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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - - 02/14/1991 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA February 14, 1991 1. Roll call. 2 . Appeal #1976. Reduce the rear setback requirement 15 feet to 12 feet for a detached carport in theRLrom zone. Section 29-133 (4) by Walt Wilkins, owner, 2918 Greentree Cr. . 3 . Appeal #1977. Reduce the required front yard new single-family dwelling in the RLP zone from t20cfeetrto 16. 9 feet. Section 29-148, 29-133 (3) by Tri-Trend Homes, owner, 2050 Churchill Court. r ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA Regular Meeting February 14 , 1991 Appeal #1976 --- 2918 Greentree Cr. --- Petitioner: Walt Wilkins --- Zone: RL --- Section: 29-133 (4) --- The variance would reduce the rear setback requirement from 15 I feet to 12 feet for a detached carport in the RL zone. --- Petitioner's statement of hardship: The carport is intended 5, 0 to shelter a boar. The structure can't be moved forward because it would be closer to the house than the building code allows. The petitioner requested a variance to reduce the setback to 6 feet at the January, 1991, Zoning Board meeting, but that request was denied. The structure is built in 8 foot sections, so the petitioner is now requesting a variance which would require the removal of only one 8 foot sections. One corner of the rear of the carport will be 12 feet from the lot line, the other corner will be 14 feet. --- Staff comments: At the January meeting some Board members expressed concerns that the hardship was self-imposed and that the carport did not have to be 32 feet long in order to shelter a boat. The petitioner has now modified his request in light of these objections and is proposing that the carport be only 24 feet long. Removal of another 8 foot section would result in only a 16 foot carport. 5 Appeal 41977 --- 2050 Churchill Court --- Petitioner: Rick Armitstead for Tri-Trend Homes. --- Zone: RLP --- Section: 29-148, 29-133 (3) --- The variance would reduce the required front yard setback for a new single-family dwelling in the RLP zone from 20 feet to 16.9 feet. --- Petitioner's statement of hardship: This lot is at the end of a cul-de-sac which abuts Taft Hill Road, a major arterial street. In order to add additional noise buffer to the living area of the home, the contractor believes that it is most desirable to build the garage on the west side of the house, the same as had been done on the other lots which abut Taft Hill. This lot is very shallow because of the arc of the cul- de-sac, so if the house were moved back to comply with the front yard requirement then a rear yard variance would be needed. All of the housed in this development ar factory built and all of the models have the same building footprint, so putting a different model on this lot would still create the same problem. The house could be built without a variance, but then the living area portion of the home would be on the west side of the lot and only 8 feet from the property line along Taft Hill road. Staff comments: On the one hand, this could be viewed as a self-imposed hardship since there is a way to build the home without a variance. On the other hand, there are many unique factors involved which could be considered a legitimate hardship, such as: the shallowness of the lot due to the arc of the cul-de-sac; its close proximity to Taft Hill and the accompanying noise and visual problems; these are all factory built homes with the same building footprint, so putting another model home on the lot is not a solution; other homes along Taft Hill in this subdivision were able to be built with the garage on the side adjacent to Taft; and even with a front setback reduction, the house, being at the end of the street, will not appear to be any closer to the street than all the other houses on the block.