Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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e e e all right my name is Glenn Roberts I'm the chairman of the board of zoning appeals i' like to call this meeting to order if we will just bow our heads real quick we'll say quick invocation um dear Lord just want to thank you for this day thank you for um letting us have the privilege to serve the people of Anderson and help us to make wise decisions for for these people ask this in your name amen um any agenda to the agenda of no sir not at this time okay um everybody has copy of the minutes from August 22nd any additions or corrections I make the motion we approve have a motion to approve we have a second second have a second all in favor say I I all oppos like sign all right

amendments are approved we'll go right into the public hearings first one is is AA 25-1 a variance request must setback at 3526 Clemson Boulevard thank you Mr chairman um the site is outlined in red on the screen in front of you um you'll see Clemson Boulevard running diagonally uh across your screen here and Fritz drive here uh HomeGoods here Walmart here and Lowe's and um Target are just off the sh off the slide right here does everybody know where we are yes okay [Applause] great um the applicant is Seeking a variance of 1.53 foot from the 25 ft Fritz drive front yard requirements to add a drive-thru canopy as part of their Renovations the parcel has Frontage on both Clemson Boulevard and Fritz drive with a D at shared access easement on the other side of the property property opposite F Fritz drive so it's important to note this is a shared access on this side of the property as well um FR Drive was originally constructed as a private road that's important because it may not have gotten the width um RightWay width that was required um in early in the early 2000s the city assumed uh ownership of Fritz so it is now a public road so this uh slide shows the existing um building back here shows an 18 a little over 18t separation and a 20 or a 16t separation from the from the ride of

way back here on the good uh HomeGoods building again Chick-fil-A that we're talking about sits right up here um on Clemson Boulevard a survey of the site again you can see the shared access and the imposition of 15t that has to be dedicated to that of the property on that side this is the existing um site with the parking building again Clemson down here this is the building here you see the drive-thru circulating here there sort of Shifting torquing this plan a little bit again Clemson over here and the Chick-fil-A right here drive-thru coming here you can see this dash line represents the canopy they want to add and this shows in red where the canopy will encroach into that 25t setback again they're only asking for the little over 1 and 1/2t encroachment so so the variance request to encroach 1.53 1.53 ft into the fridge dry front yard meets the findings of fact a b c and d a the site is unique because it is has Road Frontage on two roads B the condition does not generally apply to all properties in the area see the TR two front yards and private shared access aisle on the opposite side of the parcel unreasonably restricts modest improvements to the site and D authorizing the requested 1.53 variance from the 25t um front yard will not be of substantial detriment to the public good

and adjacent properties in the district as it is a near indistinguishable to passer by passers by and not uncommon for structures in the area to be located closer than 25t to the RightWay so again that references the homegood building uh so staff is recommending approval of this variance okay any questions for staff um Mr chair the there is an there is a representative here if you have questions for them I don't know that you will but there is one here um would anybody like to hear from from the applicant yes please okay if you would just oh I'm sorry please come on just state your name and um and state your case my name is Gant Derek uh I am with Bowman Consulting Group uh the civil engineer uh hired by Chick-fil-A Inc um so yes so this is a very common program that Chick-fil-A is working on right now uh to increase um kind of capacity in their drive-throughs and eliminate excuse me EXC can you talk a little louder please yes sorry I'll I'll Le a little a little further yes so um we're looking into overall site Renovations uh aimed at uh minimizing the queuing length um so that it doesn't go out into the r of way this is a a fairly common problem with Chick-fil-A um and so yes as part of those Renovations they would like to input a double wide canopy uh it's important for uh Team Member protection from weather elements um and

yes so we agree with staff on the findings of fact um and that this 1.53 foot encroachment um I me obviously we submitted it for for approval so yes we agree with staff are there any specific questions you'd like me to address uh this is uh what was your last name sir last name is Derek Derek yes Mr Derek the uh the the awning is coming out this is where like the kids that take your order and stuff like that are under yes this is in the meal delivery area the outdoor meal delivery area so yes this the center striping it it will protect them from the weather and so forth and so on is that what you just got through say yes sir yes okay okay any other questions for the applicant so Chris the only thing being on an intersection are we are we modifying anything or is it still will maintain two front yard setbacks being at a main intersection based on what based on the information you gave us on prits so I don't so I guess I don't completely understand the question I guess we're you're not modifying the the front yard set back on that side but you are allowing them to encroach into that front yard setback one and a a little over one and a half foot okay so just to be clear this is a a corner lot and Corner lots have two front yard setbacks because they're Corner Lots um and that is the hardship for this lot is that they have two front yard setbacks so that's what staff is saying that they can we're recommending approval because it's a hardship and we're talking 1.53 foot exactly yes sir it doesn't even meet that I saw right by there you have that sidewalk

looks like that's a sidewalk there they didn't get to the sidewalk right I'm I'm sorry what was the question in that on that other picture that was a sidewalk out where the red writing is right right there in front on top of that where your area is that's sidewalk there right yes sir that is so you does even make it to that sidewalk yes sir that's correct okay any more discussion thank thank you very much thank you sir any more discussion M the board Mr chairman I I anything that could help those people they got enough problems with the traffic they have out there so I make a motion that we uh approve this area okay we have a motion to approve a second then and we have a second all in favor say I I all oppose like sign okay your Vance is passed thank you thank you Mr chairman we'll move right into AA 25-2 a variance request to a building height at 1012 Concord Road thank you Mr chairman this is Concord Baptist Church uh the site it's a 10 Acre Site that's important to note because it's a large site uh is outlined in red here you can see Concord Road running diagonally across the screen here you can see North Main Street here beler Plaza is right there um everybody know where we are oh yeah great okay the applicant is Seeking a variance of 18 foot from the maximum vertical height limit of 35 ft so there's a 35 foot limit on all buildings in this Zone the proposed 53t tall children's um education building will align with the scale and Architectural contexts of the Concord Baptist Church campus complimenting the height of the existing struct structures particularly the sanctuary building the building is

