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• <br />• <br />• <br />3. That the hardship is not due to economic considerations alone if <br />reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the <br />ordinance. <br />Staff considers reasonable use of the property to be continued <br />use of the site as an auto body repair shop. <br />4. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant <br />any special privilege that would be denied by this ordinance to other <br />lands, structures, or buildings in the same district. <br />The ordinance does not allow expansion of non - conforming <br />structures anywhere in the city, and approving an expansion of <br />this non - conforming structure would grant a special privilege to <br />this applicant. <br />5. That the proposed actions will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of <br />the ordinance. <br />The intent of the non- conforming section of the ordinance is to <br />bring all non - conforming uses and buildings into conformance <br />with the ordinance over time. Allowing expansion of non- <br />conforming uses or structures will only serve to prolong the <br />timeline for conformity. <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />A public hearing notice was printed in the Quad Community Press on June 29, <br />2010, and direct mailings were sent out to 49 property owners within 600 feet of <br />the subject site on June 28, 2010. <br />PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD <br />On July 14, 2010 the Planning and Zoning Board held a public hearing and after <br />discussion voted to recommend denial of the requests. <br />-68- <br />KI Auto <br />Page 17 of 22 <br />