Salina zoning board to consider setback variance for Bailey Road distribution facility addition

The Salina Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19.

The board will hold a public hearing on Application #V26-007, filed by Mike McCall on behalf of Pestinger Real Estate, LLC, requesting a front yard setback variance of 15 feet along Scanlan Avenue, from the 35-foot minimum required by Salina Code Sec. 42-350 to 20 feet.

The variance would allow construction of a 13,670-square-foot addition to the existing beverage distribution facility at 1825 Bailey Road, at the southeast corner of Bailey Road and Arnold Avenue. The property is zoned I-1 (Industrial Park District).

The addition is intended to provide interior loading and maneuvering space for large delivery trucks. Because Scanlan Avenue runs at an angle to the building, only a triangular area of about 244 square feet at the northeast corner of the addition would fall within the required front yard.

The property has street frontage on Bailey Road, Arnold Avenue and Scanlan Avenue, so it is subject to front yard setbacks on three sides.

City planning staff recommends approval subject to conditions, including that the variance be limited to the addition shown on the submitted site plan. Staff also suggested the board ask the applicant how trucks will exit the east side of the addition and why the addition could not be shortened or redesigned to meet the 35-foot setback.

A separate petition to vacate a platted utility easement under the south side of the proposed addition has been filed. The easement must be vacated before a building permit can be issued.