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Home My WebLink About4/9/2020 - Zoning Board Of Appeals - Agenda - Director Approved Variance PacketDevelopment Review Center 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 970-221-6689 fcgov.com/DevelopmentReview April 10, 2020 Sarah Schweizer Peter Nash 829 Laporte Ave Fort Collins, CO 80521 RE: Variance request for 829 Laporte Avenue, ZBA200013 – CDNS Director’s Decision Dear Peter Nash and Sarah Schweizer: On Mach 13, 2020 the City of Fort Collins Development Review Division received and processed a request for a variance for the property addressed 829 Laporte Ave. The variance request being a Community Development and Neighborhood Services (CDNS) Director review and decision. A basic description of the requested variance is to build a new accessory building with habitable space which encroaches 1' 2" into the required 15' street side-yard setback along Washington St. This request has been processed in accordance with Section 2.10 – Variances, of the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code pursuant to the applicable standards in the Land Use Code. The CDNS Director hereby makes the following findings of fact: 1. The request is not detrimental to the public good. 2. The existing garage has encroached in the same location. 3. The encroachment is less than 10% of the total required setback 4. The property line is not aligned with the back of sidewalk, therefore from the sidewalk it appears to meet the 15’ setback. Therefore, the variance request will not diverge from the standard but in a nominal, inconsequential way, when considered in the context of the neighborhood, and will continue to advance the purpose of the Land Use Code contained in Section 1.2.2. Based on these findings of fact, the CDNS Director of the City of Fort Collins makes the following decision: DECISION: Approved DATE: 04/10/2020________ _________________________________________ Tome Leeson City of Fort Collins, CDNS Director This final decision of the CDNS Director may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, in accordance with Article II, Division 2.10.4(L) of the Land Use Code, within 14 calendar days of the date of final decision by the CDNS Director. The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services are available for persons with disabilities. V/TDD: Dial 711 for Relay Colorado. Esta es una notificación sobre la reunión de su vecindario o sobre una audiencia pública sobre el desarrollo o proyecto en la propiedad cerca de donde usted es el dueño de propiedad. Si usted desea que esta notificación sea traducida al español sin costo alguno, favor enviar un correo electrónico en español a la siguiente dirección electrónica: translate@fcgov.com. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Adjacent Property Owner Notification NOTICE OF VARIANCE REQUEST March 26, 2020 The purpose of this letter is to inform you of a request for a variance from the City of Fort Collins Zoning Code. As part of the procedure for a person requesting a variance of the Zoning Code, that is reviewed and approved by the Community Development and Neighborhood Services (CDNS) Director, nearby residents and property owners are notified two weeks prior to a decision. The CDNS Director has been established to hear certain cases, where: (1) by reason of exceptional situations or circumstances, the strict application of the regulation would result in peculiar and practical difficulties or exceptional undue hardship upon the owner of such property; (2) the proposal will promote the general purpose of the standard for which the variance is requested equally well or better than would a proposal which complies with the standard for which the variance is requested; or (3) the proposal will not diverge from the standards of the Land Use Code except in nominal, inconsequential way when considered in the context of the neighborhood, provided that the granting of a variance would not result in a substantial detriment to the public good. As an adjacent property owner, your input would be appropriate in the consideration of this variance request. Those interested in providing feedback or have questions of the variance request may contact City staff member Noah Beals at Unbeals@fcgov.comU. The Application for the Variance Request will be available for viewing at: http://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/zoning-appeals.php. If you are disabled and need assistance to participate, please call (970) 221-6760. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the following. NOTICE OF VARIANCE REQUEST This type of variance request is reviewed and approved by the Community Development and Neighborhood Services Director. There will not be a public hearing. REQUEST INFORMATION Appeal: ZBA200013 Address: 829 LaPorte Ave. Owner: Peter Nash & Sarah Schweizer Petitioner: H3 Construction and Design LTD Zoning District: N-C-L Code Section: 4.7 (E) (4) PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION This is a variance request to build a new accessory building with habitable space which encroaches 1' 2" into the required 15' street side-yard setback along Washington St. Noah Beals Senior City Planner-Zoning 970-416-2313 «Owner_Name_1» «Owner_Name_2» «Address» «City», «State» «Zipcode» 100.803300.549110 Application Request The Zoning Board of Appeals has been granted the authority to approve variances would not be detrimental to the public good hardship equally well or better than nominal, inconsequential way This application is only for a variance to the Land Use Code. Building Code requirements will be determined and reviewed by the Building Department separately. When a building or sign permit is required for any work for which a variance has been granted, the permit must be obtained within 6 months of the date that the variance was granted. must be present at the meeting Location Date Variance Address Petitioner , if not the Owner City Petitioner Relationship to the Owner is Zip Code Owner Code Section(s) Zoning District Additional Representative Justification(s) Justification(s) # Justification(s) Reasoning Date ___________________________________ Signature __________________________________________ Updated 02.18.20 If not enough room, additional written information may be submitted 970-485-5967 102 S. St Louis Ave. • Loveland, CO 80537 970.515.2264 • info@h3-ltd.com www.h3-ltd.com Variance Request Letter for 829 LaPorte Ave Fort Collins, CO 80521 Pete and Sarah Nash After many designs and redesigns we have come to the conclusion that is variance review request that is considered a hardship for this particular project. Under the current conditions of the address listed above, we are requesting the following variance item: 1. The building envelope is over the setback by __1’2”__. In order for clients to have the allowable square footage neccesary for a detached garage space, we would need to encroach by __1’2”__. The confined location and electrical pole and confinment in the alley on the south side of this detached garage does not leave too many options. We appreciate the City of Fort Collins taking the time to look over this variance item. Our due dilligence on redesigning multiple times on a confined lot has brought us to this point. Thank you, Hannah Long Owner, H3 Construction and Design