HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7051-A Staff ReportMARCH 18, 2021
ITEM NO. 3 Z-7051-A
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File No.: Z-7051-A
Owners: Jeff Fuller Homes LLC
Applicant: Jeff Fuller
Address: 2400 N. Taylor Street
Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 32, Parkview Addition
Zoned: R-2
Present Use: Vacant
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from area regulations of Section 36-
254 to allow a reduced rear yard setback in the R-2 district;
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached
letter dated December 20, 2020.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
C. Building Codes Comments:
In October 2020 the City adopted the “Heights Landscape Design Overlay District,”
requiring installation of one (1) tree per forty (40) linear feet of street frontage
within the Heights District Boundary, applicable to [among other types] residential
construction in excess of 600 square feet.
D. Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property at 2400 N. Taylor Street is located within a predominantly
R-2 zoned neighborhood, within the Heights Landscape Design Overlay District.
This overlay district generally has no bearing on the subject variance requests. The
site was previously occupied by a small one-story single-family home and detached
garage/shed accessory building. The lot is on the northwest corner of N. Taylor and
V Streets and approximately forty-seven (47) feet in width and 148 feet in length.
The previous home fronted N. Taylor Street with the accessory structure located
behind the residence at the rear of the property and a partial two-car asphalt pad
connecting V Street to the structure.
MARCH 18, 2021
ITEM NO. 3 Z-7051-A
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Since the filing of this application the existing structures have been razed and the
property cleared. The applicant proposes a new two-story single-family home and
attached garage. The new home will expand the footprint of the previous residence
from approximately 1400 square feet to a total of 5383 square feet square foot which
will include a three-car garage and covered porch. The length of this primary
structure will be approximately 112 linear feet and maintain the twenty-five (25) foot
front yard setback. However, the proposed length of the addition will expand into the
twenty-five (25) foot rear yard setback approximately seventeen (17) feet reducing
this required twenty-five (25)-foot width to eight (8) feet. If this were an accessory
structure (detached) it would be permitted in the rear yard, with setbacks as narrow
as three (3) feet and with no variance.
Section 36-254(d)(3) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum rear
setback of twenty-five (25) feet. The applicant requests a variance to allow the
extension of the structure seventeen (17) feet into the rear yard setback.
Staff finds the request to generally be in conformance with the development
pattern in the Heights neighborhood and nearby area. Based on the above
assessment and analysis, staff finds the requested variances to be reasonable.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard setback reduction from
twenty-five (25) feet to a minimum of eight (8) feet with the following conditions:
1. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permitting, in
accordance with Heights Landscape Design Overlay District requirements.