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File #: 18-1033   
Type: Zoning Case
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 12/18/2017
Posting Language: A-18-009: A request by Esmeralda Galindo for a special exception to allow a solid screen fence to be as tall as six feet in the front yard of the property, located at 838 Keats Street. Staff recommends Approval. (Council District 5)
Attachments: 1. A-18-009 Attachments
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Case Number:
A-18-009
Applicant:
Esmeralda Galindo
Owner:
Esmeralda Galindo
Council District:|1010|Location:
838 Keats Street
Legal Description:
Lots 8 and 9, Block 9, NCB 8965
Zoning:
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Oscar Aguilera, Planner
Request
A request for a special exception, as described in Section 35-399.04, to allow a solid screen fence to be as tall as six feet in the front yard of the property.
Executive Summary
The applicant stated that she built a privacy fence along the front side of her property in order to protect her children from her neighbor's dogs. The applicant advised that her neighbors dogs constantly roam freely on her property and several times the dogs have chased her and her children. The neighbor that owns the dogs refuses to restrain the dogs and lets them roam free, even after several requests by the applicant's husband. The applicant advised that she built the fence to be able to enjoy the use of the property and for her children to be able to play outside.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use

Existing Zoning

Existing Use
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Home

Surrounding Zoning/Land Use

Orientation

Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Home, Vacant lot
South
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Home, Vacant lot
East
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Home
West
"R-5 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District
Single-Family Home
Comprehensive Plan Consistency/Neighborhood Association
The subject property is within the boundaries of the Nogalitos/South Zarzamora Community Plan and currently designated Low Density Residential in the future land use component of the plan. The subject property is not located within the boundaries of...

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