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4. Property Owner:
Brett J. Folkerts
Address: 327 Hartford Drive Ames ` °a00'14
(Street) (City) ( (zip)
Telephone:515-450-4025 800-861-7320 888 39.4608
(Home) (Business) (Fax)
5. Applicant: Brett J. Folkerts
Address: 327 Hartford Drive Ames IA 50014
(Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
Telephone:515-450-4025 800-861-7320 888-339-4508
(Home) (Business) (Fax)
6. Contact Person: Joel A. Folkerts
Address: 2601 Yorkshire Street Ames IA 50014
(Street) (City) (Sago) (gyp)
Telephone:515-450-4025 800-861-7320 888-339-4508
(Home) (Business) (Fax)
E-mail address: Joel@eri-iowa.com
RECEIVED
3 MAY 102011
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
DEPT OF PLANNING & HOUSING
Application Form Last Updated:January 21,2011
7. This application is for the following Special Home Occupation (Phase check the appropriate
box.):
❑ Family day care home for the care of six or fewer preschool children and for the cage of
five or fewer school age children. The care of school age children shall be limited to
before and after school care for less than two hours at a time. Or in the alternative, a
day care home for the care of six or fewer adults
❑ Physicians and other licensed medical practitioners
❑ Barbershops and beauty parlors
❑ Small repair shops (including small appliances, mower repair, blade sharpening and
similar uses)
❑ Realtors
❑ Insurance agents
❑✓ Home professional offices, lawyers and members of similar professions, excluding
physicians and other licensed medical professionals
❑ All other activities not included on either the permitted or prohibited list
Please specify:
8. Please describe the proposed business, including the hours of operation.
My company is a vendor for Sony Medical and Mitsubishi Medical. We sell their
products to hospitals and clinics throughout the nation. Our hours of operation
are 7:OOAM to 6:OOPM with deliveries made between 8:30AM and 5:30PM.
This Special Home Occupation will not be granted unless sufficient facts are
presented with the application and at the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeftg to
support a finding that all the general and specific standards for,granting a Special
Home Occupation have been met.
Obtaining this Special Home Occupation Permit does not absolve the applicant from
obtaining all other applicable permits, such as Building Permits, IDOT access permits, et
cetera.
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1(We)certify that I(we)have submitted all the required information to apply for a Special Home
Occupation Permit and that the information is factual
Signed by: V Date:
( roperty Owner)
(Note: No other signature may be substituted for the Property Owner's Signature.)
and: Date:
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Application Form Last Updated January 21,2011
Special Home Occupation
Supporting Information
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted)
The Zoning Board of Adjustment can grant a Special Home Occupation only if all of the
following criteria are met. In order to facilitate review of this application for a Special Home
Occupation, the applicant must address each of the criteria set forth in.Section 29.1304(3)of the
Zoning Ordinance,which are listed below.
(Nate: The applicant's explanation of how the request meets each standard may be attached on
a separate sheet if sufficient space is not provided.)
Criteria for Special Home Occupations. The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall review each
application for the purpose of determining that all of the following criteria are met:
(a) Area to be Used.
(i) The activity shall be conducted in a manner that will not alter the normal residential
character of the premises or, in any way cause a nuisance to adjoining residents, or
shall there be any structural alteration to accommodate the occupation.There should
be no emission of smoke, dust, odor, fumes, glare, noises, vibration, electrical or
electronic disturbances detectable at the lot line that would exceed that normally
produced by a single residence. Special noise exceptions will be allowed for day-
care homes due to the nature of the clients using the facility. Please Indicate any
changes that will be made to the premises and identify any problems that may
be detectable at the lot line.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
No changes will be made to the premise that will impact neighboring residences.
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CITY OF AMES, IOWA
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Application Form Last Updated: January 21,2011
(ii) The activity shall be located within the principal building or within an accessory
structure. It shall occupy no more than 25% of the total floor area of the residence
and shall not exceed 400 square feet of an accessory building. Please indicate the
total floor area of the residence, the floor area involved In the home
occupation, and whether the home occupation will occupy an accessory
building.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Including the garage and the unfinished basement,the home's floor area is
4,032 square feet(sf). The business occupies 508 sf of the garage and 392 sf of
the unfinished basement yielding a total of 901 sf or 22%of the residence's floor
space.
(b) Signs.
Any sign utilized at the home occupation shall be limited to one flush-mounted sign
on the main residential structure, which shall not exceed one square foot in area.
Such sign shall not be Lighted and nonreflecting materials shall be used. The legend
shall show only the name of the occupant and the type of occupation. Color shall be
consistent with the residential character. Please indicate the size,type, color,and
location of any sign..
Explain how the request meets this standard.
We do not have any signs placed anywhere on the property.
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(c) Equipment
There shall be no mechanical equipment used except as customary for domestic
household purposes. Any merchandise or stock in trade sold, repaired, or displayed
shall be stored entirely within the residential structure or in any accessory building.
