Case Number:
A-15-102
Applicant:
Allstate Realty
Owner:
Allstate Realty
Council District:|1313|Location:
5642 Ivanhoe Street
Legal Description:
Lot 41, Block 4, NCB 13892
Zoning:
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a two foot variance from the six foot maximum rear yard fence height, as described in Section 35-514 (d), to allow an eight foot fence, located along the west property line in the rear yard of the property, to remain.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located within the Forest Hills Subdivision, and built in 1985. The applicant is only the third owner of the home and has installed rear fencing without a permit. The fencing was identified by Code Enforcement as construction without a building permit. The applicant is seeking a two foot variance to allow an eight foot fence on the side property line which abuts Marshwood and the Zarzamora Creek to remain. This creek is currently inside a 245 foot wide drainage easement, owned by the City of San Antonio. This wide open space can sometimes become littered and overgrown and the applicant is seeking protection from this potential nuisance. In addition, the applicant explains that the lot slopes toward the creek, causing this shared property line to be 3 feet lower than the remaining portion of the rear yard.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
South
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
East
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
West
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport...
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