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Zoning board approves variances for narrow lot at 410 N. Houston Ave.
Summary
The Denison Zoning Board of Adjustments approved variances to allow a 43.5-foot-wide lot at 410 North Houston Avenue to be developed as single-family, exempting it from the SF-5 minimum width and lot-area requirements. Staff supported the request and a conditional replat approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission remains tied to the decision.
At a meeting of the Denison Zoning Board of Adjustments, members approved variances to reduce the required lot width and lot area for the property commonly known as 410 North Houston Avenue.
The variances allow a lot with a width of 43.5 feet and an area of 4,350 square feet to proceed despite the SF-5 zoning district minimums of 50 feet width and 5,000 square feet area. "Because of the way that these two lots were legally subdivided, it's created an undue hardship for the two most northern lots," Speaker 3, planning staff, said during the public hearing presentation.
Staff recommended approval and noted the lot is part of what the presenter described as an "illegal subdivision" that produced three parcels where two larger parcels likely had originally existed. Speaker 3 said there are no requested variances for setbacks or parking and that the only allowed use in the SF-5 district is a single-family structure. The applicant had also submitted a replat application; the Planning and Zoning Commission gave that replat conditional approval pending the board's decision.
Speaker 1, a board member, moved to approve the variances "as presented." The public hearing was opened and then closed with no public speakers recorded on the hearing, and the board indicated approval by voice vote.
The board's decision applies only to the lot-width and lot-area requirements for the subject parcel. Staff noted that if a purchaser of the middle parcel seeks development later, that owner would need to pursue the same variance process and a platting action before receiving building permits.
