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Commission approves variance to reduce side-yard setback for Sanders property to allow detached garage and hobby room
Summary
The planning commission approved VAR25-2, allowing Nathaniel Sanders and Abigail Everett to reduce a side-yard setback from 20 feet to 10 feet to build a detached garage with a 600-square-foot hobby room, citing flood zone and steep topography as hardship.
The Elko County Planning Commission approved a variance (VAR25-2) requested by Nathaniel Sanders and Abigail Everett to reduce the side-yard setback from 20 feet to 10 feet in an agricultural residential district to accommodate a detached garage with a 600-square-foot hobby room.
Planning staff said the parcel’s eastern rear lies in a flood zone and includes steep topography, constraining placement of a new garage. The staff report recommended approval subject to the conditions and restrictions in Elko County Code §4.95, and required that deed conveyances carry language adopting the findings and conditions for future owners. Staff specified the approved minimum side-yard setback will be 10 feet as shown in the submitted drawing (VAR25001).
Applicant Nathan Sanders spoke at the hearing and confirmed the topography and floodplain limited options for siting the garage. The building department provided "no comment" in response to the notice; staff noted no neighboring property owners submitted objections. A commissioner moved to approve the variance based on staff findings and recommendations; the motion was seconded, a voice vote was taken and the chair announced the motion carried.
The variance approval is conditioned on compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes, Elko County Code development criteria, and the specific restrictions cited in the staff report.
