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File #: 15-5164   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 10/5/2015
Posting Language: A-15-153: A request by Ricardo Renteria for a 1 foot variance from the minimum 5 foot side yard setback to allow a new home 4 feet from the side property line, located at 819 E. Drexel Avenue. (Council District 3)
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Case Number:
A-15-153
Applicant:
Ricardo Renteria
Owner:
Ricardo Renteria
Council District:|1313|Location:
819 East Drexel Avenue
Legal Description:
Lot 18, Block 16, NCB 3284
Zoning:
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Kristin Flores, Planner

Request
A request for a 1 foot variance from the minimum 5 foot side yard setback, as described in Section 35-310.01, to allow a new home 4 feet from the side property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 819 East Drexel Avenue approximately 215 feet east of Nopal Street. This is an older neighborhood and many of the homes in the area have large trees and a side setback of three feet, as opposed to the current requirement of five feet. The applicant is in the process of building a new home on a previously vacant lot. A heritage tree is located on the vacant lot, but, due to updated setback requirements, is located within the 5 foot setback. The applicant wishes to reduce the setback in order to preserve an irreplaceable pecan tree. The applicant was cited by code for placing the home too close to the property line.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use

Existing Zoning

Existing Use
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling

Surrounding Zoning/Land Use

Orientation

Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
Interstate 10
ROW
South
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
East
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling
West
"R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Dwelling

Comprehensive Plan Consistency/Neighborhood Association
The property is located within the boundaries of the Highlands Neighborhood Plan and is designated as Low Density Residential in the future land use component of the plan. The subject property is located within the boundari...

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