Dan Marsich requests a variance from Section 1208 (h) (5) of the site development ordinance pertaining to the number of curb cuts allowed by regulations. The developer is currently constructing a new apartment complex called Riverfront Pointe Cottages which consists of 31 units and is located along the north side of Frontier Drive. The units are addressed as 5319 – 5435 Frontier Drive, and are located on Lot 3, Block 1, of Riverfront Pointe Subdivision. The Cottage Complex is located approximately 1100 feet east of Mullowney Lane. Three curb cuts are allowed by code across the Frontier Drive property frontage. The applicant proposes four curb cuts.  Attachment C shows the proposed approach locations.

The City Council may:

      • Approve the variance. Approval of this variance will allow one additional curb cut beyond those allowed by the City Code with
         no conditions or restrictions; or
      • Do not approve the variance. If this variance is denied, the owner’s options to meet the requirements of the Site Development
         Ordinances will require redesign of the facility with a reduction in the number of curb cuts allowed by City Code. 
  

There is no direct financial impact to the City. Advertising costs for the public hearing are offset by the variance application fee.

Sanderson Stewart has submitted an application (Attachment A) and has provided a letter (Attachment B) requesting a variance from City Code Section 1208 (h) (5) for an increase in the number of allowable curb cuts.  Sanderson Stewart is the design engineer for the Riverfront Pointe Cottages and has provided a Proposed Final Site Plan Layout (Attachment C)  showing the placement of the proposed curb cuts.

Section 6-1208 (h) Allowable curb cut widths:

(5) Frontages of sixty (60) feet or less shall be limited to one (1) driveway. Not more than two (2) driveways shall be provided to any single property tract or business establishment, except where the property frontage exceeds six-hundred (600) feet, there may be one (1) additional driveway for each additional three hundred (300) feet of frontage. In cases where parcels have more than one street frontage, each frontage shall be treated separately when determining the allowed number of driveways.

The frontage of Lot 3 along Frontier Drive is approximately 730 feet. In accordance with the Section 6-1208 Curb Cut Regulation, the developer currently would be allowed two curb cuts for the first 600 feet and an additional curb cut for the next 300 feet of frontage or a total of three curb cuts along the Frontier Drive frontage of Lot 3.

The current design does reduce the number of curb cuts that would be needed to service 31 units if these were individual lots.

Therefore, Sanderson Stewart, on behalf of the developer of the property, Dan Marsich, is requesting a variance from City Code Section 1208 (h) (5) for an increase in the number of allowable curb cuts.

The City Council recently approved a variance for Dan Marsich and similar design for the adjacent Lot 2, Block 1, of Riverfront Pointe Subdivision.  Lot 2 was the first phase of the Riverfront Pointe Cottages.