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ITEM NO.: 1 Z-10268
File No.: Owner: Applicant: Address: Description: Zoned:
Variance Requested:
Justification:
Z-10268
The Desselle Family Trust Susan Desselle
5801 Stonewall Road
Lot 142, Forest Heights Place Addition R-2
A variance is requested from the area provisions of Section 36-254 to allow a carport addition with a reduced side setback.
The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter.
Present Use of Property: Single Family Residential Proposed Use of Property: Single Family Residential STAFF REPORT
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
In October 2020 the City adopted the “Heights Landscape Design Overlay District,” requiring installation of one tree per 40 linear feet of street frontage within the Heights District
Boundary, applicable to [among other types] residential construction in excess of 600 square feet.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments.
Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property located at 5801 Stonewall Road is occupied by a one-story frame single family residence. The property is located at the southwest corner of
APRIL 16, 2026
ITEM NO.: 1 Z-10268
Stonewall Road and North Pierce Street and connects to Kavanaugh Blvd. along the south perimeter of the lot. A paved access drive connects to Stonewall Road at the Northwest corner of
the lot and extends south to a paved parking area.
The applicant proposes to construct a one-story carport addition over the existing parking pad, as noted on the attached site plan. The proposed carport addition will be 19 feet by 22
feet in area, and will be unenclosed on its north, south and west sides. The carport addition will be located 1.5 feet from the west side property line and 29 feet from the front (north)
property line.
Section 36-254(d)(2) of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum side setback of six (6) feet for this R-2 zoned lot. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow
the proposed carport addition with a side setback of 1.5 feet.
Staff is supportive of the requested side-setback variance. Staff views the request as reasonable and believes the addition is generally in conformance with the development pattern
in the Heights neighborhood and nearby area. Staff supports a minimum side setback of 1.5 feet with the overhang (including guttering) being allowed to extend to the side property line.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested side yard setback reduction to allow the carport structure to be rebuilt upon the existing footprint on or near the west property line as
outlined in the staff analysis and per the following conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
2. Install trees, at the time of building permit, in accordance with the Heights Design Overlay District requirements.
3. Guttering must be provided, if the slope dictates, to prohibit water run-off onto the adjacent property to the west.