Case Number:
A-16-143
Applicant:
ACL Creek Ventures, LLC
Owner:
ACL Creek Ventures, LLC
Council District:
10
Location:
Generally located northwest of the Higgins Road and Bromley Place Intersection
Legal Description:
Lot P-6, NCB 15688
Zoning:
"MF-33 AHOD" Multi-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Logan Sparrow, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a five foot variance from the ten foot required side setback opposite a zero lot line property, as described in Section 35-373(c)(5)(A), to allow a community with five foot side setbacks opposite a zero lot line rather than ten foot side setbacks and 2) a request for a variance from the provision that states that a zero lot line property shall not abut a non-zero lot line property, as described in Section 35-373(c)(5)(B), to allow a total of four (4) zero lot line properties to abut non-zero lot line properties.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at the northwest corner of the Higgins Road and Bromley place intersection. The lot is currently a vacant parcel with multi-family zoning. Although zoned "MF-33" Multi-Family District, the Unified Development Code includes a provision that permits single-family development within the "MF-33" zone so long as the lots are subdivided to "R-4" Residential Single-Family lot standards. Further, the applicant is seeking to build out a zero-lot-line subdivision. Only a portion of the subdivision is included in this variance request. Due to project constraints, the balance of the subdivision will be re-platted later into a zero lot line format.
Zero lot line subdivisions are intended to provide a larger, more usable yard on the side of the property. Zero-lot-line developments are characterized by having the side wall of the home on a side property line with a ten foot side setback, to include a five foot maintenance easement, on the opposite side versus traditional development with five foot side setbacks on either side of the dwelling. The ten foot side se...
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