Board of Zoning Adjustment
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Meeting Date : May 6th 2024
Case: Agenda #08 #6588/5326 BOA-SE-002901-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Sara Benson
Case #: 6588/5326
Location: 11 Government Street
Applicant/Agent: Sara Benson
Council District: District 2
Proposal: Special Exception to allow a passenger depot in a B-4, General Business District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) requires a Special Exception to allow a passenger depot in a B-4, General Business District.
Case: Agenda #07 #6587 BOA-002900-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Jermaine West / Shepherd Response, Agent
Case #: 6587
Location: 1408 Persimmon Street
Applicant/Agent: Jermaine West / Shepherd Response, Agent
Council District: District 2
Proposal: Side Yard Setback Variance to allow reduced side yard setbacks for a dwelling in an R-1, Single-Family Urban District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) requires a dwelling to have a minimum of five-foot (5’) side yard setbacks in a R-1, Single-Family Suburban District.
Case: Agenda #06 # 6586 BOA-002899-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Tracy Pritchard - WITHDRAWN
Case #: 6586 - WITHDRAWN
Location: 1016 Belvedere Circle East
Applicant/Agent: Tracy Pritchard
Council District: District 3
Proposal: Parking Variance to allow non-compliant parking for a home-based daycare in a R-1, Single-Family Suburban District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) requires compliant parking for a home-based daycare in a R-1, Single-Family Suburban District.
Case: Agenda #05 #6585/6317/1387/1286/452/272/243 BOA-002898-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Sage Health / Sign Medics, Agent
Case #: 6585/6317/1387/1286/452/272/243
Location: 1500 Government Street
Applicant/Agent: Sage Health / Sign Medics, Agent
Council District: District 2
Proposal: Sign Variance to allow more than 64 square feet of signage for a tenant in an LB-2, Limited Neighborhood Business Urban District along the Government Street Corridor; the Unified Development Code (UDC) does not allow more than 64 square feet of signage for a tenant in an LB-2, Limited Neighborhood Business Urban District along the Government Street Corridor.
Case: Agenda #04 #6584 BOA-002896-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Byrd Surveying
Case #: 6584
Location: 1073 Schillinger Road South
Applicant/Agent: Byrd Surveying
Council District: District 6
Proposal: Pedestrian Connection Variance to waive the requirement for a pedestrian connection from the public sidewalk to the main building entrance in a B-3, Community Business Suburban District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) requires a pedestrian connection from the public sidewalk to the main building entrance in a B-3, Community Business Suburban District.
Case: Agenda #03 #6583/6527/5983/4606 BOA-002895-2024
Case Type: Public Hearings
Bethesda Christian Center
Case #: 6583/6527/5983/4606
Location: 550 and 524 Western Drive
Applicant/Agent: Bethesda Christian Center
Council District: District 1
Proposal: Use, Front Landscape Area, Frontage Tree, Parking Layout, Bicycle Parking, and Building Wall Variation Variances to amend a previous variance to allow a church with reduced front landscape area, frontage tree plantings within 15-feet of overhead powerlines, parking lot trees planted more than 75-feet apart, no bicycle parking, and no building wall variations in an I-1, Light Industry District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) does not allow a church in an I-1, Light Industry District, requires full compliance with front landscape area requirements, no frontage trees within 15-feet of overhead powerlines, parking trees to be spaced no more than 75-feet apart on center, compliant bicycle parking, and compliant wall variations.
Case: Agenda #02 #6557 BOA-002684-2024
Case Type: Extensions
Murphy D. Bishop II
Case #: 6557
Location: 1410 Government Street
Applicant / Agent: Murphy D. Bishop II
Council District: District 2
Proposal: Use Variance to allow a social club in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Urban District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) does not allow a social club in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Urban District.
Case: Agenda #01 #6555 BOA-002682-2023
Case Type: Extensions
Kari Givens, Byrd Surveying
Case #: 6555
Location: Northwest corner of Ross Street and Bernice Hudson Drive
Applicant / Agent: Kari Givens, Byrd Surveying
Council District: District 1
Proposal: Use Variance to allow a duplex in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Urban District; the Unified Development Code (UDC) does not allow a duplex in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Urban District.
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