2230 RUCKER AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

, . Board of Ad.justment Minutes .July 20, 1987 Paqe 4 : Merie Sullivan conqratulated the :+PPlicant �n mshetfeelsgthehNavyttraffic i,!1 qualified that with r.onrern about Parking: overburden the arPa. Phillip Duffv, a memher of the PlanninP, �^�isslnn, statPd that the Plennin� Camnission has bren studying traffic generated by the pr^p^sed Navv homPpurt . Ne qave a synopsis of propnseA reroutina of existing traffic patterns in �rder to allevi�te traffir. impacts. Tn response to a question frnm Frank Prnnet}. he stated thnt 23r�i St. would serve as a sernndary arterial to the eest side• I Rxk Wiggins stated that he doesn't think Navy pTrkinq is rel�vant tn traffic �n Rucker. I BOARD OF �D.T11S'IMEN7' COhMENTs I Frank Bennett� He �mderstands the applicant's �lesire to chany,e the occupancy i of the house. Everyone is familiar with the narrowness of the �treets in the area, including Rur.ker anA 23rd. Tn wnive the perkinq requirNmPnts by 4Q% I appears tn bP an e!corbitant amount of latitude to give to the applicant. By their own statement, this is a high-quality neighDorhood nnd they are attempting to preeerve an historic �tructurr. HM+ever, b�• putting ns much perking as they are proposing in the front and rear yards, they arP defeating beckinqeout Hntoetbe allry hr�erhead isPanmarginalkproposeltat,beatggestion of Everett Miller: The potential parking need uner the present ueage seems t� h� cnnsi�lerablv more than it would be under the �roposed use. He fePls t+W^ reducinq the preaent six residential units to two, and allowinq profeesional offir.Ps, would alleviate some nf the present parking needs h�th on and off sitP• Tt would be better to grant the variance in nrder t� redure snme nf the perkinq on the street. He apprecietes the historic value nf thP property and would like it the npr�pertv�Pmore Tvaluableancenhancinqt hhP ronsi�lerable value in making neighborh�od, s+nd getting some of the parking off the street. Merie Sullivan: The question of parking and traffic on Rucker �� Pr� relevant. Parking on Rucker has reeched the saturation point. Motign;_ Frank Bennett �fferr.d a motion to deny the varinnce requesr for the following reasons: !11 due to the extr�ur�linarv nu�er of parking sFeces proposed to be waived: /21 ber.ause nf the existinq traffic in the aree: (31 lack of concrete facts proving that the present use is not economically viablP in �rder to preserve an historir structure: and (41 encroachmen+ �f nonresidential uses into a reeidential are�, and the removel of existing residential units. Marie Sullivan se�onded the motion.