Case Number:
A-18-101
Applicant:
Jesse Sepulveda
Owner:
Jesse Sepulveda
Council District:|1010|Location:
1807 West Wildwood Drive
Legal Description:
Lot 23, Block 139, NCB 8814
Zoning:
"C-1 AHOD" Light Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay and "O-2 AHOD" High-Rise Office Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Debora Gonzalez, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 5' variance from the 15' Type B landscape bufferyard requirement to allow a bufferyard to be as narrow as 10' along the west property line and 2) a 20' variance from the 25' maximum height restriction to allow a building to be 45' tall, and 3) a variance from the provisions in Section 35-517 Building Height that require that a commercial or office development that abuts a single-family district, when seeking height beyond that permitted by the base zoning district, shall be limited to the height of the adjacent single-family zone for the first 50 feet from the shared property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 1807 West Wildwood Drive along IH-10 Frontage Road. The applicant is seeking variances to allow for a three story office building with parking area and to reduce the west side bufferyard by 5 feet. The property is a irregular shape and construction could face issues related to setbacks and bufferyards. The applicant initially submitted requests for four variances but continued consideration of the requests to rework the site plan.
The new project proposal places the structure as far to the east as possible to minimize the impact on the established single-family neighborhood along Wildwood Drive. The applicant is still seeking two variances to permit a building that is 45 feet tall. The last variance seeks to reduce a bufferyard from 15 feet to 10 feet.
The adjacent single-family zoning districts, while currently only improved with single-story residential structures, are permitted up to 35 feet in height by the zoning code. As such, the applicant is seeking a variance t...
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