630 Sturdivant Avenue 17-UBEX-417 Staff Report CC 04.25.2017CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: 17-UBEX-417
Request for a use-by-exception as permitted by Section 24-63, to allow an off-street parking lot as described by Section 24-162 for the businesses located at 619, 625 and 645 Atlantic
Boulevard in the Commercial General zoning district at 630 Sturdivant Avenue.
SUBMITTED BY: Derek W. Reeves, Planner
DATE: April 25, 2017
STRATEGIC PLAN LINK: None
BACKGROUND: The applicant is Sean Monahan, a managing partner of Sturdivant Holdings whom is the owner of 630 Sturdivant Avenue. The property is a vacant lot located across from the
intersection of Magnolia Street and Sturdivant Avenue within the Commercial General (CG) zoning district. The applicant would like to construct a parking lot with up to 13 spaces to
serve as employee/overflow parking for 619, 625 and 645 Atlantic Boulevard, which are all owned by the applicant or the applicant is a managing partner of the company with ownership.
A use-by-exception is required by Section 24-162 to allow an off-street parking lot within a nonresidential zoning district for the purposes of another property within 400 feet.
Section 24-162 has four requirements that must be met if approved. 1.) A wall, fencing, shrubbery or as otherwise required by the Community Development Board and the City Commission
shall be erected along edges of portions of such parking. 2.) No source of illumination for the parking area shall be directly visible from any window in any residence in an adjoining
residential zoning district. 3.) There shall be no sales, service or business activity of any kind in any parking area. 4.) Parking spaces along sidewalks shall use curb stops to limit
the encroachment of the parked vehicle into the pedestrian walkway.
Section 24-177(d) requires an average 10 foot wide landscape area between the street and parking area with a wall, fence or shrubbery to satisfy requirement #1. Staff recommends a condition
that the selected material be located as far from the street as possible without obstructing parking so that the sightlines are preserved as much as possible. There are no adjoining
residential zoning districts to the property as stated in #2, but there is Residential General (RG) zoning across Sturdivant Avenue. The commission may consider a condition to require
the point source of light to not be visible from the RG district across Sturdivant Avenue.
This item was heard by the Community Development Board on April 18, 2017. The board voted unanimously to recommend approval to the City Commission.
BUDGET: None.
RECOMMENDATION: To move 17-UBEX-417 forward to a Public Hearing on May 22, 2017.
ATTACHMENTS: CDB staff report, 17-UBEX-417 application.
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