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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
1101 Texas Avenue South, PO Box 9960
COLLEGE STATION College Station, Texas 77842
Phone (979) 764 -3570 / Fax (979) 764 -3496
MEMORANDUM
October 11, 2002
TO: Dusty Phillips
4490 Castlegate Drive
College Station, TX, 77845
FROM: Brett McCuIIy, P.E., Assistant City Engineer
SUBJECT: 2064 Ravenstone Driveway Request
PZPDES (02- 00500218)
ENGINEERING REVIEW
COMMENTS No. 1
1. The combination of driveway widths proposed for this home total in excess of
thirty -eight feet. The maximum combined width for two residential drives at
the property line is twenty -eight feet per Ordinance Chapter 3, Section
3H(6)(f). There is no provision within the ordinance for staff variance to this
requirement.
If the driveway widths at the property line can be reduced to the maximum
combination allowed by Code, no further permitting is necessary and the
drives will be inspected prior to overall project completion. Once the driveway
leaves the street right of way, it can expand to any reasonable dimension as
governed by zoning and building regulations.
If you wish to seek a variance to this code section, the following Ordinance
sections apply:
"An appeal shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date of the
notification of the decision by filing with the City Engineer a notice of
appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The City Engineer shall forthwith
transmit to the Project Review Committee all the papers constituting the
record upon which the action appealed from was taken."
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"The Project Review Committee may authorize on appeal a variance to the
Driveway Access Location and Design Ordinance when such variance will
not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to unique and special
conditions not normally found in like areas, a sfrict enforcement of the
provisions of the ordinance by the City Engineer would result in an
unnecessary hardship and so that the spirit of this ordinance shall be
observed and substantial justice done."
Please call if you have any questions.
Reviewed by: BRETT A MCCULLY Date: 10/11/02
NOTE: Any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City
of College Station, must be explained in your next transmittal letter and "bubbled"
on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed
out to the City of College Station will constitute a completely new review.
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