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ORIGINAL
CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION
I, Ann Lazzeri, Secretary to the City of Wheat Ridge Board of Adjustment, do hereby certify that
the following Resolution was duly adopted in the City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson,
State of Colorado, on the 23rd day of March, 2006.
CASE NO: W A-06-03
APPLICANT'S NAME: Seniors' Resource Center
LOCATION: 3227 Chase Street
WHEREAS, the applicant was denied permission by an administrative officer; and
WHEREAS, Board of Adjustment Application Case No. W A-06-03 is an appeal to this Board
from the decision of an administrative officer; and
WHEREAS, the property has been posted the fifteen days required by law, and in recognition
that there WERE NO protests registered against it; and
WHEREAS, the relief applied for MAYbe granted without detriment to the public welfare and
without substantially impairing the intent and purpose of the regulations governing the City of
Wheat Ridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Board of Adjustment Application Case No.
W A-06-03 be, and hereby is, APPROVED.
TYPE OF VARIANCE: A 13-foot front yard setback variance from the 30-foot front yard
setback requirement and an II-foot rear yard setback variance from the 20- foot rear yard setback
requirement for property zoned Residential One.
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. The Seniors' Resource Center provides an important community service. In order to
meet increasing demand for this service, a substantial expansion of the existing facility is
necessary which is problematic given current development standards for the front and
rear yard setbacks.
2. The existing facility encroaches into the required 30-foot front yard setback by 8 feet.
3. The elevation and site plan submitted indicate that the applicant will match the
appearance of the existing facility with the addition.
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4. Granting the variance would allow for increased accommodation of persons with
disabilities.
5. There are hardships in that architectural and use constraints including on-site parking and
fire department access disallow shifting the size and shape of use areas within the
structure. Also the irregular property lines create irregular setbacks.
6. The property line at the rear of the addition jogs. Eleven feet is the maximum variance
that will occur along this rear property line.
7. The city supports the front setback variance, in part, to allow for the occupancy to not
increase traffic in the adjacent residential alley.
8. From an aesthetic perspective regarding the front setbacks, buildings from the 1920's
such as the original school building routinely and expectedly sat closer to the street than
current setback requirements. Therefore, the addition will appear architecturally correct.
VOTE:
YES:
ABBOTT, BELL, BLAIR, HOVLAND,
HOWARD, LINKER
DRDA
REINHART
NO:
ABSENT:
DISPOSITION: A request for a 13-foot front yard setback variance from the 30-foot front yard
setback requirement and an II-foot rear yard setback variance from the 20-foot rear yard setback
requirement for property zoned Residential One was APPROVED.
ADOPTED and made effective this 23rd day of March, 2006.
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J e Bell, Chair
d of Adjustment
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Ann Lazzeri, Secretary
Board of Adjustment