Case Number:
A-17-031
Applicant:
Donald Orion
Owner:
Proximity by Couture LP
Council District:|1010|Location:
807, 811, and 815 Elmira Street
Legal Description:
Lot 8, 9, 10, Block 3, NCB 829
Zoning:
"IDZ AHOD" Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for Multi-Family (townhome) up to 24 units per acre
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 35 foot variance from the minimum 80 foot lot depth to allow 45 foot deep townhouse lots; and 2) a variance from the requirement that each lot include 100 square feet of contiguous open space, both as described in Section 35-373.
Executive Summary
The subject property includes an assemblage of three residential lots, totaling 27, 200 square feet in the Tobin Hill neighborhood, just north of IH-35. The parcels were recently rezoned to "IDZ" Infill Development Zone, with multi-family uses (townhomes) as proposed. The site plan approved by the City Council during the rezoning request, while not detailed, showed a similar layout and the same number of lots as currently proposed. The townhome layout shows private lanes behind each row and a pedestrian path between them down the middle.
Townhouse layout is the subject of Section 35-373 Supplemental Use Regulations. In this section of the Unified Development Code, specific design requirements are described. One of these is lot depth of 80 feet and another is 100 square feet of contiguous open space. During plat review, the discrepancies in the lot layout were identified and the variance process was suggested. The site may have the space available to accommodate the required lot layout provisions, however the owner prefers to retain ownership of the common areas in an owner's association.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"IDZ AHOD" Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for Multi-Family (townhome) up to 24 units per acre
Vacant
Surrounding...
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