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BZA approves variance to enclose porch for lab entrance at 2741 Southwest Valley Road
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance to reduce the Cedar Mead Avenue setback from 35 feet to 23 feet so an existing unenclosed porch can be enclosed as an entrance lobby needed for FDA lab operational requirements; approval is limited to the existing porch enclosure and carries conditions.
The Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 8 approved a variance to allow the enclosure of an existing unenclosed porch at 2741 Southwest Valley Road so the space can serve as an enclosed entrance lobby required for certain lab operations.
City staff described the request as BZA-25-5 and said the applicant seeks to reduce the setback along Cedar Mead Avenue from 35 feet to 23 feet to permit the enclosure. "The variance request is to reduce that setback along Cedar Mead Avenue from 35 feet to 23 feet to allow that porch to be enclosed," said Mr. Velasquez, city staff, during the public hearing.
The property, which staff said was built in 1968 and was annexed into the city in the 1970s, is legally nonconforming under today's zoning standards. The owner, who renovated the building in 2023–25 under…
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