TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Associated with the Development of 1249 and 1251 E. Cass Street.
Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit to Allow Automotive Repair, Located at 1249 and 1251 E. Cass Street. (ZBA 2024-43)
Ordinance Approving a Variation of Use to allow a B-3 (General Business District) Use in an R-2 (Single-Family Residential) Zoning District, Located at 1249 and 1251 E. Cass Street. (ZBA 2024-44)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, Estanislao Alamillo, is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow automotive repair at 1249 and 1251 E. Cass Street. Since the underlying zoning district is an R-2 (Single-Family Residential) zoning district, the petitioner is also requesting a Variation of Use to allow a B-3 (General Business District) use in an R-2 (Single-Family Residential) zoning district. Per the City's Zoning Ordinance, Section 47-13.2A(G) Special Uses - General Business Zoning District, automobile repair may be allowed as a Special Use by the Mayor and City Council, with the advice of the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with Section 47-5.2. The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variation to allow an automotive repair building to be located within 100 feet of a residential zoning district at its September 19, 2024, meeting. The building as proposed would be about 25 feet from the R-2 (Single-Family Residential) zoned property to the immediate west.
The .46-acre subject property contains two separate lots, 1249 and 1251 E. Cass Street, which have been undeveloped since the 1990's. The property was previously occupied by two residential structures. The petitioner owns a carwash and tire sales facility to the immediate west of the subject property and wishes to develop the vacant property for a future automotive repair facility.
The subject portion of the E. Cass Street corridor contains a cemetery along the south side of E. Cass Street, with various single and multi-family resident...
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