03SN0176-NOV26.pdfNovember 26~ 2002 BS
STAFF'S
REQUEST ANALYSIS
RECO~ATION
03SN0176
Gerald W. Archer
Matoaca Magisterial District
21218 Franklin Avenue
REQUEST: A Manufactured Home Permit to park a manufactured home in a Residential (R-7)
District.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval of this request for the following reasons:
A. The applicant has provided information that there are unusual medical c~ces
that exist and if this request were denied it would cause undue hardship.
B. Due to the configuration and size of the subject property, the manufactured home will
not have an undue impact on adjacent properties.
CONDITIONS
1. The applicant, Gerald W. Archer, shall be the owner arid occupant of the
manufactured home. If Gerald W. Archer can no longer occupy the manufactured
home, it shall be removed within six (6) months.
2. Manufactured Home pemait shall be granted for a period not to exceed seven (7)
years fi-om date of approval.
3. No additional permanent-type living space may be added onto the manufactured
home. The manufactured home shall be skirted but shall not be placed on a
permanent foundation~
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Location:
Prior to the approval of the building permit, the location of the manufactured home
shall be approved by the Plonning Department.
A rMnimum twenty-five (25) foot buffer shall be maintained around the north and
west property lines. The existing mature vegetation shall be preserved and
maintained, unless removal is approved by the Planning Department~ This condition
shall not be applicable to the removal of dead or diseased Ixees.
GENERAL 'INFORMATION-
Property is known as 21218 Franldin Avenue. Tax ID 778-610-0425 (Sheet 45).
Existing Zoning:
Size:
R-7
2 acres
Existing Land Use:
Residential
Adjacent Zoning and Land Use:
North - R-7; Vacant
South - R-7; Residential
Utilities:
East - R-7; Residential
West - R-7; Vacant
Public water and sewer
General Plan:
(Soutbem and Western Area Plan)
Residential
1.01 - 2.5 units per acre
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DISCUSSION
The applicant is requesting a manufactured home permit in order to park a manufactured home in a.
Residential (R-7) District.
The manufactured home will be located on property belonging to the appYlcant.
The subject property is served by public Water and sewer.
Staff finds there is one ( 1 ) manufactured home located within one-quarter ( 1/4) mile of this property.
Staff visited the subject property and noted an existing older residence on the property. The
applicant has indicated he is proposing to place a manufactured home northwest of the existing
dwelling. The subject property consists of two (2) acres and duc to the configuration and 'size of the
lot, staff believes the manufactured home will not have an undue impact on adjacent properties.
Staff also notes the unimproved properties to the north and west are owned by family members:
This request, which is for seven (7) years is located in an area suggested by the Southern and
Western Area Plan for residential use of 1.01 - 2.5 units per acre. Adjacent properties are zoned
Residential (R-7). Development in this area began many years ago and gives the neighborhood a
stable residential character. Staffnotes there are older dwellings, newly constructed dwelrmgs and a
manufactured home located on Franklin Avenue.
Mrs. Grace A. Jones, the applicant's sister, has indicated her brother is on disability retirement and is
unable to care for the house and yard. The applicant is proposing to oceupy the manufactured home
and allow his nephew to use the two (2) story dwell'rog on the property. This would enable the
applicant to have a family member close if he had additional health problems and needed immediate
assistance.
Because of the present and future development in this area, staff believes that the Board should
advise the applicant to look upon this request as a temporary dwelling and, if approved, it may or
may not necessarily be renewed.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST FOR SEVEN (7) YEARS, subject to
Conditions 1 through 5, as noted herein.
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