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Request for a Minor Modification to the CUP for Bank of America
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board to consider approving a CUP Minor Modification request for Bank of America, located at 104 East Main Street. The request involves changing an existing drive-up lane with a drive-up automatic tell machine (ATM), and installing additional lights near the ATM for enhanced security.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, 918-7333
INFORMATION: Bank of America at 104 East Main Street recently submitted an application involving replacing an existing drive-up lane, near the Roberson Street side of the site, with a drive-up ATM (See attached). In further explanation, the site currently contains two drive-up service opportunities behind the main bank building. One lane is a drive-up window where the customer faces the bank employee behind a window; the other involves service via a pneumatic tube that goes to a second bank employee housed in the same outdoor service area. The current proposal would replace the pneumatic tube service lane with a drive-up ATM. The ATM will be placed on an existing concrete island. The other drive-up lane will remain in service as well. A walk-up ATM also exists on the site.
The above background information is also important to note because subsequent to construction of the bank, the Town amended the Land Use Ordinance to prohibit drive-up services in the downtown zoning districts. The LUO amendment caused this aspect of the Bank of America site to become nonconforming. Staff considered the matter at length and ultimately determined the requested change represents an evolution in technology, rather than an increase in the extent of nonconformity on the site. This conclusion was reached after considering that two drive-up service opportunities will exist before and after the change is made.
Also discussed and considered by staff was the question of how this ...
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