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Board approves rear‑yard variance for North Rome Avenue addition
Summary
A variance reducing the rear‑yard setback to 12.3 feet was approved for an addition at 11318 North Rome Avenue; staff found the request consistent and neighbors raised no objections in the record.
The Variance Review Board granted a reduction of the rear‑yard setback from 20 feet to 12.3 feet at 11318 North Rome Avenue on a vote at the April 15 hearing, allowing a proposed rear addition to proceed as shown on the submitted site plan.
Staff presented case VRV‑25‑24 and noted that a portion of the existing house already encroaches toward the rear yard and that the proposed addition would square off the rear of the house. Natural Resources requested a tree survey at permitting; other review divisions flagged no outstanding issues. The applicant and contractor, Francisco J. Otero Ocasio, told the board the house was built in 1958 and that the variance would rectify an existing encroachment discovered during plan review.
Otero said adjacent property owners had been consulted and he submitted a support letter from the northern neighbor; no members of the public spoke in opposition during the hearing. The board’s motion approved the variance, citing the preexisting nonconformity and the small scale of the addition. The decision includes the standard condition that eaves and gutters may encroach per the city’s allowances and that a tree survey be provided at permitting if required by Natural Resources.
The applicant may proceed with building permits subject to the city’s checklist and any conditions identified by permitting reviewers.
