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Iowa City Board of Adjustment Meeting
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 5 PM
A. Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 5:05 PM
B. Roll Call: Brandt, Keitel, Paul, Maurer, Gidal present.
C. Consider the May 8, 2002 Board Minutes: Minutes approved 5-0
D. Special Exception
EXC02-00007 - Discussion of an application submitted by St. Wenceslaus Church
for special exceptions to expand a religious institution, for off-street parking on a
separate lot, and to reduce the required front yard from 20 feet to 5 feet for property
in the Neighborhood Conservation (RNC-12) Zone at 619-623 Fairchild Street.
Disposition: The Board approves with conditions five special exceptions filed
under application EXC02-00007 as follows:
1) a special exception to permit expansion of a religious institution to reuse the
buildings at 619 and 623 Fairchild Street for church purposes;
2) a special exception to permit expansion of a religious institution to include an
expanded parking lot and to permit parking on a separate lot as shown as
Phase I on the applicant's site plan dated April 2002;
3) reduction of the front yard to five feet along the west property line as shown as
Phase I on the applicant's site plan dated April 2002
4) reduction of the front yard to five feet along the west and north sides of the
property at 619 Fairchild Street for the length of the existing structure for as long
as the structure is retained on the lot; and a
5) reduction of the front yard to five feet for property at 623 Fairchild Street for as
long as the existing structure is retained on the lot.
The Board approves these special exceptions subject to the following
conditions:
· The new parking area must be brought into compliance with the City's tree
regulations, 14-6R-2, and with the City's parking lot design standards, 14-6N-1;
· Submission and implementation of a landscaping plan that includes a minimum a
five foot landscaping strip along the west property line that contains plantings
that will form a solid hedge approximately three feet in height to screen the
parking area; and
· Restoration of an eight-foot grass strip or other approved landscaping between
the existing east property line and the public sidewalk along Dodge Street, so
that the church parking lot is clearly separated from the sidewalk.
All of the above special exceptions were approved on a vote of 5-0, except for
number 2), which was approved on a vote of 4-1 (Gidal dissenting). The Board did
not approve the church's request to expand the parking lot as shown as Phase II on
the applicant's site plan, which would have involved tearing down the house at 619
Fairchild Street. The Board stated that expanding the parking lot at the cost of
compromising the residential integrity of the neighborhood was not warranted.
F. Adjourn - Board adjourned at 6:20 PM.
NEXT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING - July 10, 2002