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Memorializing the City Council's decision of June 1, 2016 denying an appeal by Andrew Rorvig and Amanda Karls of the decision of the BZA which granted variances for the construction of an 8-unit apartment building at 1174 Grand Avenue.
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WHEREAS, on February 22, 2016, Ryan Burke, d/b/a “BleuAnt Designs, LLC” (“Applicant”), in DSI Zoning File No. 16-012819, duly applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals (“BZA”) for several variances from from the strict application of the provisions of Legislative Code §§ 66.231 and 66.232, pertaining to required yard setbacks and maximum allowable lot coverages, in order to construct an eight-unit apartment building on land commonly known as 1174 Grand Avenue, [PIN No. 032823410039] and legally described as Manson and Simontons addition W ½ Of Lot 3 And All Of Lot 4 Blk 3; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is located in an RM2 zoning district and Appellant’s application sought the following four variances from the RM2 district’s standards:
(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/22 feet proposed at the southeast corner to accommodate a stair tower and a trash enclosure for a variance of 3 feet;
(3) Side yard setback: 9 feet required/7.5 feet proposed from both the east and west property lines for a variance of 1.5 feet along each side yard;
(4) Lot coverage maximum: 35% building footprint allowed [or 3,339 square feet of the subject lot]/ 47.5 % building footprint proposed [or 4,528 square feet of the subject lot] for a variance of 12.5 % [1,189 square feet]; and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2016, the BZA, pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.601, duly conducted a public hearing on the said variance requests where all persons interested were afforded an opportunity to be heard and, upon the close of the public portion of the hearing and upon further discussion, the BZA moved to continue their deliberations to March 28, 2016 so that sta...
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