Case Number:
BOA-20-10300021
Applicant:
James Benfield
Owner:
James Benfield
Council District:|1010|Location:
1962 East Crockett Street
Legal Description:
Lots 24, 25, 26, & 27, Block 2, NCB 6330
Zoning:
"R-4 MLOD-3 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Dominic Silva, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) Lot 24: a 2'3" variance from the required 5' side setback requirement, as described in Section 35-310.01, to allow a new residential structure to be 2'9" away from the east property line and 2) Lot 25, 26, 27: a request for a 3" variance from the required 5' side setback requirement, also described in Section 35-310.01, new residential structures to be 4'9" away from the east and west property lines on each individual lot.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located on the corner of East Crockett Street and North Walters Street within the Arena District's land use of Medium Density Residential; as such, it is identified for uses that include small lot single-family development, duplexes, triplexes, quadraplexes, and townhomes while providing a diversity of housing stock and maintaining an overall urban residential character. The area is characterized as uniformly small, antiquated, substandard lots with shotgun style homes and detached accessory dwelling units.
The four lots identified within this variance are antiquated, platted, full lots that do not require platting and can be developed upon because it qualifies as a non-conforming lot of record. Non-conforming lots of record do not have to meet the minimum lot size requirement. The current size of each lot is surveyed at 2,875 square feet with lot 24 surveyed at 2,645 square feet.
The applicant requests variances to the east and west sides of the property due to the configuration of the proposed structures on each lot. The applicant is proposing a two-story single-family struc...
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