No storage is to be visible from lot lines. Please indicate the type of equipment to
be used.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
All of our products will be stored within the residence.
(d) Employment.
The activity shall employ only members of the household residing in the dwelling
unless approval for the employment of up to two(2) non-family members is granted
by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Please indicate who will be employed and
whether the employee resides in the dwelling.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The property and business is owned by Mr. Brett Folkerts. Brett's brother,Joel
Folkerts, also works at the company and resides at a home located in north
Ames.
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(e) Traffic.
Th
e activityshall not generate significantly greater traffic volumes than would
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normally be expected in a residential area. Not more than ten (10) vehicular visits
allowed per day shall be allowed. An exception to the number of visits allowed per
day may be permitted for family day care homes due to the number of children or
adults allowed on-site and the need for parent or caregiver contact during the day.
The delivery and pick up of materials or commodities to the premises by commercial
vehicles shall not interfere with the delivery of other services to the area.
Explain how the request meets this standard'_
On the typical day,we receive deliveries starting at 9:OOAM from UPS, U.S.
Postal Service,and FedEx.These deliveries are completed within five minutes
and do not interfere with the area traffic. In addition to deliveries,we have a
regular pick up from FedEx Air and FedEx Ground,which are normally both
completed by 5:30PM. Once a week, we may receive a shipment from Forward
Air that is completed within 15 minutes and does not disrupt the flow of traffic.
(f) Parking Criteria.
(i) Only one delivery vehicle associated with the activity may be parked on the street
near the premises for not more than four(4)consecutive hours.
(ii) One additional on-site parking space is required above the normal parking
requirement where two (2) or more clients are likely to visit the premises
concurrently.
(iii) No more than four (4) client vehicles during any given hour shall be allowed on the
site. This requirement shall not be construed to prohibit occasional exceptions for
such events as meetings, conferences, demonstrations, or similar events that are in
no way a nuisance to adjoining residences.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Section (i):As stated within section (e)above, delivery vehicles reside for no
longer than fifteen minutes.
Section (ii):We have ample parking within the driveway to accommodate two or
more clients.
Section (iii): Visiting vehicles are normally limited to courier vehicles described
above and arrive throughout the day.
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(g) Class Size.
If the home occupation is the type in which classes are held or instructions given,
there shall be no more than four(4) students or pupils at any given time. The Board
may approve up to six (6) students if it finds that the additional students will not
generate additional traffic. Day-care homes may have up to six(6)children or adults
at a time. Additional children or adults will require a Special Use Permit for a day-
care center.
Explain how the proposal meets these criteria.
We do not offer classes or instruction.
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(h) Number of Home Occupations.
The total number of home occupations within a dwelling unit is not limited, except
that the cumulative impact of all home occupations conducted within the dwelling unit
shall not be greater than the impact of one home occupation. This will be determined
by using the"Home Occupation Criteria".
Explain how the proposal meets these criteria.
The only home occupation housed at this property is ERI,which is described
throughout this document.
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Special Home Occupation
Special Houle Occupation Permit Site Plan Checklist
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted)
The applicant shall submit a Site Plan, drawn to scale, that clearly shows the property for
which a Special Home Occupation is being sought The Site Plan shall be a reproducible,
black line drawing on a sheet of paper no larger than 11"x17'. If the prayect for which the
Special Home Occupation is sought is a single-family or a two-family dwelling, or other
use exempt from the requirement for a "Site Development Plan'; then the Site Plan shall
include, at a minimum,the following information:
❑ Dimensioned property lines
❑ Abutting streets and alleys
❑ Location and size of all existing and proposed buildings and structures (include distances to
all property lines and distances between buildings and structures)
❑ Required setbacks
❑ Driveways and parking areas,fully-dimensioned
❑ Other pertinent information necessary to fully understand the need for a Special Home
Occupation Permit (e.g: significant change in topography, location and size of mature trees,
etc.)
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Special Home Occupation
Permission to Place a "Zoning Action Pending"
Sign on Private Property
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted)
Section 29.1500(2)(d)(iii) of the Zoning Ordinance, requires that notice shall be posted by the
City on signs posted on the subject property. One sign shall be posted for ea6ft is
street frontage. Required signs shall be posted along the perimeter of the subject " ot
locations that are highly visible from adjacent public streets not less than seven M dos poldr
to the meeting or hearing, unless otherwise prescribed by statute.
The owner of property at 327 Hartford Dr, Ames, IA 50014 hereby grants the City of Ame
permission to place Zoning Action Pending"signs on the property for the purpose of informing`'' g
interested persons of the request for action by the City of Ames.
I understand that the signs will be placed on the property several days prior to action on the request by
the Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment, or the City Council,and may remain
on the property until the request has been approved or denied by the City.
Signed by: Date: w
(Property Owner)
..Note: No other signature may be substituted for the Property Owner's Signature.)
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