Case Number:
BOA-20-10300040
Applicant:
Debra Sharp
Owner:
Debra Sharp
Council District:|1010|Location:
902 West Gramercy Place
Legal Description:
Lot 23 and 24, Block 12, NCB 1787
Zoning:
"R-6 NCD-5 AHOD" Residential Single Family Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Dominic Silva, Senior Planner
Request
A request from the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation design standards, as described in Section 35-335, for 1) a 11'11" variance from the maximum 12' driveway width to allow a 23'11" driveway width, 2) a 14' variance from the maximum 15' curb cut width to allow a maximum of a 29' curb cut, and 3) a 20% variance from the 50% front yard impervious cover limitation to allow 70% of the front yard to be impervious cover.
Executive Summary
The subject property is a single family home located on the corner of West Gramercy Place and Blanco Road. The applicant is requesting to keep a majority of the impervious cover as is within the front property; measuring at 70% impervious, it is 20% above the 50% limit allowed by code. Additionally, the driveway width and curb cut were also extended to compensate for the increased impervious cover.
The width of the driveway with the additional impervious cover is approximately 30 feet in width. The NCD standard for driveway widths is a maximum of 12 feet. As the BOA's purview is to allow variances from the code requirements, the applicant can only request less than 24 feet. In this case, the maximum request would result in a driveway width of 23'11". Dependent on the results of the variance request, the driveway will have to be modified from its current condition.
The subject property is located within the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District and must follow certain design standards as adopted December 15, 2005. Specific to this request, the design standards were set to limit urban heat island effects within the area, limit excessive and unnecessary impervious paving,...
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