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Kennedale Board OKs reduced side setback for C1 parcel at 708 Corey A. Edwards Drive
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance to reduce the side-yard setback adjacent to an R3 residential lot from the required distance (25–50 feet depending on district) to 12.5 feet for a C1-zoned parcel at 708 Corey A. Edwards Drive so an approved commercial building permit can be issued.
The Kennedale Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing the side-yard setback on a C1 (restricted commercial) parcel at 708 Corey A. Edwards Drive to be reduced to 12.5 feet from the standard 25–50-foot requirement so a permitted commercial building can be constructed.
Nathan (community development staff/building official) told the board the property has long been zoned C1 but was formerly a rental home and that a 50-foot (and in some districts a 25- or 50-foot) side setback would make construction infeasible on the narrow lot. Nathan said the applicant owns the adjacent R3 residential lot and “the owner himself does not have any issues with reducing that side yard setback, because he actually owns both properties.”
The staff report said the proposed building (roughly 2,000–3,000 square feet) would meet rear-yard and other setback requirements, include a rear parking area and landscape buffer, and is consistent with the future land use plan. A board member told staff the lot width is about 75 feet and that maintaining a 50-foot setback would make building on the lot “absolutely impossible.”
A board member made a motion to approve Case 20‑5‑1; the motion was seconded and the board voted in favor by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The board did not record roll-call tallies in the transcript.
The board moved promptly to the next agenda item after the vote; no written conditions beyond the variance request were recorded in the hearing.
Votes at a glance: Case 20‑5‑1 — motion to approve variance; outcome: approved (voice vote).
