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Board approves setback and nonconforming-use variances for Fifth Street Tire expansion, requires removal of two storage containers
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved variances allowing Fifth Street Tire to expand an auto-repair building at 500 West Fifth Street into an adjacent parking area and to reduce the rear-yard setback to 6 feet 6 inches, subject to removing two storage containers from the lot.
The Waterloo Board of Adjustment on April 22 approved two variances to allow an expansion of an existing auto-repair operation at 500 West Fifth Street and to reduce the rear-yard setback to 6 feet 6 inches where 35 feet is normally required in the C-2 commercial district.
Tamala of planning staff reported the property is a legally nonconforming auto-repair use in a C-2 commercial zone; the application would add building area that extends into what is currently parking, reduce the rear-yard setback to 6 feet 6 inches (28 feet 4 inches less than the 35-foot requirement) and remove two storage containers currently on the lot.
Bill Faylor of Faylor Hurley Construction, representing the applicant, told the board the expansion is intended to increase the number of cars that can be stored and serviced and that the business had previously lost a lease and needed a larger space. He said the exterior tire storage area would be moved into a fenced and semi-enclosed area created by the new addition if necessary.
The board approved the variances and attached a condition that the two storage containers in the parking lot be removed as part of the project. The motion was moved and seconded and passed on a unanimous voice vote.
Planning staff said the expansion would reduce on-site parking stalls but that the site meets minimum parking requirements and that site-plan and technical reviews (including drainage and building permits) must still be completed before construction.
