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Posted: October 09, 2025
Rapid City
Agenda Item Summary

Agenda Item Ref. #: 25VA013 - Buckingham Addition

Agenda Item Title:

25VA013 - Variance to reduce minimum lot size of proposed Lot 3A from 20,000 square feet to 11,500 square feet; to reduce the rear yard setback on proposed Lot 3A from 25 feet to 12.1 feet; to reduce the side yard setbacks from 25 feet to 13.4 feet on proposed Lot 3A and from 25 feet to 12.2 feet on proposed Lot 3B; to increase the maximum lot coverage from 75% to 95% on proposed Lot 3A and from 75% to 96% on proposed Lot 3B; and to reduce the landscaping requirements as follows: from 38,519 to 25,379 on proposed Lot 2A, from 36,306 to 23,499 on proposed Lot 2B, from 7,462 to 4,000 on proposed Lot 3A, and from 31,325 to 8,402 on proposed Lot 3B.

Origination Group:
Planning Commission
Origination Meeting Date:
10/09/2025
Petitioner:
Longbranch Civil Engineering, Inc International Church of the Foursquare
Staff Contact:
Tanner Halonen, Current Planner III
Location:
Southeast of the intersection of N. Cherry Avenue and E. Philadelphia Street
Agenda Item Summary:
On June 6, 2025, the Planning Commission approved a Preliminary Subdivision Plan (File #25PL037) to create two commercial lots to be known as proposed Lots 2A and 2B on the property currently addressed as 927 E. Philadelphia Street and to create two industrial lots to be known as proposed Lots 3A and 3B on the property currently addressed as 1001 E. Philadelphia Street. The property addressed as 927 E. Philadelphia Street contains a church on proposed Lot 2B and a storage building that is currently used by the church and a social services organization on proposed Lot 2A. The property addressed as 1001 E. Philadelphia Street contains an office building for the church on proposed Lot 3A and a storage building that is currently occupied by a general contractor on proposed Lot 3B. The purpose of the proposed plat is to separate the two storage buildings from the church and church offices and transfer ownership of the storage buildings. The separation will be accomplished by two new lot lines one of which will run north and south between the church and the commercial storage building, and the other will run east and west between the office building and the industrial storage building. The new common lot between the office building and the industrial storage building will turn north and south to provide street frontage to install a new two-inch water service for the industrial storage building. Variances are required as part of platting if the proposed plat either increases an existing non-conformity or creates a new non-conformity. There are a number of legal non-conformities existing on these properties that are unaffected by the plat and can continue to exist within the new lot configurations. The new non-conformities created as a result of the proposed plat are: • The size of proposed lot for the church offices is less than the minimum required; • The setback from the church offices to the proposed common lot lines are less than the minimum requirement; • The setback to the industrial storage building to the proposed common lot line is less than the minimum requirement; • The proposed lot configurations change the lot coverage calculations and as a result the coverage of the buildings and parking areas on the proposed industrial lots exceed the maximum permitted; and, • The proposed lot configurations change the landscape calculations and as a result there is an insufficient amount of existing landscaping on each of the proposed lots. To create the proposed lots, the applicant must resolve the non-conformities either by revising the plat to meet the minimum requirements, or by obtaining Variances. The purpose of this application is to request Variances to: • Reduce the minimum lot size of proposed Lot 3A from 20,000 square feet to 11,500 square feet; • Reduce the side yard setbacks from 25 feet to 13.4 feet on proposed Lot 3A and from 25 feet to 12.2 feet on proposed Lot 3B; • Reduce the rear setback on proposed Lot 3A from 25 feet to 12.1 feet; • Increase the maximum lot coverage from 75% to 95% on proposed Lot 3A and from 75% to 96% on proposed Lot 3B; and, • Reduce the minimum landscaping requirement as follows: from 38,519 to 25,379 on proposed Lot 2A, from 36,306 to 23,499 on proposed Lot 2B, from 7,462 to 4,000 on proposed Lot 3A, and from 31,325 to 8,402 on proposed Lot 3B. If approved, these Variances will allow the applicant to plat the properties as proposed and subsequently transfer ownership of the storage buildings.

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Funding Cost Center

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Action:
Approve
Origination Recommendation Notes:
Zoning Board of Adjustment Continued to the October 9, 2025 ZBOA Meeting: 9/25/2025; Zoning Board of Adjustment Approved based on Special Criteria, Min Adjustment and Not-Injurious to neighborhood

Attachments & Links to Download:

25VA013 Project Report

25VA013 Attachments

 

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