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Zoning board approves variances to split church and storage buildings on East Philadelphia Street
Summary
The Rapid City Zoning Board of Adjustment on Oct. 9 approved variances allowing a plat to split properties at 927 and 1001 East Philadelphia Street, reducing minimum lot size and setbacks and increasing lot coverage so two storage buildings can be transferred separately from a church and offices.
Zoning Board of Adjustment members approved variances Oct. 9 to permit a plat that will subdivide properties at 927 and 1001 East Philadelphia Street so two storage buildings can be separated from an existing church and church offices.
City planning staff said the split requires variances because the proposed new lots would increase or create nonconformities with existing zoning standards. Staff recommended approval, saying the proposal meets the variance criteria because of the site’s special circumstances, the requested reductions are the minimum adjustment necessary, and the changes do not appear injurious to the neighborhood.
Tanner, a city staff member presenting the item, told the board that 927 East Philadelphia is in a general commercial district and 1001 is zoned light industrial; future…
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