proposed to be setb and staff believes this is important so set back 143 ft from the Reed Road RightWay and I'll show you that and the and 90t 95 ft from the adjacent property um line all the existing structures on the site exceed the R20 maximum Building height it is important to note um that the proposed new structure would not be the tallest building on the campus so I'm going to run through those building Heights The Ridge the roof Ridge of the existing s Sanctuary is at 57 uh foot 8 in the steeple is 137 over 137 ft the adult education building is at 40 40 3 in and the gym as it is at 35 10 10 in the church campus again is a generous 10 acres the new building will be part of the complex of existing buildings clustered toward the center of the site and we'll look at that in just right now so you can see the elevation um the color rendering here is the new children's education building this is the gym again the sanctuary here and that elev that side elevation of the children's education building okay so this is the campus again a 10 acre campus out here and you can see those buildings this is the new building located here which is 147 foot from Reed Road and I believe I'm sorry it was 95 I believe um from this property line here so it's going to be clustered towards the center of the site with the other buildings

the variance request to allow an 18t variance to the maximum Building height meets the findings of facts a b c and d a the site is unique because of its size and institutional use again in inside a relatively um residential area the condition does not generally apply to other properties in the area the application of this ordinance to the site would effectively restrict facility expansion and utilization of the property and finally D authorizing this variance does not cause a detriment to adjacent property or to the public good the proposed building is located in a cluster of existing buildings back from the property line and the road uh which serve to mitigate the additional height of the buildings St is recommending approval okay questions for staff I do have this one question and this is just for my knowledge of what we're looking at like is it typical that um churches are zoned R20 um or is this just what it was prior to being built um our in residential zones churches are a conditional use and the the big condition for that use in a residential zone is that be at least 2 Acres ah I understand so this is a 10 acre site again it is a church that has been there for a while I don't know if it predates the zoning or not but it meets the those requirements okay so so Chris the the sanctuary exceeds already the height is that you said was it just pre- zoning and is we're just going through the variant each time now um yeah I yes I again I don't know if they had to get a variance I don't know if it predates the zoning

requirements but it's important to note that not only the sanctuary all the buildings exceed the height limit is there applicant here yes there is a representative for the applicant would youall like would you like to speak you don't have to I think if she has does anybody have questions for the applicant we'll put that way you don't no need to come up nobody has a question all right I don't have any questions she looks like she's so Peter you trying to say do it right yeah I got so many questions all right any discussion Mo the board I make a motion that we approve we have a motion to approve we have a second second we have have a second all in favor say I I all oppos like sign your variance is approved what's the timeline on it we justed construction about weeks ago and think it's kind of been delayed for a while that's cool that's going to be a really cool spot that's space and this is like not are you part of Conor or Engineering Group uh I'm part of the architecture gr I'm on the project team that's awesome that's all right we're going to go into the last public hearing AA 25-3 VAR request for garage at 802 College Avenue thank you Mr chairman um so you can see the site here on uh East Greenville I'm sorry I'm having up no you can see East Greenville running sort of I don't know through the middle of your screen right here college is is right here cers Lake yeah cers lake is right there yep everybody I everybody knows where we are yeah

good um the applicant is Seeking a 20ft variance from the 35t front yard setback again this is a situation where that's on the corner but this one has three streets so it has three front yards this house has three front yards and not two like Chick-fil-A um so they're seeking a a set a a variance from the setback on Springdale Road um to construct a garage this is a corner lot adjacent to three streets zoning requires a 35t set back on three sides of this property other buildings along Springdale Road have a smaller existing setback the garage is proposed to be set back 15t from the Springdale Road RightWay so the the conceptual site plan is here and the encroachment would not exceed what you approve today so again they're requesting this 15t setback from Springdale right here um it's it's important to note that there is a 10-ft setback on this this house directly across the street from the residents so having said that the variant requests to allow um an accessory use in the Springdale Road front yard being set back I'm sorry being set back 15t from the Springdale Road right of we meets the findings of facts a b c and d so again a the site is unique because it has Road frontages on three roads B the condition um does not generally apply to other properties in the area C the three front yards and existing buildings um

configuring conf the building configurations um restrict the location of an accessory use and D authorizing the variance does not cause a detriment to adjacent property or to the public good the house across the street has a more significant encroachment into the Springdale Road front yard so staff is recommending approval there is no applicant here um for this this one okay all right any questions for staff I will in an effort to be transparent I will tell you that adjacent house behind it that's where I live so I'm I'm I'm fairly familiar with this house and I can tell you they have five kids they need the extra parking then there's the other one across the street that has a 10 foot thing is students living there so they park in the street too so right there there both sides have people parking in the street most of the time so they they could use the the extra parking area I make a motion we approve I have we have motion to approve and a second all in favor say I I all opposed like sign all right approved also I see Billy is it him is it Billy's house is it no no I um G and the guy that ran for Senator well let's finish up the board business we'll talk about that this is all on the record yeah um any other board business no sir thank you anything staff report no all right we have a motion to adjourn have a motion to adjourn the second fa and a second all in favor say I all oppose like sign we are adjourn thank you