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Project Manager: Crissy Hartl
Email: chartl(aD-cstx.gov
APPLICANT: Casey Moore
REQUEST: Setback variance
LOCATION: 107 Lee Avenue
Report Date: October 25, 2005
Meeting Date: November 1, 2005
PURPOSE: To allow for the construction for a new home.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Status of Applicant: Property owner
Applicable
Ordinance Section: UDO Section 5.2 Residential Dimensional Standards
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Zoning and Land Use:
Subject Property: The subject property as well as the properties to the
east, south and west is zoned R-1 Single Family
Residential and used for Single Family Residential.
The property to the north is zoned for R-1 Single
Family Residential and is being used for Oakwood
Intermediate School.
Frontage: 100.00' on Lee Avenue
Access: Site plan identifies access via Timber Street.
Topography & Relatively flat with several trees.
Vegetation:
Flood Plain: Not within a floodplain.
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Background: The applicant has removed an existing structure in
order to build a new single family home. Because of
the contextual front setbacks in this area, the new
home can be no closer than 38' to the property line,
thus the applicant is requesting a 5' variance to
the rear setback.
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ANALYSIS
Special Conditions: The uniqueness of the contextual setbacks for this
area provides a buildable area for this lot of 8,049.5
square feet.
Hardships: The applicant states: "In order to comply with the
current ordinances in place, the buildable area of the
lot is reduced in comparison to neighboring
properties."
Alternatives: The applicant has mentioned a 5' variance to the
contextual setback. The Board may grant lesser
variances or divide the variance between the front
and the rear setback.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends denial for this variance request.
The City of College Station's zoning ordinance has
traditionally required at least a 25' rear setback for
Single -Family Residential districts. With the adoption
of the Unified Development Ordinance in 2003, the
rear setback for R-1 Single Family Residential was
reduced to 20'. As a result, buildable area of these
lots has increased over time.
Additionally, staff applied specific criteria to determine
whether this property meets the circumstances for a
variance. In the opinion of staff, the subject property
is not affected by extraordinary conditions that
deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his
property, nor is the variance necessary for the
preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property
right of the applicant.
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 Board must determine if the
intent of the ordinance is met by the request and
should ensure that the request is reasonable.
Number of Property
Owners Notified: 15
Responses Received: None as of date of staff report.
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ATTACHMENTS
1. Location Map
2. Application
3. Site Plan
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