File #20111071 V2011-40 Marietta Housing Authority 55 Henderson Street; 216 and 220 Crescent Circle Motion to approve variances for property located in Land Lots 12300 and 12310, District 16, Parcels 1000, 0900, and 0240 and being known as 55 Henderson Street, 216 and 220 Crescent Circle, as follows: 1. Variance to increase the allowable number of beds from 48 to 150, in order to allow the existing number of units in the current facility [Section 708.23(19)(b)] 2. 2. Variance to increase the allowable floor area ratio from 0.75 to 1.13. [Section 708.23 H] 3. Variance to reduce the required 30 foot buffer and the required 6 foot side yard setback in order to accommodate only those areas where the existing building, sidewalk and easements that currently encroach into the buffer and/or setback. No trees will be removed from the buffer area, and in any areas where the current buffer is determined by the City Arborist to be insufficient, additional trees shall be planted to improve the buffer. [Section 708.23(H). 4. Variance to waive the requirement for a permanent wall or solid fence not less than six feet in height as part of the buffer adjacent to residential properties. [Section 710.05(D)] 5. Variance from the optional site design elements of the Commercial Corridor Design Overlay District. [Section 712.09 (G)(2.a)] 6. Variance to reduce the required 6 foot wide sidewalk along Henderson Street to 5 feet; and so stipulate that new sidewalks will be installed only around existing power poles. [Section 712.09 (G)(4.a.i)] 7. Variance to reduce the required 6 foot wide sidewalk along Crescent Circle to 5 feet for the existing sidewalk. [Section 712.09 (G)(4.a.i)] 8. Variance to waive the requirement for pedestrian lighting fixtures every 60 feet within the landscape zone. [Section 712.09 (G)(4.a.ii.8)] 9. These variances shall be for the current developed property only, and will be discontinued upon any redevelopment of the site such that the current building is demolished or removed. Date: December 14, 2011 ______________________________ R. Steve Tumlin, Jr., Mayor ______________________________ Stephanie Guy, City Clerk

Committee

CITY COUNCIL

Introduced

November 10, 2011

Passed

December 14, 2011