CASE NUMBER: PZ 23-001.
APPLICANT: Gary and Barbara Aliff
SPECIAL USE REQUEST: Allow RV parking on a secondary gravel driveway.
LOCATION: 3783 Bengal Drive
ZONING: R-20 ACRES: 0.75? PIN: 19072300260
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
Planning and Zoning Recommendation: Approval. Motion to approve included the addition of stipulation #7.
BACKGROUND: Applicant is requesting a Special Use to allow for parking an RV on a secondary gravel driveway. The applicant was cited by code enforcement for parking a RV in the driveway. He then attempted to rectify the issue by installing a gravel driveway extending from the main driveway to the side yard, as shown in the existing conditions image. The gravel driveway without special use approval was in violation and code enforcement subsequently cited them again for the gravel.
Sec. 6-58 (d). Parking Lot Surfacing. (d) Aggregate (gravel) surface may be considered appropriate and approved by the community development director in rural or low-density residential areas by a special use approval by the Mayor and Council. Water quality effectiveness and character of the zoning district shall be considered in determining surfacing requirements. Any permitted aggregate surface shall be maintained with rock or stone not more than one inch in diameter with an average depth of 2 inches and a minimum depth of one inch. The rock or stone may not contain dirt, sticks, construction debris, or other foreign matter. Sand rock or stone powder, crush and run or other similar material is prohibited. Aggregate surface shall be contained to prevent migration of the gravel onto other areas.
Existing conditions: Gravel installed to the right of the existing driveway.
SURROUNDING AREA:
Residential uses prevail in the immediate area. The property and those immediately adjacent are zoned R-20.
Approved gravel driveways currently exist in the Lancer Subdivision area. For example, 3174 Lancer Court was app...
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