Case Number:
A-15-086
Applicant:
Felipe Chapa
Owner:
Felipe Chapa
Council District:|1313|Location:
1611 Alhambra Street
Legal Description:
W 25 ft of Lot 13 & E 37.5 ft of Lot 14, Block 176, NCB 9088
Zoning:
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) an eight foot variance from the ten foot front setback requirement to allow a carport two feet from the front property line and 2) a two foot variance from the five foot side setback requirement both as shown on Table 35-310-1 to allow a carport three feet from the side property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the Los Angeles Heights Subdivision, an 836 acre plat recorded in 1910 establishing a huge residential neighborhood between Blanco and West Avenues. The property is approximately 7,500 square feet with a home built in 1942. The applicants have lived in the home for 20 years. There are no front yard fences so the specific location of the side property line is not known. According to the submitted site plan, the carport is constructed 3 feet from the property line. In addition, the carport is also constructed within the minimum 10 foot front yard setback. The applicants have long had a carport over the driveway behind the front fa?ade, but recently constructed this front yard "addition" and widened the driveway to provide additional covered parking. The carport is constructed with wood and has not been permitted or fire-rated. Code Enforcement cited the applicant for construction without a building permit. The enforcement action was not the result of a complaint; it was a proactive case. If the variance is granted, the applicant will have to submit plans for a building permit and retrofit the structure to comply with all building code requirements, including any fire-rating required.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Sin...
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