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Memorializing the City Council's decision of May 25, 2016 granting the appeal of Gary Findell and Jim Erchul to a decision of Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) denying requested variances needed to construct a new single family dwelling with a two-car attached garage at 427 Mount Ida Street.
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WHEREAS, on March 14, 2016, in DSI Zoning File No. 16-021085, Gary Findell and Jim Erchul, on behalf of Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services (the “Applicant’s”), applied for variances from the strict application of the provisions of Legislative Code §§ 63.110 and 63.501 in order to construct a new two-story, single-family dwelling on property commonly known as 427 Mount Ida Street [PIN No. 322922220018] and legally described as Swanstroms Re L10 11 B8 Warren Lot 5; and
WHEREAS, the Applicants sought variances from Leg. Code § 63.110(a)’s design standards which require the primary entrance to single-family dwellings to be located within the front third of the structures, be off of a front porch, foyer, courtyard or similar architectural feature, and be set back at least 8 feet from the side lot line. Applicants proposed to locate the primary entrance at the middle of the dwelling’s west side façade, beyond its front third. The Applicants proposed entrance also lacked architectural features and was only setback 5 feet from the side lot line. Leg. Code § 63.501 limits the width of a garage door facing a public street to not more than 60% of the width of the dwelling. Applicants proposed dwelling was 22-feet wide and featured a tuck-under garage. The width of the garage door was 14 feet or 64% of the dwelling’s width thus requiring a variance of 4 %; and
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2016 the Board of Zoning Appeals (“BZA”), pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.601, duly conducted a public hearing pursuant on the said variance application where all persons interested were afforded the opportunity to be heard and, at the close of the public portion of the hearing, and foll...
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