HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-9557 1014 Beechwood Street BOA Staff Report-PLN-GCFEBRUARY 18, 2021
ITEM NO. 6 Z-9557
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File No.: Z-9557
Owner: Eliot Seven Holdings LLC, Attn: Anthony & Kimberly Gary
Applicant: Hope Consulting, Inc., Attn: Jonathan Hope
Address: 1014 Beechwood Street
Description: Lot 4, Block 9, Hillcrest Addition
Zoned: R-2 (Single-Family District)
Variance Requested: A variance is requested from the area provisions of Section
36-156 to permit more than thirty (30) percent coverage of
the rear yard for an accessory building.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached
letter dated October 14, 2020.
Present Use: R-2, Single Family Residential
Proposed Use: R-2, Single Family Residential
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comment.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comment.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comment.
D. Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property is located in the Hillcrest Overlay District at 1014
Beechwood Street and occupied by a one-story single-family frame home. The
adjacent and surrounding properties are also occupied by single family residences
with a larger parcel to the east zoned R-2 CUP that houses the Congregation B’nai
Israel. The home to the north is a similar single-story home with alley access and on
street parking located at the front of the property. The rear yard of the subject
property is accessed from the alley on the west side of the property while the front
of the home faces Beechwood Street. An existing planter and privacy fence are
placed adjacent to the north property line and the survey indicates a retaining wall
on the south property line.
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
ITEM NO. 6 Z-9557
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The applicant is proposing to install an in-ground swimming pool with an associated
deck in the rear yard where an existing driveway is presently located off of the alley.
The applicant has stated that the location for this accessory structure has been
chosen due to the existing utilities further east towards the residence and to
maximize green space of the back yard.
The rear yard space is approximately 3785 square feet in area and is currently
occupied with an existing 320 square foot shed structure, and 165 square feet of
sidewalk. The proposed pool and associated deck are indicated on the site plan to
provide an additional 870 square feet of non-permeable area. The existing structures
and proposed pool addition will yield approximately thirty-six (36) percent of
coverage of the rear yard exceeding the maximum code allowance of thirty (30)
percent.
The proposed pool deck will be located on the north and west property lines with an
approximate three (3) feet of surface before reaching the pool edge. The rest of the
pool is surrounded with an additional three (3) foot concrete edge and larger
concrete deck approximately nine (9) feet in width between the pool and existing
shed. The proposed pool in the northwest corner of the property is set approximately
forty-five (45) feet from the back of the house.
Section 36-156(a)(2)c states, “Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through
R-4A districts… may not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the required rear
yard area... Swimming pools and all appurtenant structures both above ground and
below grade of adjacent yard area shall be construed to be accessory structures
and conform to the standards of this section…”
The proposed in-ground pool would have less of an impact on the surrounding
properties than an above ground structure. This proposal is similar to other
neighborhood installations, and presents no foreseeable adverse effects to the
neighboring residences.
E. Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the requested thirty-six (36) percent coverage
variance per the attached site plan, subject to a building permit being obtained for
all construction.