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Commission approves setback variance for Eisley family home on State Street after condition revision
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a variance allowing additions to a nonconforming 1962 house at 990 State Street after revising conditions; commissioners discussed vision-clearance concerns and required building permits.
The North Bend Planning Commission on Sept. 15 approved a variance allowing an addition at 990 State Street for homeowners Kenneth and Angelica Eisley, subject to revised conditions including building-permit compliance.
Staff explained the house, built in 1962, is legally nonconforming: existing front and rear setbacks are 16 feet and 7 feet, while current R-5 standards require 20 feet front and 10 feet rear. The applicants requested the addition maintain the existing setbacks rather than meet current standards; staff recommended approval with conditions to address safety and vision-clearance concerns.
Sam Slack of HGE Architects described the design and said the phase-two addition would encroach by "less than 2 and a half feet" into the vision-clearance area and argued the neighborhood already contains many nonconforming properties. "We're maintaining the side setbacks that are required. We're just trying to extend those existing front and rear setbacks that were established when the house was built," Slack said, and noted the presence of a stop sign at the nearby intersection.
Homeowner Angelica Eisley said the addition would improve family living space and that sightlines at the corner would remain adequate. "This has been a dream for a long time ... this addition would really, help our family life ... you have to come to that stop sign at the corner, and you can see everything," she said.
Commissioners discussed whether approving the variance would worsen nonconformity but noted staff conditions and site inspection. One commissioner said they had driven by and verified sightlines and found no obstruction. The commission voted to approve the variance for case file 627-25-00016-BLNG based on the applicant presentation and staff findings, removed a prior condition number 1 during deliberation, and attached final conditions requiring building permit compliance and adherence to applicable city codes. The motion passed on the record.
