14 - ZONING CHANGE 2500 BLOCK OF LAMAR AVENUEItem No. 14
memorandum
TO: City Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Shawn Napier, P.E., Director of Engineering, Planning, and Development
SUBJECT: ZONING CHANGE FROM A GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT (GR) AND A
ONE - FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (SF -2) TO A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C)
WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OF (55 SELF STORAGE/MINI WAREHOUSE)
LOCATED IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF LAMAR AVENUE
DATE: August 4, 2015
BACKGROUND: This application is for a public hearing to consider the petition of Skyler
Burchinal for a change in zoning from a General Retail District (GR) and One - Family Dwelling
District No. 2 (SF -2) to Commercial District (C) with a Specific Use Permit (55 -Self
Storage /Mini Warehouse) on Lot 7, part of 8 and 9, City Block 249, being located in the 2500
Block of Lamar Avenue. The applicant is not the owner of this subject property. The Planning
& Zoning Commission denied the zoning change request on August 3, 2015 by a vote of 7 -0.
The applicant requested a public hearing before the Paris Board of Adjustment to consider
allowance of a minimum side yard variance from the required ten (10) feet to three (3) feet, for a
seven (7) foot variance; the applicant also requested a rear yard variance of seven (7) feet from
the required ten (10) feet, for a variance of seven (7) feet. Mr. Burchinal was not present at this
hearing, which was held on July 28; the board denied both of his variance requests.
After Mr. Burchinal submitted his zoning change request and plats for the subject property it was
discovered that ATMOS had an easement on the property that would limit what Mr. Burchinal
could build.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Mr. Burchinal has not purchased the property. The application that has
been submitted to the City of Paris list Mr. Burchinal as the property owner. This application
cannot be legally approved.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend denial of the zoning change.