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Board approves driveway and setback variances for 3535 Nicolay Drive to formalize long-standing circulation
Summary
The Zoning and Planning Board of Appeals approved variances on April 21 allowing an expanded driveway configuration and reduced side-yard setbacks at 3535 Nicolay Drive, accepting staff and petitioner arguments that unique site history and loss of legal access justified exceptions to Section 44-1746 standards.
The Zoning and Planning Board of Appeals on April 21 approved a set of variances that allow a widened driveway and reduced side-yard setbacks at 3535 Nicolay Drive, formalizing an existing circulation pattern on the property and enabling a full resurfacing of the asphalt.
Staff described the request as two related deviations from city driveway standards (Section 44-1746). The applicants asked to exceed the maximum driveway width for side-loading garages and to reduce side/rear setbacks in a few locations — including a section where the proposed driveway would be as close as 2 feet to a property line near a shed and a long driveway run that would exceed the nominal permitted length in order to provide a practical…
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