Case Number:
BOA-21-10300074
Applicant:
Jason Rios
Owner:
Jason Rios
Council District:
10
Location:
2110 E Lawndale Dr
Legal Description:
Lot E 21 ft of 5 and W 51 ft of 6, Block 1, NCB 12199
Zoning:
"NP-8 AHOD" Neighborhood Preservation Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Mirko Maravi, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a 10' variance from the minimum 20' front setback, as required in Section 35-353(c), to allow a carport to be 10' from the front property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located just west of the intersection of East Lawndale Drive and North New Braunfels Avenue in a predominantly zoned "Neighborhood Preservation District" and "Residential Single-Family District" with uses being single-family dwellings. The applicant is requesting a front carport setback of 10' which would normally be permitted in a single-family dwelling zoning "Residential Single-Family". The Neighborhood Preservation District was created to prevent subdivisions to avoid congestion and prevent overcrowding of land. The Neighborhood Preservation District requires a 20' front setback.
The property owner applied for a permit on December 12, 2020, to construct the carport with a 10 foot setback. The permitting team reviewed the permit and issued the permit on December 20, 2020, in error, assuming that the "NP-10" special zoning district had a similar minimum front setback requirements for all other conventional residential districts of 10 feet. In May, a complaint regarding the construction was reported and code enforcement issued a citation regarding the 20 foot minimum front setback requirement. The applicant applied for a variance for the carport variance with a 10' front setback in order to maintain what has been constructed and approved with the permit.
Code Enforcement History
INV-BLD-INV21-23200071 for building within the front setback of the zoning district on May 28, 2021. The investigation is pending resolution of the applied variance....
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