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Date: 02 -26 -04
W.C. Lonquist
4605 Caddie Court
College Station, TX. 77845
RE: Property located at 4756 Stonebriar Circle
Dear Mr. W.C. Lonquist:
This letter is to inform you that the above referenced property has received an
administrative adjustment for the architectural element that will extend 34.2" into the
required 15 -ft. side yard setback. This falls within the 10% variance that staff is
allowed to grant at an administrative level. (Section 7.1.3.i) Sills, belt courses,
cornices, buttresses, chimneys, flues, eaves, and other architectural features may
extend up to 18 inches into any required yard. This would leave (13) thirteen feet (6)
inches of side yard setback, 10% of 13 -feet 6- inches is (16.2) inches. Due to the fact
that the architectural element encroachment will not be contrary to the public interest,
staff is approving the 10% variance request to allow for the canopy to be installed
over the front doors.
According to the Unified Development Ordinance Section 3.15, the Administrator has
the authority to authorize adjustment of up to 10 percent from any numerical zoning
standard set forth in Articles 5, 6, or 7 of the Unified Development Ordinance. To
approve the application for an administrative adjustment, the Administrator shall
make an affirmative finding that specific criteria, as outlined in Section 3.15.E of the
Unified Development Ordinance, have been met.
The Administrator has found that:
Granting the adjustment will ensure the same general level of land use compatibility
as the otherwise applicable standards because the encroaching architectural
element is cantilevered from the building and is not attached to the ground;
Granting the adjustment will not materially or adversely affect adjacent and uses or
the physical character of uses in the immediate vicinity of the proposed development
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because encroachment does not materially alter the character of the structure or its
use; and
Granting the adjustment will be generally consistent with the purposes and intent of
this UDO owing to the scale of the encroachment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (979) 764 -3570.
Sincerely,
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Jennifer"Reeves
Staff Planner
CC: File # 04 -27