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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/08/1994 - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - AGENDA - Regular Meeting ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS September 8, 1994 1. Roll call. 2. Appeal 2113 . The variance would reduce the required lot area from 3 times as large as the floor area of the building, to 1 .9 times as large, reduce the required front setback from 15 ft. to 10.5 ft. , reduce the required rear yard setback from 15 ft. to 5 ft. , and eliminate the one required off-street parking space currently existing in the garage. The variances are requested in order to convert the existing garage to living space, build a second floor addition over the garage and an enclosed sun room onto the front of the home. Section 29-119( 1) , 29-119(4 ) , 29-494 ( 1) by Shannon Hayashi, 140 N. Pearl Street. 3. Appeal 2114 . The variance would allow a housing project ID sign to be located at a location other than at an entrance into the project. Specifically, the variance would allow the sign for "The Preserve" to be located at the NW corner of Raintree Drive and Drake Road, instead of at the Drake Road entrance located further to the west. Section 29-591 ( 6) by Bruce Hendee, 1212 Raintree Drive. 4 . Other business. i ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA Regular Meeting September 8, 1994 Appeal 2113 --- 140 N. Pearl Street --- Petitioner: Shannon Hayashi, owner' s husband. --- Zone: NCL --- Section 29-119( 1) , 29-119(4 ) , 29-494 ( 1) --- The variance would reduce the required lot area from 3 times as large as the floor area of the building, to 1 .9 times as large, reduce the required front setback from 15 ft. to 10 .5 ft. , reduce the required rear yard setback from 15 ft. to 6 ft. , and eliminate the one required off-street parking space ( currently existing in the garage. The variances are requested in order to convert the existing garage to living space, build a second floor addition over the garage and an enclosed sun room onto the front of the home. --- Petitioner' s statement of hardship: The home is small, only 695 sq. ft. , and the lot is very small and very shallow. Any addition greater than 126 sq. ft. will require a lot area variance. Because the lot is so small, there is no place that an addition can be built without requiring a setback variance. Converting the garage to living space maximizes the floor area that can be obtained without sacrificing open space (yard) . --- Staff comments: This is the smallest and shallowest lot that the ZBA has dealt with in many years. Converting the garage results in the loss of the one required parking space because the driveway is not long enough to count as a legal parking space. A car parked in this driveway will hang over the sidewalk. Normally, the driveway is long enough to count as a legal space in the event that a home has no garage, or if the garage has been converted to living space. That is not the situation in this case. Appeal. 2114 --- 1212 Raintree Drive --- Petitioner: Bruce Hendee, architect. --- Zone: rmp --- Section 29-591 (6) --- The variance would allow a housing project ID sign to be located at a location other than at an entrance into the project. Specifically, the variance would allow the sign for "The Preserve" to be located at the NW corner of Raintree Drive and Drake Road, instead of at the Drake Road entrance located further to the west. --- Petitioner' s statement of hardship: When the project was going through the public review process, there was considerable neighborhood concern about traffic congestion. In order to prioritize traffic away from the area of neighborhood concern, the sign is proposed to be located at the corner of the property, nearer to the project office location. The actual entry on Drake Road does not provide a very direct or accessible drive-way route to the office. The proposed sign location should help facilitate better internal and external site traffic flow. --- Staff comments: None. � ^wb Other Business• --- Election of Officers.