HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4057 Staff AnalysisAugust 15, 1983
Item No. 3 - Z-4057
Owner: Claude and Emily Arrington
Address: 5814 Southwick Drive
Description: Lot 9, Section A, Southgate Subdivision
Zoned: "R-2" Single Family District
variance
Requested: Rear yard setback provisions of Section
7-101.2 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Justification:
The owner states five reasons for hardship. These are: (1)
To Provide a workshop for leisure hours which are
unconventional due to employment which is set at four
12 -hour days followed by four days off. (2) To relocate
noise generating activities within the household to provide
for day sleeping when on night shift. (3) Alternate plans
considered would require loss of the only two shade trees
remaining. This plan would afford a yard use area shaded by
either the trees or the house all day. (4) Mrs. Arrington
has an orthopedic problem which.. -makes steps and inclines
difficult. She has had numerous falls, and this possibility
would be reduced if an at grade relationship exists between
the structures by way of the enclosed connecting passage.
(5) The reconstruction and repair of several portions of the
house would be accomplished at the same time, and it would
be more economical to finance them all at the same time.
Present Use of
the Property: Residence
Proposed Use of
the Property: Same with additional floor space.
STAFF REPORT
A. Engineering Issues:
There are none apparent as this lot is in a recently
developed subdivision (20 years +). It is on a flat
area with no drainage or street problems apparent.
August 15, 1983
Item No. 3 - Continued
B. Staff Analvsis:
The staff view of this request is that the use and
structure intended for construction imposed no adverse
relationships upon the block. The only reason this
matter is before the Board is to deal with a closed
connection between the house and proposed shop which
could be constructed as an accessory building. The
24' x 30' shop is intruding into the rear yard less
than the allowable 30 percent of area coverage for such
buildings. As to the hardship stated, we feel that
perhaps only one is truly a hardship and that is the
physical impairment. This is sufficient in our view to
allow the 12' x 30' connection.
C. Staff Recommendation:
We recommend approval of the request as filed but would
include a caution within our recommendation that the
structure as proposed is entirely appropriate for
conversion to a dwelling unit at some future time. We
would:recommend.that the Board's approval include a
prohibition of such activity.
BOARD ACTION:
The applicant was present and briefly addressed the Board.
There were no objectors present. The Board, after a brief
discussion, voted to approve the application as submitted by
a vote of 5 ayes, 0 noes, 3 absent and 1 open position.