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Exhibit A <br />Variance: VARN2022-00001 <br />Applicant Information: Evolution Recreation & Aquatics <br /> 11202 Harris Road <br /> Huntersville, NC 28078 <br /> <br />Owner Information: Ethan & Austin Properties LLC <br /> 17501 Huntersville-Concord Road <br /> Huntersville, NC 28078 <br /> <br />PIN: 4670-45-1661 <br /> <br />Area in Acres: +/- 5.501 acres <br /> <br />Purpose of Request: The purpose of this request is to seek relief from: <br /> <br />Chapter 7, Section 7-3.59.c <br />The existing facility was approved in 2005 as an Indoor Recreational Facility that was zoned OI- <br />SU. The site was developed using the standards in place at that time. Since the site was originally <br />developed, additional line items have been added to the Use Table of Chapter 3 and defined in <br />Chapter 2, including the line item, Swim Club, Tennis Club, Country Club (Swim Club). <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing to add outdoor amenities and features to the site, which is consistent <br />with the Swim Club line item. The development standards for this type of use requires a 200-foot <br />setback for any accessory buildings, swimming pools, tennis courts, parking areas, or any amenity <br />areas and adjacent residentially used or zoned property. <br /> <br />There are existing encroachments of the primary building and parking areas into the 200-foot <br />setback as the site is currently configured. Proposed improvements and features will also <br />encroach in to the required 200-foot setback. The proposed features include, future parking <br />areas, a playground, swimming pools and a walking trail. (See EX1.0 and EX2.0) <br /> <br />Chapter 9, Table 4 Perimeter Landscape Buffers <br />The existing facility does not encroach into the required perimeter landscaping buffers. However, <br />the applicant is proposing new outdoor amenities that would encroach into the required <br />perimeter landscape buffers. The encroachments include features such as, reconfigured parking <br />areas, a playground, swimming pools, a 6-foot walking trail and a 7-foot berm. (See EX1.0 and <br />EX2.0) <br /> <br />The applicant is also requesting relief from the required landscaping plantings for the following: <br /> <br /> 164.5 feet of relief from the required landscaping along the southwestern property <br />line where a 6-foot-tall opaque screening fence will be located (7 Shade or 14 <br />Ornamental Trees and 33 shrubs). <br />3 <br /> <br />