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Bexley board allows pool despite lot‑coverage limit, citing unusual garage footprint
Summary
The board granted a 4% lot‑coverage variance for 373 South Drexel to permit a residential pool and deck. Staff said the property’s oversized garage, an existing nonconforming feature, accounts for much of the lot coverage.
The Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning approved a 4 percent area variance to permit a swimming pool and associated deck at 373 South Drexel, increasing total lot coverage from the R‑3 code limit of 50 percent to 54 percent.
Planner Matt Klingler told the board the property’s existing accessory structures account for a large share of impervious area: the garage, with a carport and additions, totals about 1,354 square feet while the code allowance is 724 square feet for a property of this size. The lot is approximately 16,552 square feet; with the proposed pool and deck the owner’s calculations produced a total of 8,983 square feet of coverage, leaving the request roughly 706 square feet above the 50 percent limit.
Owner Stacy Lowe told the board the property currently includes a substantial amount of existing hardscape and gravel areas and that a field measurement reduced the aerially measured driveway area; staff confirmed the revised calculations show a variance of about 4 percent rather than a larger overage. Neighbors and a local real‑estate professional who inspected the site told the board much of the side and rear yard area is pervious (landscaped or gravel) and cited the property’s existing layout as the reason the modest pool can be added without creating additional stormwater risk.
After discussion the board approved the variance. Staff will note the unusual garage footprint and the site geometry in the permit file and the board asked staff to confirm final grading and drainage details before permit issuance.
