Case Number:
A-17-201
Applicant:
Stephen Hennigan
Owner:
Stephen Hennigan
Council District:|10 10|Location:
22314 Roan Forest
Legal Description:
Lot 39, Block 9, NCB 18217
Zoning:
"PUD R-6 MLOD-1 ERZD" Planned Unit Development Residential Single-Family Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District
Case Manager:
Logan Sparrow, Principal Planner
Request
A request for a five foot variance from the six foot maximum rear yard fence height, as described in Section 35-514, to allow a fence to be eleven feet tall.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 22314 Roan Forest, approximately 360 feet north of Roan Court. The applicant is seeking a variance to allow a rear yard fence to be eleven feet tall. The request must be processed as a variance as a special exception can only authorize fences up to eight feet tall. The proposed fence is a cable trellis, covered with fuax vines (with intention to later grow real ones), intended to screen the view of on-site water storage tanks and solar panels from neighboring property owners. The applicant submitted documentation from the Homeowners Association showing that approval of the water tanks and solar panel array must comply with the condition that "a metal trellis with lateral cabling has been installed in order to shield the storage tanks from view of adjacent property owners. The newly installed trellis structure shall be planted with fast-growing vine or other plant material in order to accomplish the shielding purpose." The conditional approval from the Homeowners Association is an entirely private agreement, and is not enforced by the City of San Antonio.
The definition of a fence is "A tangible enclosure or barrier, constructed of any material allowable by this chapter, but not including hedges, shrubs, trees, or other natural growth, erected for the purpose of providing a boundary, separation of areas, means of protection, to prevent uncontrolled access, decorative purposes, or concealme...
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