Case Number:
A-15-129
Applicant:
Hugo Xavier de Los Santos
Owner:
Hugo Xavier de Los Santos
Council District:|1313|Location:
19315 Havasu Hills
Legal Description:
Lots 15 & 16, Block 11, NCB 34725B
Zoning:
"R-6 MSAO-1 AHOD ERZD" Residential Single-Family Military Sound Attenuation Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District
Case Manager:
Logan Sparrow, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 10 foot variance from the 20 foot rear setback, as described in Section 35-310.01, to allow a building addition 10 feet from the rear property line and 2) a variance from the 35 foot height limitation, also described in Section 35-310.01, to allow for the construction of a three story addition exceeding the height limitation.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 19315 Havasu Hills, approximately 380 feet east of Washita Way. The applicant started an addition to the home years ago, prior to the property being annexed into the city in 1999. The applicant wishes to finish the addition to the home, and the design of the addition requires two (2) variances. The proposed addition encroaches ten feet into the 20 foot rear setback, thus requiring a ten foot variance. The second variance is to permit the applicant to build the addition at a height of three (3) stories. The maximum allowable height in an "R-6" Residential Single-Family zone is 35 feet or two and a half stories. When measured from ground elevation, the addition would measure up to 44 feet tall, largely due to the topography on the subject property. There is as much as a 20 foot grade-change along the applicant's property, which increases the height of the structure.
The applicant purchased the lot behind the subject property and cites that the requested variances are unlikely to harm adjacent property owners as the property most directly affected is owned by the applicant. The applicant has stated that he is willing to record documentation with the county mandating that no lot may...
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