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DDRC denies request to keep front-yard parking pad at 1427 Hagood Avenue; orders removal within 90 days
Summary
The commission found an unapproved front-yard parking pad at a Melrose Heights Oak Lawn district property inconsistent with the Unified Development Ordinance and voted to deny the change and require removal within 90 days.
The Design and Development Review Commission voted to deny an applicant’s request to keep an expanded front-yard parking pad at 1427 Hagood Avenue and ordered the removal of excess paved area within 90 days, finding the change inconsistent with the Unified Development Ordinance.
City staff told the commission that the property’s driveway was approved in 2022 at 10 feet wide but that staff discovered in 2025 the owner had widened the area into a front-yard parking pad without further approval. Staff said the city’s UDO limits allowable paved width…
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