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File #: 21-4165   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 6/7/2021
Posting Language: BOA-21-10300034: A request by Small House Solutions for variances to the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD-5) design standards as follow: 1) a 7’1” variance to the required minimum front setback of 20’ to allow a 12’11” front setback, 2) a variance to the restriction to allow a driveway gate, 3) a variance to the same material and proportion requirement for new street-facing fences for corner lots to allow a steel fence in the front yard, 4) a 20’ variance to the maximum width of 12’ for a driveway to allow a driveway width of 32’, located at 201 Hickman Street. Staff recommends Denial with an Alternate Recommendation. (Council District 1) (Mirko Maravi, Senior Planner, 210-207-0107, Mirko.Maravi@Sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
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Case Number:
BOA-21-10300034
Applicant:
Small House Solutions
Owner:
MTRE HOLDINGS LLC
Council District:|1010|Location:
201 Hickman Street
Legal Description:
Lot 19, NCB 3082
Zoning:
"IDZ NCD-5 AHOD" Infill Development Zone Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with Residential Single-Family Uses
Case Manager:
Mirko Maravi, Senior Planner

Request
A request for variances to the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD-5) design standards as follow: 1) a 7'1" variance to the required minimum front setback of 20' to allow a 12'11" front setback, 2) a variance to the restriction to allow a driveway gate, 3) a variance to the same material and proportion requirement for new street-facing fences for corner lots to allow a steel fence in the front yard, 4) a 20' variance to the maximum width of 12' for a driveway to allow a driveway width of 32'.

Executive Summary

The subject property is located on the corner of Hickman Street and railroad tracks. The applicant is seeking to build a single-family dwelling on a 2,430 square foot lot in the Beacon Hill Area Neighborhood Conservation District. The property is smaller is size than most properties in the neighborhood and was rezoned in 2015 to an infill zoning classification to allow development of a single family home.

Code Enforcement History
There are no relevant Code Enforcement violations pending.

Permit History
There is no relevant Permit history.

Zoning History
The property was part of the original 36 square miles of the City of San Antonio, and originally zoned "J" Commercial District. The property was rezoned by Ordinance 86704, dated September 25, 1997 to the "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" Single-Family Residence District. converted to the "R-6" Residential Single-Family District. The property was rezoned by Ordinance 2015-03-05-0162, dated ...

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