? Consent Agenda ?Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
? Regular Business 5:30 pm
? Public Hearing Resolution
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Tara Wilson
PRESENTED BY: John Osborne
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Resolution / Chapman Family Partnership, LLP / VAR-0006-2025
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to approve/deny the request for a variance for Chapman Family Partnership, LLP
SUMMARY:
The applicant has requested a variance to allow for a 75-foot setback from the north property line and a 203-foot setback from the west property line, where a 300-foot setback is required for each within a Type IV excavation, with Special Exception (USE-0068-2021) and Preliminary Type IV excavation (USE-0067-2021) approval (Res. 2023-27). The proposed stockpile area and proposed recharge ditches do not meet the required setbacks in Section 20-1007(b) of the LDR and the applicant has requested a variance from the following code provision:
Sec. 20-1007(b)(1) - 300 feet from any property line
The applicant provided a Narrative citing specific regulations in the LDRs and justifications for the variance request.
BACKGROUND:
A Special Exception and Preliminary Type IV Excavation applications (USE-0067-2021 and USE-0068-2021) were approved with conditions by the DeSoto County Board of County Commissioners on February 28, 2023 (Resolution 2023-027) for a 20-acre excavation area on the 160-acre site. One of the conditions required that the Final Construction plan to illustrate required setbacks consistent with Sec. 20-1007.
Thereafter, an application for the Final Excavation Plans (Improvement Plan) to implement the preliminary Type IV Excavation approval (USE-0067-2021) was received in the Development Department on March 10, 2023, for a proposed excavation on 160 acres with a 35.6-acre project area and a 20-acre excavation.
Chapman Family Partnership, LLLP, the property owner, has proposed a variance which would permit the development of the Type IV excavation with t...
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