Orange County — Board of Zoning Adjustment

VA-17-05-031 — JACK E. OWENS

Request: See Conditions-DIFFERENT FROM REQUEST-Variances in the C-3 zoning district as follows: 1) To place a refuse disposal dumpster 6 ft. from a side street property line in lieu of 15 ft.; 2) To validate a substandard lot with 63 ft. of frontage on a major road in lieu of 125 ft.; 3) To validate a substandard lot area of 9,536 sq. ft. in lieu of 12,000 sq. ft.; and, 4) To validate substandard parking of 12 parking spaces in lieu of 19 spaces. (Note: The property is currently being used as a two-story professional office building, which is being renovated. The applicant has provided letters of support from two neighboring businesses. This is the result of code enforcement action.)

Decision: Approved

Hearing: Staff explained the history of the property, including the fact that Silver Star Road was widened, which resulted in the loss of lot area and required parking. It rendered a lot which was already nonconforming even more so. Staff also noted that it was due to code enforcement action that this case came forward. The applicant agreed with the staff recommendation and conditions. The code enforcement officer overseeing the case provided some additional backup information. There being no one at the hearing to speak in favor or in opposition, the public hearing was closed. The BZA concluded that the required variances were necessary to allow the applicant to resolve the pending code violations, and to compensate for the past loss of parking and other improvements due to road widening.