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6. E.
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| Board of Adjustment |
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| SUBMISSION DATA: |
REQUESTED CONDITIONAL USE:
Emergency service facilities
RELEVANT AUTHORITY:
Land Development Code of Escambia County, Florida (Ordinance 96-3 as amended), Section :Sec. 3-2.5(c)(2)c.
CRITERIA:
Land Development Code of Escambia County, Florida (Ordinance 96-3 as amended), Section 2-6.4
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| CRITERION (a) |
General compatibility. The proposed use can be conducted and operated in a manner that is compatible with adjacent properties and other properties in the immediate area.
FINDINGS-OF-FACT:
The proposed use can be conducted and operated in a manner that is compatible with adjacent and surrounding properties. Based on staff's research, the existing structure can be traced back to the year 1977, using aerial photographs. The volunteer fire fighting activities and operations have been conducted from this site for the past twenty years. |
| CRITERION (b) |
Facilities and services. Public facilities and services, especially those with adopted levels of service, will be available, will provide adequate capacity to serve the proposed use consistent with capacity requirements.
FINDINGS-OF-FACT:
Facilities and services are available on-site. The existing volunteer fire station building is connected to public services. |
| CRITERION (c) |
On-site circulation. Ingress to and egress from the site and its structures will be sufficient, particularly regarding vehicle and pedestrian safety and convenience, efficient traffic flow and control, on-site parking and loading, and emergency vehicle access.
FINDINGS-OF-FACT:
The Volunteer Fire Department has operated on-site without incidents; the capabilities of emergency vehicles to be seen and heard prior to entering the roads, facilitates ingress and egress into and from the property. The parcel location and site layout accommodate the current existing use. |
| CRITERION (d) |
Nuisances and hazards. The scale, intensity, and operation of the use will not generate unreasonable noise, glare, dust, smoke, odor, vibration, electrical interference, or other nuisances or hazards for adjoining properties and other properties in the immediate area.
FINDINGS-OF-FACT:
The existing Volunteer Fire Station has conducted operations from the site for many years. Some nuisances are expected from fire-emergency services operations to adjacent and surrounding parcels. It appears that there is an existing distance and natural vegetation buffer that minimize the impact on the majority of the surrounding residences; active emergency operations are intermittent in frequency and duration, thus minimizing some of the perceived nuisances. |
| CRITERION (e) |
Solid waste. All on site solid waste containers will be appropriately located for functional access, limited off-site visibility and minimal odor and other nuisance impacts.
FINDINGS-OF-FACT:
Solid waste containers on-site are appropriately located and create no nuisances.
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| CRITERION (f) |
Screening and buffering. Where not otherwise required by the LDC, screening and buffering will be provided if appropriate to the proposed use and site.
FINDINGS OF FACT:
The site has been used for volunteer emergency operations for many years. Existing vegetation does provide visual buffering to the East and North; the existing screening and buffering on-site accommodates the existing use. |
| CRITERION (g) |
Signs and lighting. All exterior signs and lights, whether attached or freestanding, will be compatible with adjoining properties and other properties in the immediate area, especially regarding glare and traffic safety.
FINDINGS OF FACT:
All existing lights are compatible with adjoining properties. There is no safety impact from existing lights or signs on the site. |
| CRITERION (h) |
Site characteristics. The size, shape, location and topography of the site appear adequate to accommodate the proposed use, including setbacks, intensity, bulk, height, open space and aesthetic considerations.
FINDINGS OF FACT:
As the Volunteer Fire Department has provided fire-emergency services to the community from this same location for the past thirty years, the site characteristics are adequate to accommodate the use. |
| CRITERION (i) |
Use requirements. The proposed use complies with any additional conditional use requirements of the applicable zoning district, use, or other provisions of the LDC.
FINDINGS OF FACT:
There are no additional conditional use requirements for the site.
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| STAFF FINDINGS |
| Staff finds that the applicant meets all of the requirements; therefore, staff recommends approval of the Conditional Use. |
| BOA DECISION |
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FINDINGS
The Board adopted staff's findings and approved the request as submitted.. |
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