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Memorializing the decision of the Council to grant the Summit Hill Association's appeal from a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals granting variances to construct a multi-family dwelling at 1174 Grand Avenue.
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WHEREAS, Ryan Burke, d/b/a Bleuant Designs LLC (“Applicant”), applied to the Board of Zoning and Appeals (“BZA”) under BZA File No. 15-163947 seeking variances from the strict application of the Zoning Code’s dimensional standards for residential districts under Leg. Code § 66.231 and the Code’s lot coverage standard under Leg. Code § 66.232 for that property commonly known as 1174 Grand Avenue and legally described as Manson And Simonton’s Addition W ½ Of Lot 3 And All of Lot 4 Blk 3 [PIN No. 032823410039]; and
WHEREAS, at the Applicant’s request, the subject property had recently been rezoned from “BC” community business to “RM2” multiple family and the Applicant now sought the said variances for the purpose of constructing an eight-unit, multi-family residential structure with enclosed parking on the subject property; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant, in order to construct the proposed structure as designed, requested four variances: (1) front yard setback: 23.4 feet required, 22 feet proposed for a variance of 1.4 feet; (2) rear yard setback: 25 feet required, 19 feet proposed for a variance of 6 feet; (3) side yard setback: 9 feet required, 7.5 feet proposed for a variance of 1.5 feet along the east- as well as the west-side property lines; (4) lot coverage (“building footprint”): 35% maximum permitted [here 3,339 sq. ft.] and 51.4% [4,905 sq. ft.] proposed for a variance of 16.4% [1,566 sq. ft.]; and
WHEREAS, on October 12, 2015 and pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.601, the BZA duly conducted a public hearing on the said variance applications where all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard and, at the close of the public hearing, the BZA, based upon all the files and records, including the BZA staff report and all t...
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