Case Number:
BOA-20-10300120
Applicant:
Patrick Christensen
Owner:
Peter Greenblum
Council District:|1010|Location:
326 Riverside Drive
Legal Description:
Lot NW 170 X 15 of Lot 5, N IRR 190 of Lot 6, North 207.86 of Lot 7, N 207.86 of E 102 of Lot 8, Block 21, NCB 7672
Zoning:
"IDZ-1 H RIO-5 MC-1 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay 5 Roosevelt Metropolitan Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "MF-18" Limited Density Multi-Family District and "IDZ-1 H RIO-5 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Mission Historic River Improvement Overlay 5 Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "MF-18" Limited Density Multi-Family District
Case Manager:
Azadeh Sagheb, Planner
Request
A request for a 40' variance to the minimum River Improvement Overlay (RIO-5) setback of 50', as described in Section 35-673, to allow the new residential units to be 10' away from the property line.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 326 Riverside Drive, 84' away from the Roosevelt Avenue and North of San Antonio River. The neighborhood is surrounded by mixed uses including high intensity commercial and industrial uses. The property is currently vacant, and its southeast corner is within the FEMA flood plain area.
The applicant is wanting to redevelop a former mobile home park and construct twenty-five (25) individual residential units on the property and rehab the existing home. The subject property is located within RIO-5 and the Mission Historic District and its rear side is facing the San Antonio River. The Unified Development Code requires that new construction in RIO-5 maintain a fifty (50) foot setback from the top of bank. The proposed new construction has only 10' rear setback. The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) has reviewed and approved the proposed development and finds that due to site conditions that include a narrow site and the low scale of the de...
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