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Project Manager: Molly Hitchcock Report Date: August 23, 2005
Email: mhitchcock @cstx.gov Meeting Date: September 6, 2005
APPLICANT: Darrell Bairrington
REQUEST: Front and side setback variances
LOCATION: 316 PershingAve.
PURPOSE: To allow the builder to continue the construction of a single
family home.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Status of Applicant: Builder, Bairrington Homes, LLC
Property Owner: Bairrington Homes, LLC
Applicable
Ordinance Sections: UDO Section 7.1.D.1.e (contextual front setback)
UDO Section 5.2 Residential Dimensional Standards
(side setback)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Zoning and Land Use: The subject property and surrounding properties are
zoned R -1 Single Family Residential.
Frontage: 100 feet on Pershing Ave. and 145 feet on Park Place
Access: Access will be via the side street, Park Place.
Topography &
Vegetation: Relatively flat
Flood Plain: Not located within a flood plain.
VARIANCE INFORMATION
Background: When the UDO was adopted in 2003, a provision for
contextual front setbacks was made to aide the
compatibility of infill development in older residential
neighborhoods, Section 7.1.D.1.e states:
Where an existing block was created by an
approved plat prior to July 15, 1970, a new (infill)
single - family dwelling unit shall use the adjacent
lots to determine the appropriate front yard
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setback. The new dwelling unit shall be set no
closer the street or farther back from the street
than the nearest neighboring units.
The site plan the applicant was using was approved
in error by the City. The standard single family front
setback of 25 feet was shown on the plan, but
contextual setbacks apply in this area. The subject
property was built with a front setback of 24.88 feet.
The neighboring property has a front setback of 44.41
feet; thus a variance of 20 feet is requested to the
front setback.
The property's survey shows the required 7.5 -foot
side setback to be at 7.32 feet; thus a variance of 3
inches is requested to the side setback.
ANALYSIS
Special Conditions: The applicant states that the setback information was
not the deed, slab survey, or building permit.
Hardships: The applicant states that the location of the house
has been established.
Alternatives: The Board may grant lesser variances. Such an
alternative will require the removal of the existing
foundation.
SPECIAL INFORMATION
Ordinance Intent: Building setback requirements usually allow for some
degree of control over population density, access to
light and air, and fire protection. These standards are
typically justified on the basis of the protection of
property values. The intent of Section 7.1.D.1.e is to
insure that any infill development in older
neighborhoods is in context with the existing
development.
Number of Property
Owners Notified: 18
Responses Received: None as of date of staff report.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Location Map
2. Application
3. Property Survey
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