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Board approves flexible setbacks to preserve small trees at 122 14th Street despite survey discrepancies
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board approved flexible front/rear setbacks to preserve multiple small trees at a proposed house site at 122 Fourteenth Street. The application relied on an arborist report; board members debated survey accuracy after staff and neighbors identified a larger 29-inch oak that was not clearly shown in earlier submissions.
The Planning and Zoning Board voted July 15 to approve flexible front and rear setbacks for a proposed single-family residence at 122 Fourteenth Street to preserve trees identified in an arborist report. The applicant requested a combined front/rear setback of 45 feet (front 17.5 feet, rear 27.5 feet) under the city’s flexible-setback provisions to protect a 13-inch live oak, a 14-inch live oak and a 12-inch cedar. An arborist report accompanying the application advised protections and, in an updated report provided at the meeting, addressed the cedar…
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