HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Use Permit to Operate a Social Service Provider at 803-805 Dickinson AvenueCITY OF AMES, IOWA
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTME
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF ASSAULT CARE CENTER EXTENDING
SHELTER & SUPPORT FOR A SPECIAL
USE PERMIT, §29.1503(4), AMES
MUNICIPAL CODE, TO OPEI2ATE A
SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDER ON THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 803-805
DICKINSON AVENUE.
FACTS
CASE NO. 16-08
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CITY CLUK
(,'.EOCOI)E NO. 09-07-425-080
DECISION & ORDER
The Assault Care Center E'xtending Shelter and Support (ACC FISS) proposes to purchase the
property located at 803-805 Dickinson Avenue as an emergency shelter location for victims of
crime. The property is zoned as 1W (Residential Medium Density) which allows "social service
providers" with the approval of Special Use Permit by the Zoning Board ofAdJusti-nent. Angie
Shreck represented ACCESS. City Planner Ray Anderson appeared and provided a staff report.
Social Service Providers are defined in Table 29.501 (4)-5 of the Municipal Code: "Social
Service Provider uses (SSPs) are primarily engaged in providing on -site Counseling, meals or
shelter beds for free or at significantly below market rates. Uses that provide Im on -site as an
Accessory Use are not included if the service is provided f'(-,wer than 3 days a week. For example,
a church that provides a free or low-cost meal once a week would not be classified as air SSI)
use." One of the uses listed under Social Service provider is "Shelter, temporary or permanent."
On average, to qualify as a social service provider, the average length oil' stay must be sixty days,
or less. When inhabitants of home are in place for more than sixty days such a use is classified
as "group living", which has different zoning standards. The shelter use is proposed as a
maximum of three unrelated adults or "heads of households" if a child was part of' the service
with an adult. If they are individual adults there will be one per bedroom. The combination of
both units' services would allow for approximately 10 beds for use by Occupants when
considering the potential rnix of` individuals and households. There will also be a staff member
present on -site 24 hours a day.
The property is a corner lot southwest of` the intersection of' Dickinson. Avenue and Twain Street
The property includes 12,236 square feet, and is occupied by a split foyer duplex, constructed in
1997, with two attached 2-car garages. E'ach of' the two dwelling units includes an upper level
and a lower level, with approximately 900 square feet on each level, for a total of approximately
1,800 total square 1eet of gross floor area in each unit. Each unit has a living room, dining room,
kitchen, bedroom and a bathroom with tub and/or shower on the upper level, and a family room,
two bedrooms, one bathroom with tub arid/or shower, and one half -bath, on the lower level. t"ach
dwelling unit is currently used as a rental, and has a Rental I IOUSing better ofCornpliancc for
four years, expiring in December, 2018. As a rental property it is restricted to a maximum
occupancy of one family or three unrelated adults, as defined within the City's Zoning
Ordinance. There are four off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit. Two garage spaces,
and two spaces on the double -wide driveway in front of the garage. One garage and dwelling
unit is accessed from Dickinson Avenue, and the other from Twain Street. ']'he applicant
proposes no site changes with the Special Use Perinit application and no additional parking is
required tor the property since the minimum parking requirement is two spaces per unit, and
each unit has four spaces on the property.
Staff recommended approval, with a condition of no more than ten total beds and occupancy
limits of one unrelated adult per bedroom or combination of heads of households with children.
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The Board considers the requirements and standards in Section 29.1 503(4)(a,b and e) of' the
Ames Municipal ode, and also considers the facts as outline above, and the testimony and
exhibits, and determines that the Special Use Permit shall be granted, with conditions that there
shall be no more than 10 total beds, and limits of one unrelated adult per bedroom or
combination ofhcads ofhouseholds with children.
ORDER
WHEREFORE, 11' IS ORDERED that the applicant is GRANT11,1) section 29.1503(4) of the
Ames Municipal Code, a Special Use Permit, with conditions, to operate as a social set -vices
provider at the property located at 803-805 Dickinson Avenue.
Any person desiring to appeal this decision to a court of'record may do so within 30 days after
the filing of this decision.
Done this 13th day of :July, 2016.
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Flirt Cain Matthew Koehler
Secretary to the Board Vice Chair