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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplication APPLICANT 4/5/2021City of Springfield Development Services Department 225 Fifth Street Springfield, OR 97477 Minor Variance SPRINGFIELD W ft/ Required Project Information (Applicant., complete this section) Applicant Name: Bruce Wechert Phone: 541-686-9458 Company: Bruce Wechert Custom Homes, Inc. Fax: Add ress:3073 Skyview Ln., Eugene, OR 97405 Applicant's Rep.: Anthony J. Favreau Phone:541-683-7048 Company: The Favreau Group, LLC Fax: Address: 3750 Norwich Ave., Eugene, OR 97408 Property Owner: Same as applicant Phone: Company: Fax: Address: ASSESSOR'S MAP NO: 17-02-28-34 TAX LOT NO(S): 500 & 600 Property Address: 5315 & 5335 High Banks Road Size of Property: 3.3 Acres 0 Square Feet ❑ Description of If you are filling in this form by hand, please attach your proposal description to this application. Proposal: Adjust two lots belowthe minimum street frontage of 45' Existing Use: Two homes and vacant field Numeric Standard to be Adjusted (See SDC 5.21-125 A. for standards that may be adjusted): SDC 5.21-125(D) Percentage of Standard to be Adjusted: 27% Si natures: Please si n and print your name and date in thea ro riate box on the next a e. Required Project Information (City Intake Staff. complete this section) Associated Applications: Signs: Case No.: Date: Reviewed by: Application Fee: $ Technical Fee: $ Posta a Fee: TOTAL FEES: $ PROJECT NUMBER: Revised 2/25/11 1 of 4 Signatures The undersigned acknowledges that the information in this application is correct and accurate. Date: 4-02-21 Sign ture Bruce Wiechert Print If the applicant is not the owner, the owner hereby grants permission for the applicant to act in his/her behalf. Owner: Date: Signature Print Revised 2/25/11 2 of 4 Minor Variance Application Process 1. Applicant Submits a Minor Variance Application to the Development Services Department The application must conform to the Minor Variance Submittal Requirements Checklist on page 4 of this application packet. Planning Division staff screen the submittal at the front counter to determine whether all required items listed in the Minor Variance Submittal Requirements Checklist have been submitted. Applications missing required items will not be accepted for submittal. 2. City Staff Conduct Detailed Completeness Check • Planning Division staff conducts a detailed completeness check within 30 days of submittal. • The assigned Planner notifies the applicant in writing regarding the completeness of the application. • An application is not be deemed technically complete until all information necessary to evaluate the proposed development, its impacts, and its compliance with the provisions of the Springfield Development Code and other applicable codes and statutes have been provided. • Incomplete applications, as well as insufficient or unclear data, will delay the application review process and may result in denial. 3. City Staff Review the Application and Issue a Decision • A Type II decision, made after public notice, but without a public hearing, unless appealed, is issued within 120 days of submittal of a complete application. • Mailed notice is provided to property owners and occupants within 300 feet of the property being reviewed and to any applicable neighborhood association. In addition, the applicant must post one sign, provided by the City, on the subject property. • There is a 14 -day public comment period, starting on the date notice is mailed. • Applications are distributed to the Development Review Committee, and their comments are incorporated into a decision that addresses all applicable approval criteria and/or development standards, as well as any written comments from those given notice. • Applications may be approved, approved with conditions, or denied. • The City mails the applicant and any party of standing a copy of the decision, which is effective on the day it is mailed. • The decision issued is the final decision of the City but may be appealed within 15 calendar days to the Planning Commission or Hearings Official. Revised 2/25/11 3 of 4 Minor Variance Submittal Requirements Checklist NOTE: If you feel an item does not apply, please state the reason why and attach the explanation to this form. ❑ Submitted Concurrently with Site Plan Review or Land Division applications, where applicable. ❑ Application Fee - refer to the Development Code Fee Schedule for the appropriate fee calculation formula. A copy of the fee schedule is available at the Development Services Department. The applicable application, technology, and postage fees are collected at the time of complete application submittal. ❑ Minor Variance Application Form ❑ Copy of the Deed ❑ Copy of a Preliminary Title Report issued within the past 30 days documenting ownership and listing all encumbrances. ❑ Narrative explaining the proposal and any additional information that may have a bearing in determining the action to be taken, including