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Agenda for 01/16/2006

AGENDA
KENTWOOD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
KENTWOOD CITY HALL
CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS
JANUARY 16, 2006, 7:30 P.M.




1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes of December 19, 2005

4. Old Business

Appeal #V-05-42

Applicant: Big Splash Studio
Location: North side of 52nd Street, West of East Paris Avenue (Wildflower Creek Subdivision)
Request:
Applicant has withdrawn their request.

Appeal #V-05-43

Applicant: Valley City Sign
Location: 900-52nd Street
Request:
The applicant wishes to install a freestanding pole sign to identify 2 new businesses which will be located on the property. The proposed sign has a clearance of 7 feet from the bottom of the sign to the ground and would be the second freestanding sign on the property. The Kentwood Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum clearance of 10 feet from the bottom of the sign to the ground and permits only one freestanding pole sign. The requested variances are for a reduction of 3 feet to the minimum required clearance from the bottom of the sign to the ground and to permit a second freestanding pole sign on the property.


5. Public Hearing

Appeal #V-06-01

Applicant: Carlson Builders, LLC
Location: 3609 ? 32nd Street

Request:
The applicant wishes to develop a self-storage facility on the property. The pavement would come up to the east property line and to within ten feet of the north property line. The adjacent properties to the north and east are zoned C-2 Community Commercial and therefore the Zoning Ordinance requires a 20-foot wide landscaped buffers with a minimum of five canopy trees, five evergreen trees and 21 shrubs along the north property line and a minimum of 17 canopy trees, 17 evergreen trees and 83 shrubs along the east property line. The requested variances are to eliminate the buffer and landscaping requirements along the east property line and to reduce the landscape buffer along the north property line by ten feet and eliminate the required landscaping.


6. Other Business

Election of Officers ? Chair, Vice-chair and Secretary


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