15-6583
1. A-2023-00496 1539-1551 Chew St. Appeal of RCI Village Properties for variance to CONVERT PLACE OF WORSHIP TO 12 DWELLING UNITS, COMMUNITY CENTER, OFFICE & TEMPORARY SHELTER and MAINTAIN 10 PARKING SPACES; with community center being a use permitted by special exception; with offices being permitted by special exception per 660-51C(4)(a); with temporary shelter not being permitted; with residential uses being permitted with community center if complying with reqs of use; having the following insufficiencies: lot area per dwelling unit (1,800 SF/DU req; 1,300 SF/DU proposed); off-street parking (45 req; 21 existing; 11 being permitted); parking stall dimensions (8.5’x18’ req; 8.1’x18’ & 9’x15.33’ proposed); aisle width (24’ req; 18.16’ proposed); street trees (7 req; 6 proposed); distance of parking from building (10’ req; 9’ proposed); exceeding max steep slope disturbance in areas of 25-35% slope (25% permitted; 29.8% proposed); exceeding max allowable height in stories (3 permitted; 3 existing; 4 proposed), located in a Medium High Density Residential (R-MH) & Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay (TNDO) District. Applicant requests temporary shelter use be designated as recovery center accessory to community center in lieu of residential treatment center per 660-6.
- Committee
- Zoning Hearing Board
- Introduced
- January 19, 2024
- On agenda
- February 5, 2024
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