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Tampa variance board denies setback variance after stormwater, hardship questions
Summary
The City of Tampa Variance Review Board denied a request to reduce rear- and side-yard setbacks at 2507 West Gardner Court, citing inadequate site information and unresolved stormwater concerns raised by staff and neighbors.
The City of Tampa Variance Review Board on May 13 denied a variance request to reduce the rear-yard setback from 20 feet to 5 feet and a side setback to 4 feet at 2507 West Gardner Court, after staff and neighbors raised unresolved stormwater and hardship questions.
The board's decision followed a presentation by the applicant's architect, John Boziak, and an extended exchange with staff and a neighboring resident about drainage. The board chair, Anna Walrath, said she could not approve the plan as presented: "I could not approve this. No way, no how," and staff emphasized that the site plan did not show a required stormwater detention system.
Why it matters: Staff told the board the development exceeds the city—s 50% impervious-area threshold and the project…
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