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League City board unanimously denies variance for carport that would extend into front-yard setback
Summary
The League City Zoning Board of Adjustments denied a request to allow a carport to extend about 19.5 feet into a required 25-foot front-yard setback at 406 Coburn Street, citing the extent of the requested encroachment and legal limits on the board’s authority.
The City of League City Zoning Board of Adjustments unanimously denied a variance request Aug. 14 to allow a carport to extend about 19.5 feet into a required 25-foot front-yard setback at 406 Coburn Street in the Meadowwick Section 2 subdivision.
The request, filed by property owner Alfredo Lomando, sought relief from the League City Unified Development Code (UDC), chapter 125, to place an attached carport within the front-yard setback on a property zoned RSF-7 (Residential Single-Family 7). The board voted against approving the variance after staff and the city attorney warned members about the legal limits of the board’s authority if they allowed a large deviation from the code.
The variance application described a carport attached to the house…
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