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Date: September 12, 2024
Document Log
Any written comments or documents received after the agenda packet was published are listed here.
Unless otherwise stated, these documents are included in the online “Supplemental Documents” for this meeting.
DISCUSSION AGENDA:
4.APPEAL ZBA240023
•Citizen emails/letters:
o One email was received in support of the variance request. A copy
of the email is included on page 2 of the Document Log.
GENERAL CITIZEN EMAILS/LETTERS:
•NONE RECIVED
EXHIBITS RECEIVED DURING HEARING:
NONE RECEIVED
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From:Noah Beals
To:Kory Katsimpalis
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] comments on APPEAL ZBA240023
Date:Tuesday, September 10, 2024 3:25:13 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Hoover <rsh@naturalbridge.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 1:59 PM
To: Noah Beals <nbeals@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] comments on APPEAL ZBA240023
> APPEAL ZBA240023 Address:
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> Owner: Petitioner: Zoning District: Code Section:
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> 509 Remington St
> Kevin and Dawn Buffington
> Taylor Meyer, VFLA Architecture + Interiors OT-C 3.1.8, 2.1.6
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> Project Description:
> There are three requests associated with this variance application:
> 1. To exceed the maximum allowable floor area for an accessory building ( existing barn and proposed attached
garage) by 398 square feet. The proposed accessory building will be 998 square feet, and the maximum allowable
floor area for an accessory building in the OT Zone Districts is 600 square feet.
> 2. To encroach the 8-foot minimum garage door setback from an alley by 3 feet. The applicant is proposing to
build the garage door 5 feet from the alley.
> 3. To exceed the maximum allowable wall height for an accessory building along an interior side lot line by 3 feet
and 8 inches. The height of the walls of the proposed elevation for the barn will be 16 feet and 8 inches above grade.
The maximum allowable wall height along an interior side lot line for an accessory building is 13 feet.
I am a neighbor (across the alley) of this proposed project and would like to comment on the three requests,
preceded by some overarching comments:
The building question is a neighborhood historical asset that is the progeny of the questionable decision to construct
an outbuilding without respecting property lines. Given that the applicants have consolidated the ownership of these
two properties for the first time in possibly a century, it is commendable of them to rectify this problematic history
while they are uniquely able to do so.
One of the unfortunate shortcomings of the alley revitalization project of the block south (between Myrtle and
Laurel) is another outbuilding that encroaches into the alley mid-block, visually distorting the entire alley-scape. I
recommend that the variance requests be granted to allow this barn to be set back from its current position that
encroaches into the alley right-of-way.
1. The 600 square foot accessory building area limit is inappropriate for properties that interface with the
commercial properties across the alley. My garage building across the alley is over 1000 sqft.
2. When I built my garage on this very alley, my zone had a 5-foot setback from the alley. However, the
engineering department insisted on an 8-foot setback in front of the garage with the claim that a car would be parked
there. Noting that the non-garage-door alley setback is otherwise 5-feet in OT-C, and that the current design of the
alley makeover would prevent vehicles from parking in this space, it would be unfortunate for parking space to be
allocated between this structure and the alley right-of-way.
3. The additional height is appropriate for accessory buildings across the alley from a commercial zone.
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roger hoover
500/502 south college avenue
970-443-8440
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