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Board denies request to raise impervious-surface cap in floodplain at 952 N. Third St.
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request to increase the Floodplain Overlay District impervious-surface cap for nonresidential development at 952 North Third Street from 60% to 67.5%, citing potential adverse impacts on adjacent properties and floodplain-management standards.
The Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 4 denied a request to increase the maximum impervious-surface coverage for nonresidential construction in the Floodplain Overlay District at 952 North Third Street from the city’s 60% limit to 67.5%.
Planning staff recommended denial, saying the higher impervious percentage could increase runoff and adversely affect neighboring properties and that the request did not meet the five variance criteria. "Staff does not believe that the request satisfies all five standard criteria or the remaining floodplain-specific criteria required to obtain a variance," Planning staff said in the staff report and in oral remarks during the hearing.
The site is an approximately 1.1-acre parcel fully encumbered by the city’s Floodplain Overlay District, and staff told the board that a…
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