95
V- 102 -02
§25.7.01 -2
3.44- square -foot traffic directional sign #6
V- 103 -02
§25.7.01 -2
3.44- square -foot traffic directional sign #7
V- 104 -02
§25.7.02 -5(b)
two (2) Institutional signs 92 #5)
V- 105 -02
§25.7.02 -5(d)
5' 7" Institutional sign height
V- 106 -02
§25.7.02 -5(e)
four -foot (4) Institutional sign setback
The site is located
at 4311 East 116"'
Street. The site is zoned S -2 /Residence.
Docket Nos. V -97 -02 through V- 103 -02 (Traffic Directional Signs):
In deciding whether or not the applicant has presented sufficient proof to permit the
granting of a variance of development standards, the Board shall determine in writing
that:
1. The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the community;
The continued existence of the oversize traffic directional signs on this site will
not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the
community because the signs are an existing violation that has never proven to be
injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the
community.
2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the
variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner; and
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It is the Department's opinion that the use and value of the area adjacent to the
property will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner by allowing the
oversize traffic directional signs to remain.
3. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance will result in
practical difficulties in use of the property.
The strict application of the Zoning Ordinance will result in practical difficulties
in the use of the property. Educational institutional uses are often visited by
people who need additional guidance to efficiently navigate the sites because they
are unfamiliar with the site and building layouts.
Docket Nos. V- 104 -02 through V- 106 -02 (Institutional Signs):
In deciding whether or not the applicant has presented sufficient proof to permit the
granting of a variance of development standards, the Board shall determine in writing
that:
1. The approval will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the community;
The continued existence of the Institutional signs on this site will not be injurious
to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because
the signs are an existing violation that has never proven to be injurious to the
public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community.
2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the
variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner; and
It is the Department's opinion that the use and value of the area adjacent to the
property will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner by allowing the
Institutional signs to remain.
3. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance will result in
practical difficulties in use of the property.
The strict application of the Zoning Ordinance will result in practical difficulties
in the use of the property. Educational institutional uses are often visited by
people who need additional guidance to efficiently navigate the sites because they
are unfamiliar with the site and building layouts.
The Department recommends that the Board suspend the Rules of Procedure in order to
vote on Docket Nos. V -97 -02 through V- 103 -02 (for Traffic Directional Signs) simultaneously
The Department recommends that the Board suspend the Rules of Procedure in order to
vote on Docket Nos. V- 104 -02 through V- 106 -02 (for Institutional Signs) simultaneously
The Department recommends favorable consideration of these petitions
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