TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Variation of Use to Allow the Continuation of a Two-Unit Residence, an R-3 (one- and two-family residential) Use, in the R-2 (single-family residential) Zoning District, located at 361 Wilcox Street.
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BACKGROUND:
The applicants, Gregg Vershay and Jodi Wartenberg, are requesting a Variation of Use to allow a two-unit residence, an R-3 (one-and two-family residential) use, in the R-2 (single-family residential) zoning district. The property is located at 361 Wilcox Street. The requested Variation of Use petition, if approved, would allow the continued use of two dwelling units on the subject property.
The subject property is approximately 6,400 square feet in size and contains a two-story, 3,600 square-foot building with a 385 square-foot detached garage. The two-story brick building was built prior to 1925 with the first level functioning as a neighborhood store and the second level as a dwelling unit. The building then operated with 2-3 dwelling units throughout much of its history. The ground floor of the building has had varied uses as a school supply store, general store, and efficiency apartment throughout its history. The building has two separate entrances to an apartment unit on each floor. Both units have an enclosed porch to the rear of the building that leads to a shared patio in the back yard. Floor plans of the subject structure have been included in the staff report packet, that show the interior layout for the current two-unit use.
The subject property was downzoned to its current zoning designation of R-2 (single-family residential) zoning in 1975 along with numerous other properties in this area of the City. A Variation of Use to allow two dwelling units was applied for but ultimately withdrawn in 1986. According to City directories, one household lived here from 1995 - 2015, presumably the other unit was vacant. Cit...
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