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City Board of Adjustment
- Meeting Date:
- 07/06/2016
- SUBJECT
- City Variance #1232- 549 Wheatstone Dr. South
- THROUGH:
- Candi Millar
- PRESENTED BY:
- Karen Husman
Information
REQUEST
Variance 1232 – 549 Wheatstone – Side Setback – A variance request from 27-308 requiring a minimum side setback of 8 feet for a 2-story structure to allow a minimum side setback of 6 feet 5 inches (6’5”), in a Planned Development zone with underlying zoning of Residential 9,600 (PD-R96), on Lot 1, Block 19, Harvest Subdivision, 3rd Filing, a 7,090 square foot parcel of land. The proposed variance is to allow the owner to add a second story over the existing attached garage. Tax ID: C09694. Presented by Karen Husman, Planner I.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff is recommending conditional approval.
APPLICATION DATA
OWNERS: Victor and Minta Sisk
AGENT: None
PURPOSE: To reduce the minimum side setback of 8 feet for a 2-story structure to allow 6’5” feet
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 1, Block 19, Harvest Subdivision, 3rd Filing
ADDRESS: 549 Wheatstone Drive South
EXISTING LAND USE: Residential Single Family
PROPOSED LAND USE: Residential Single Family
EXISTING ZONING: PUD (underlying zoning R-96)
AGENT: None
PURPOSE: To reduce the minimum side setback of 8 feet for a 2-story structure to allow 6’5” feet
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 1, Block 19, Harvest Subdivision, 3rd Filing
ADDRESS: 549 Wheatstone Drive South
EXISTING LAND USE: Residential Single Family
PROPOSED LAND USE: Residential Single Family
EXISTING ZONING: PUD (underlying zoning R-96)
CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS
None
APPLICABLE ZONING HISTORY
Records show there has been one variance granted in this subdivision for an arterial setback from 70’ to allow 63.5’.
SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING
NORTH: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Single Family
SOUTH: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Single Family
EAST: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Multi Family
WEST: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Single Family
Land Use: Residential Single Family
SOUTH: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Single Family
EAST: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Multi Family
WEST: Zoning: PUD
Land Use: Residential Single Family
BACKGROUND
The applicant is requesting a variance from 27-308 requiring a minimum side setback of 8 feet for a 2-story structure to allow a minimum side setback of 6 feet 5 inches (6’5”), in a Planned Development zone with underlying zoning of Residential 9,600 (PD-R96), on Lot 1, Block 19, Harvest Subdivision, 3rd Filing, a 7,090 square foot parcel of land.
The proposed variance is to allow the owner to add a second story over the existing attached garage. This additional living space would create more room for a growing family. They would like to put the outside wall on the north side of the garage in line with the existing wall. Placing the wall where the zoning requires at 8 feet would possibly jeopardize the structural integrity of the wall.
Planning staff has reviewed this application and is forwarding a recommendation of conditional approval for a variance to allow a minimum side setback of 6 feet 5 inches (6’5”).
The proposed variance is to allow the owner to add a second story over the existing attached garage. This additional living space would create more room for a growing family. They would like to put the outside wall on the north side of the garage in line with the existing wall. Placing the wall where the zoning requires at 8 feet would possibly jeopardize the structural integrity of the wall.
Planning staff has reviewed this application and is forwarding a recommendation of conditional approval for a variance to allow a minimum side setback of 6 feet 5 inches (6’5”).
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff is recommending conditional approval of City Variance #1232 based on the criteria for variances.