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Board grants rear-setback variance for garage addition at 231 E. 305th St. S
Summary
A variance was approved to reduce the rear setback to allow a garage attached by roofline to a historic Riverside-area house; the board cited the lot’s shallow, preexisting configuration as the hardship.
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance to reduce the required 20-foot rear setback in the RS-3 district to 9 feet, 2.5 inches at 231 East 30 Fifth Street South, allowing the property owner to construct a garage attached by roofline to the existing house.
Applicant Landon Brown said the home sits far back on a shallow lot and that the request would provide a functional full-size garage and covered walk between the house and garage. Brown and his client told the board the proposed second-floor storage area will not include a kitchenette or other living-unit facilities; windows on neighboring-facing elevations would be frosted per neighbor discussions.
Board members noted the house predates existing zoning and that neighboring lots contain other detached garages and larger newer homes. Planning staff confirmed the lot is nonconforming and shallower than current RS-3 lots, creating practical difficulties for placing a modern-sized garage without relief.
The board approved the variance. Recorded votes: Miss Williams — aye; Mr. Wallace — aye; Miss Stauffer — aye; Chair — aye. The motion reduced the rear setback to 9 feet, 2.5 inches per the conceptual plans in the packet.
