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ZON2015-00011 - ZONE CHANGE FROM RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO LI LIMITED INDUSTRIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF NORTH 263RD STREET WEST AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST 61ST STREET NORTH (27132 WEST 61ST STREET NORTH) (DISTRICT 3).
Presented by: John L. Schlegel, Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Department (MAPD).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), approve the zone change subject to Protective Overlay #297, and authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution.
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Background: The application area is located on the north side of West 61st Street North, approximately ½ mile west of North 263rd Street West (27132 West 61st Street North). The property (.93894 acre) is unplatted, is zoned Rural Residential (RR) and is developed with two metal buildings containing a nonconforming use, a "welding or machine" shop. Established in 1976, the welding or machine shop contains an estimated 8,230 square feet of gross floor area. The business employs four full-time, and up to five part-time, employees.
The welding or machine shop is a nonconforming use based upon the circumstance that the site's RR zoning, established in 1985, does not permit a machine shop except as a "rural home occupation." The site does not contain a residence; therefore, the use is not eligible to operate a "rural home occupation." (See Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code (UZC) Article IV, Section IV-E.1-8.) The applicant wishes to enlarge the size of the existing buildings housing the welding or machine shop, and has transferred an additional .575 acre from the applicant's 21 acres located north of the existing developed site. Including the newly acquired land, the application area encompasses 1.514 acres, which is also nonconforming with respect to RR district's minimum lot area requirements. The RR district requires a minimum lot area of two acres. (See UZC Article III, Section III-B.2.d(1).) Finally, ...
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