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Board of Adjustment approves variance to allow attached carport 3 feet from side property line
Summary
Commerce City Board of Adjustment approved variance AV25-0003 to reduce the accessory-structure side-yard setback from 5 feet to 3 feet for a proposed attached carport at a single-family property; staff found the application met the Land Development Code criteria and five public comments were in favor.
Commerce City’s Board of Adjustment on a recorded vote approved variance AV25-0003 to reduce the required side-yard setback for an attached carport from 5 feet to 3 feet for a single-family property in the city’s central neighborhoods character area.
Planner Nathan Chavez told the board the 0.21-acre property is zoned R-1 (single-family detached residential) and that the requested variance would allow a proposed attached carport to be flush with an existing garage that was built in the late 1950s. Chavez said staff found the application met the Land Development Code’s variance approval criteria and that review…
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