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Planning commission approves variance for addition at 195 Brownell Holland Road
Summary
The Santa Fe Planning Commission on Sept. 4 approved a variance to allow a roughly 806-square-foot addition to an existing single-family house at 195 Brownell Holland Road, finding the work would be located atop previously disturbed patio areas and have limited visibility from city viewpoints.
The Santa Fe Planning Commission approved a variance on Sept. 4 allowing an addition to the single-family home at 195 Brownell Holland Road to extend into the Escarpment Ridgetop Overlay.
Senior planner Alexa Hempel presented staff’s recommendation, saying the applicant sought a variance from City Code section 14-5.6.D.1 because the lot was created by a 2009 lot split even though the house dates to 1958. “The total roof area to be added with this addition is 806 square feet, and 440 of that is within the ridge top,” Hempel said, and staff concluded the work would be built on existing patios and would limit disturbance of native vegetation.
The nut graf: the commission’s authority allows variances where strict compliance would cause extraordinary hardship, provided the variance does not nullify the overlay’s intent to…
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