Gillota Fuel Products, Inc., owner, appeal to establish use/maintain gas station and repair garage 1001 Fairfield Ave & others

POSTPONED TO JUNE 8, 2009

Gillota Fuel Products Inc., owner, appeal to establish use/maintain a gas station and repair garage located on a 95’ x 66’ corner parcel in a General Retail Business District; contrary to Sections 352.08 through 352.11, no landscaping is provided and a 10 foot wide landscaping strip is required along the rear property line where the lot abuts a Residence District and a 4 foot wide landscaping strip is required along the street frontages; and nonconforming to Section 343.18(d) that the width of  driveways may not exceed 30 feet; and that a repair garage is first permitted in a Semi-Industry District provided, that the use is not less than 100 feet from a Residence District, according to Section 345.03(c)(2) of the Cleveland Codified Ordnances. (Filed 3-25-09)

Gillota Fuel Products, Inc., owner, appeals to establish use/maintain a gas station and repair garage located on a 69.08’ x 100’ corner parcel in a General Retail Business District; the existing nonconforming building and use being subject to the provisions of Section 359.01(a) that no expansion of an existing nonconforming use shall be permitted except as a variance under the terms of Chapter 329, and no substitution or other change in such nonconforming use to other than a conforming use shall be permitted except by special permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals.  Such special permit may be issued only if the Board finds after public hearing that such change is no more harmful or objectionable than the previous nonconforming use in floor or other space occupied, in volume of trade or production, in kind of goods sold or produced, in daily hours or other period of use, in the type or number of persons to occupy or be attracted to the premises or in any other characteristic of the new use as compared with the previous use; existing conditions and other nonconformities being the absence of a 10 foot wide landscaping strip along the rear property line, 4 foot wide landscaping strips along the street frontages, a driveway width that exceeds 30 feet and a repair garage use that is first permitted in a Semi-Industry District, provided that it is not less than 100 feet from a residence district.
(Filed 3-25-09)

Gillota Fuel Products, Inc., owner, appeal to expand a gas station use to include an auto repair garage located on a 122.32’ x 122.32’ corner parcel in a Local Retail business District; subject to the limitations of Section 343.01, auto repair use is not permitted and first permitted in a Semi-Industry District provided it is at least 100 feet from a residence district and the proposed use abuts a Multi-Family District at the east rear corner; and nonconforming to Sections 352.09 and 352.10, a 4 foot wide transition strip is proposed contrary to a 10 foot width and a 6 foot wide landscape strip is required where parking abuts the street along Scaaf and Broadview Roads.  Contrary to Section 343.15(b)(2) a canopy is proposed less than 2 feet from the property line adjacent to Broadview Road and no structure, including a pump island may be built less than a 20 foot distance from the property line adjacent to the public right of way and two driveways are proposed along Schaaf and Broadview Roads with frontage of less than 130 feet, contrary to Section 343.18(a) where only one driveway is permitted on as lot of land that is less than 150 feet; and 4 additional parking spaces are required for auto repair at one space for every 500 square feet of gross floor area, according to the provisions of Section 349.04(g) of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances. (Filed 3-25-09)