Case Number:
A-15-159
Applicant:
Ricardo Renteria
Owner:
Renteria Properties Inc.
Council District:|1313|Location:
111 Mebane
Legal Description:
South 75 ft. of Lot 28, Block 1, NCB 7596
Zoning:
"MF-33 AHOD" Multi-Family Residential Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Kristin Flores, Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 15 foot variance from the minimum 20 foot rear setback, as described in Section 35-310.01; and 2) a 250 square foot variance from the minimum 4,000 square foot lot area, as described in Section 35.310.01, to allow a new home 5 feet from the rear property line on a 3,750 square foot lot.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 111 Mebane on the corner of Devoto Avenue and Mebane. The current applicant/owner wishes to build a single family home and preserve a large pecan tree on the lot. The subject property was originally platted in 1907 and included the lot directly to the North. The earliest Sanborn Map to show a home on the lot was in 1952. The Sanborn Map shows two homes on the lot originally platted lot. Sometime after 1952, the lot was illegally subdivided. This could have been done as a means to sell each home separately. The proposed home is in the keeping with the configuration shown on the original Sanborn Map.
The subject property is currently zoned "MF-33" and the applicant could, by right, build two units on the lot. However, as this neighborhood is largely single family, building a single family home would be in keeping with the character of the community. In order to build a single family home in a parcel with a base zone of "MF-33" the development must be built to "R-4" standards, which increase the minimum rear setback from ten (10) to twenty (20) feet. Only a small portion of the home, approximately 153 square feet will be five (5) feet from the rear property line. This is less than the eight hundred (800) square feet permitted by right for an accessory dwelling unit. Accessory dwelling uni...
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