03 Reasons for Relief 3234966 Rev 12 10 2025

2 3234966.2 100724-109634 3. § 25-8.1.b.: The minimum setback of an accessory use abutting a residential district is 10 feet. Applicant proposes parking with a setback of 5 feet (an improvement of the existing condition, which is zero feet). 4. § 25-8.2: Yard encroachments by accessory structures are not permitted. Applicant proposes a trash enclosure in the Mt. Pleasant Place front yard. 5. § 25-8.4.d.: In all nonresidential districts, a fence or wall to be used for screening may not exceed six feet in height. Applicant is proposing an 8- foot high screen wall. 6. § 25-8.15: Screening of utility structures is required, on three sides. Applicant proposes a transformer on a pad, within a service area, which is largely blocked from public view but does not provide landscape screening. 7. § 25-12.3.a.1.: A minimum of four loading spaces are required. Applicant proposes two loading spaces (compared to one existing). 8. § 25-14.3: A minimum illumination of 2.0 foot-candles is required within B- 2 Zone parking areas. Applicant is proposing foot-candle levels between 0.5 and 2.0 within certain portions of the parking areas. 9. § 25-14.4.l: A maximum canopy projection of 6’-0” is permitted. Applicant is proposing a canopy projection of 8’-7”, including a canopy-mounted sign (the existing canopy projects 8”-0”, so the increase is solely due to the sign). 10. § 25-14.4.l: The maximum canopy sign height is 8”. Applicant proposes a canopy sign height of 1’-6”. Bulk or “c” Variances As per the above enumeration, many of the requested the bulk or “c” variances required by the project pertain to existing nonconformities which the Applicant proposes to improve. Applicant seeks relief both under the hardship standard, where applicable, as well as under the benefits outweigh the detriments or “flexible c” criteria. Improvements of Existing Nonconforming Conditions The project proposes to slightly reduce impervious coverage, thereby bringing it closer to conformity; to maintain and reconfigure existing parking in the front yard and at an improved (but still deficient) setback to the abutting residential district, including by restriping so that parking spaces in this area are conforming to dimensional requirements; to construct a trash enclosure in the Mt. Pleasant Place front yard to house two existing and unsightly dumpsters, at the request of the Site Plan Review Advisory

nforming to dimensional requirements; to construct a trash enclosure in the Mt. Pleasant Place front yard to house two existing and unsightly dumpsters, at the request of the Site Plan Review Advisory Board; and to increase the number