Case Number:
A-17-057
Applicant:
Raymond Wilkinson
Owner:
Raymond Wilkinson
Council District:|1010|Location:
627 W. Lynwood Avenue
Legal Description:
Lot 19 & 20, Block 23, NCB 6422
Zoning:
"R-6 NCD-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 2 foot variance from the minimum 5 foot side setback, as described in Table 35-310, to allow a home addition 3 feet from the side property line; and 2) a 2 foot variance from the "NCD-5" Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District requirement regarding the median front setback of 17.5 feet, as described in Section 35-335, to allow a porch addition to be 15.5 feet from the front property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the Beacon Hill Terrace Subdivision, recorded in 1920. It measures 50 feet wide by 123 feet deep and is on the corner of Lynwood and Beacon. According to Bexar County Appraisal District, the home was originally built in 1947 and includes approximately 1,275 square feet. The applicant just purchased the home and is hoping to construct a building addition to the side and add a porch to the front. A carport that was built in the same location as the proposed addition was recently removed. According to the applicant, the carport was one foot from the property line. If the two foot side setback variance is granted, the addition is planned to be 11 feet wide and 14 feet deep with a three foot setback.
The applicant is also requesting approval of a two foot front setback variance to allow the addition of a covered porch. The home has a small eave overhang in the front but it is only two feet deep. The Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) restricts front setbacks to within 10% of the block median, which along this block face would limit the front setback to 17.5 feet. The applicant is requesting approval to extend the new porch ...
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