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File #: 20-3594   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 6/15/2020
Posting Language: BOA-20-10300027: A request by Maria E. Shoults for 1) a variance from the restriction of corrugated metal as a fencing material to allow for its use as a fencing material and 2) a special exception to allow a solid screen fence to be up to 7' tall in the front yard, located at 8390 North Verde Drive. Staff recommends Denial. (Council District 7) (Kayla Leal, Senior Planner (210) 207-0197, kayla.leal@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
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Case Number:
BOA-20-10300027
Applicant:
Maria E. Shoults
Owner:
Maria E. Shoults
Council District:|1010|Location:
8390 North Verde Drive
Legal Description:
Lot 41, NCB 18294
Zoning:
"R-6" Residential Single-Family District
Case Manager:
Kayla Leal, Senior Planner

Request
A request for 1) a variance from the restriction of corrugated metal as a fencing material to allow for its use as a fencing material, described in Section 35-514 and 2) a special exception to allow a solid screen fence to be up to 7' tall in the front yard.

Executive Summary

The subject property is located on the corner of Bandera Road and North Verde Drive, just north of O.P. Schnabel Park. There is currently an existing single-family residential structure on the property and toward the rear there is an advertisement billboard. The request is to allow corrugated metal as a fencing material because the applicant has a 7' tall corrugated metal fence along the side property line and a 6' tall corrugated metal fence along the rear property line. The surrounding area include predominately single-family residential uses and across Bandera Road there is an existing apartment complex. Additionally, there is a section of fence which stretches past the front fa?ade of the residential structure. The applicant is requesting a special exception to the height of the fence that is placed in the front yard.

Code Enforcement History
There is an open code enforcement case initiated on December 10, 2019 for a metal fence being installed without a permit and a metal shipping container in the rear yard.

Permit History
There are no relevant permits related to the subject property due to the fence being installed without a permit.

Zoning History
The subject property was annexed into the City of San Antonio by Ordinance 79039 dated December 31, 1993 as "R-1" Single Family Residence District. Under the 2001 Unified Development Code, established by Ordinance 93881, dated May, 03, 2001, the property zoned "R-1" S...

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