findings demonstrating compliance with the Minor Variance Criteria described in SDC 5.21-125 D. NOTE: Before the Director can approve a Minor Variance request, information submitted by the applicant must adequately support the request. All of the Minor Variance Criteria must be addressed by the applicant. Incomplete applications, as well as insufficient or unclear data, will delay the application review process and may result in denial. In certain circumstances, it is advisable to hire a professional planner or land use attorney to prepare the required findings. ❑ Three (3) Copies of a Plot Plan including the following: ❑ If submitted concurrently with a Land Division or Site Plan Review application, eighteen copies of the Land Division Tentative Plan or Site Plan sheet may be submitted in lieu of the plot plan as long as it meets the following requirements. ❑ Prepared by an Oregon licensed Surveyor if the minor variance involves a setback ❑ The scale appropriate to the area involved and sufficient to show detail of the plan and related data, such as 1" = 30', 1" = 50' or 1" = 100', north arrow, and date of preparation ❑ The nature and extent of the minor variance requested and relevant site features Revised 2/25/11 4 01`4 HIGH BANKS ESTATES VARIANCE NARRATIVE April 2, 2021 Assessor's Map: 17-02-28-34 Tax Lots 500 & 600 Applicants: Bruce Wiechert Custom Homes, Inc. 3073 Skyview Lane Eugene, OR 97405 (541) 686-9458 Applicant's Representative: The Favreau Group 3750 Norwich Ave. Eugene, OR 97408 541-683-7048 Attn: Tony Favreau VARIANCE REQUEST The applicant proposes to divide the subject 3.3-acre property to create 20 lots and to provide all necessary infrastructure to support the development. Lots 12 and 13 of the proposed subdivision do not meet the minimum frontage standards and therefore a variance is requested. Springfield Code 5.21-125 D. The Director shall approve the Minor Variance if the applicant demonstrates compliance with all of the applicable approval criteria: 1. Locational or dimensional problems have been identified that can be resolved by a Minor Variance; Response: By allowing a minor variance to the 45-foot street frontage, the lots will meet the requirements for the lot area on a east-west street. 2. The request is the minimum necessary to alleviate the identified dimensional or locational problem; Response: Only a variance on the 45-foot street frontage requirement is needed for the lots to meet the requirements. The lots are on a small curve which makes it difficult to efficiently create normal size lots. The proposed driveway locations for both lots have been reviewed and approved by the City of Springfield's Public Works Department. 3. Where applicable, the request shall result in the preservation of onsite trees 5- inch dba and above; Response: Not applicable. 4. The request shall not impede adequate emergency access to the site; Response: The request will not impede adequate emergency access to the site. S. The request shall not unreasonably adversely impact public or private easements; and Response: No existing or proposed easements will be adversely impacted. 6. The request shall not unreasonably limit solar access standards for abutting properties. In order to meet this criterion, the Director may require that the building or structure be placed as close to the south property line as possible; Response: The developer will be building the structures on each lot and will be able to accommodate the solar standards on the individual lots. 7. In addition to the applicable approval criteria specified in Subsections 1. through 6., above, the following approval criteria shall also apply to a request involving parking reductions on infill lots/parcels in the Commercial and Industrial Districts when there is a change of use, addition or expansion that requires Site Plan Review Modification. The Minor Variance for parking reductions shall not apply to MDS applications as specified in Section 5.15-100: a. The individual characteristics of the proposed use require more parking than is generally required for a use of this type, Response: Not applicable. b. The Minor Variance for a parking reduction shall run with the use or uses to which it pertains and not run with the land itself, Response: Not applicable. C. The need for additional parking cannot reasonably be met through provision of on -street parking or shared parking with adjacent or nearby uses because: i. The owners of abutting properties cannot agree to execute a joint access/parking agreement, and/or Response: Not applicable. ii. The Public Works Director has determined the proposed shared parking area is a safety hazard because it is located too far from the proposed use, Response: Not applicable. d. The request shall not result in the parking or loading of vehicles on public streets in a manner that may interfere with the free Flow of traffic on the streets, Response: Not applicable. e. The property otherwise complies with the provisions of this Code. Response: Not applicable.