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Planningand Zoning Commission Minutes June 14, 2022 The Chair asked if they were all in agreeance. The consensus of the Board was yes. He asked if there were a motion to approve the relieffrom the 200-foot setback requirement. Mr. Jeff Corley MOTIONED, SECONDEDby Mr. Charles Paxton to APPROVEthe variance request for the relief from the 200-foot setback requirement. The vote was unanimous. The Chair said Item 2 is landscape buffer requirementsperimeter andlandscape and parking lot landscape trail encroachments. He this one we might need to break down a little bit because it is quite extensive. Probably for clarity for Staff we probably should do it per the property line. off with the Eastern property, which would the right side along the easement with Charlotte Water. The applicant has requestedencroachments into 51-footlevel 2 buffer, the parking area encroaches 7feet it the buffer and the walking trailsencroaches 12 feet into the buffer. The Chair said going back to those four items: The unnecessary hardship wouldresultinstrict application of the ordinance. He said as far as the parking,he thinks we are reallytalkingminimal,they cannotreallymove it over anymore. The walking trail, he is okay with that encroaching. He liked that they pulled it back from the property line to help facilitate a larger landscape area,as opposed to chopping it all up. Mr. Corley said,just to add for the record, the parking standards layout,sizing of traffic lanes, sizing of parking spaces,and when you areworking with a peculiar, shapedlot,with anexisting buildingalready in the middle,the need to expand parking. Hereallydoes not see a visionhow meeting those geometric standards,howthey could physically put the spaces they are needing and wanting and still squeeze it in that upper corner. The Chair said that probably ties to number two, size, topography, location. We have already established number 3 about knowledge of the property when they purchased it, existing circumstance. He said number 4, granting variance is consistent with the spirit, purpose,and intent. He thinks they have already established that. He said the thing that keepsthrough him off is the plan says requestedbuffer and we are asking for an encroachment. He would like to clean that language up. He would rather say encroachment because he would rather keep the buffer andjustallow encroachments. The Chair said the northern property line,six-footwalking trail encroaches 23 feet, proposed pavedparking encroaches 17 feet which includes the two parking spaces and the drive on the easement for the cell towerand the deck for the pool encroaches 17 feet into the required buffer. 24