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File #: 20-6073   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 10/19/2020
Posting Language: BOA-20-10300087: A request by Site Works Texas, LLC for a special exception to allow an 8’ privacy fence to be within the front property and 2) and variance to allow a privacy fence to be within the Clear Vision field, located at 427 East Hildebrand. Staff recommends Denial with an Alternate Recommendation. (Council District 1) (Dominic Silva, Senior Planner (210) 207-0120, Dominic.Silva@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
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Case Number:
BOA-20-10300087
Applicant:
Site Works Texas, LLC
Owner:
Anne C. Hagelstein
Council District:|1010|Location:
427 East Hildebrand
Legal Description:
Lot 116 West 30 Feet of Lot 117, NCB 6761
Zoning:
"R-5 AHOD" Single-Family Residential Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Dominic Silva, Senior Planner

Request
A request for a 1) a special exception to allow an 8' privacy fence, as described in Section 35-514, to be within the front property and 2) and variance to allow a privacy fence to be within the Clear Vision field, also described in Section 35-514.
Executive Summary
The applicant is requesting variances to allow a solid masonry wall to be constructed within the front property serving both as a privacy screen as well as a sound barrier for the Hildebrand Avenue traffic.
The center masonry wall, that being 4' in height, is proposed to be built in the middle of the front property between the two drive approaches. This wall is proposed to be within the Clear Vision field. The 8' portion of the request will be a solid masonry wall along the eastern side of the property.
The portion of East Hildebrand in which the subject property is located does have consistent rate of traffic and many residences on East Hildebrand Avenue do utilize some sort of sound barrier, whether it be natural vegetation or masonry walls to cut the visual and auditory distraction.

Code Enforcement History

No code enforcement history exists on this property.

Permit History

No permits have been processed for this property.
Clear Vision Review
A review of Clear Vision is required for this request and has been conducted.

Zoning History

The property is within the original 36 square miles of the City of San Antonio and was originally zoned as "A" Residence District. The "A" Residence District converted to the current "R-5" Single-Family District with the adoption of the 2001 Unified Development Code (UDC), established by Ordinance 93881, on May 3, 2001.
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