CYV01-25

Request of Jeffrey Sweere for a variance from Chapter 10, Article X, Division 3, Sec.10-1540.b.1 of the Mankato City Code to reduce the setback between a principal adult use property line and a zoning district in which residential uses are specifically listed as a permitted or conditional uses from 350 feet to 320 feet. The variance is being requested in order to allow the operation of a principal adult use at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive. The property is described as Lot 1, Block 1, Sweere Subdivision, City of Mankato, Minnesota (1418 N. Riverfront Drive).  
 

The applicant and property owner is Jeffrey Sweere. 

The applicant is seeking a variance to allow for the reduction in the setback from 350' to 320' between an adult use and a residential zoned district.  

The subject property is located at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive. 

The property is currently the location of a multi-tenant commercial business. 

The subject property is zoned B-2, General Business District. 

There are no known environmentally sensitive areas on the site. 

Jeffrey Sweere is requesting a variance from Chapter 10, Article X, Division 3, Sec.10-1540.b.1 of the Mankato City Code to reduce the setback from 350 feet to 320 feet between a principal adult use property line and a zoning district in which residential uses are specifically listed as a permitted or conditional uses. The variance is being requested in order to allow the operation of a principal adult use at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive. The property is described as Lot 1, Block 1, Sweere Subdivision, City of Mankato, Minnesota and is addressed as 1418 N. Riverfront Drive.  

Pure Pleasures, currently located at 2102 N. Riverfront Drive, is proposing to relocate and operate the current adult use operation at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive. The request is for a variance at the new location to reduce the required setback for an adult use between the property line of the property that has a building where the adult use is proposing to operate and a zoning district where residential uses are allowed. In this case, the adult use is proposing to operate at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive, which is zoned B-2, General Business District. The adult use at 1418 N. Riverfront Drive is permitted in this district if certain locational criteria are achieved and that includes that the property line from the property where the business will operate must be at least 350’ from a residential district. In this case, the 350’ setback from the property line catches a residential zoning district for the property that is located at 116 Ann Street, zoned R-2, one- and two-family dwelling district, and so a variance is being requested to reduce the required setback from 350’ to 320’.
 
Mankato City Code requires that the setback be measured at the property line. However, the applicant has provided exhibits which show that from the front entrance door of the business to the residential district in question the distance is over 430’. The property line nearest where the business suite is located and will operate is shown to be 400’ to the residential district.