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Staff backs PD amendments at 826 Forest Oak to make a lot buildable despite reduced width
Summary
Planning staff recommended approval of multiple variances and a new development standard at 826 Forest Oak that would allow a single‑family detached home to be built on an undersized lot created by a prior metes‑and‑bounds conveyance.
A planning staff presentation described a planned development (PD) amendment request for 826 Forest Oak intended to allow construction of a single‑family detached dwelling on a lot that no longer meets original PD152 lot‑width standards.
Staff said the lot originally had a 40‑foot width requirement, but a portion outside the subject area was previously sold by metes and bounds to an adjacent owner, leaving the lot too narrow to build under existing PD standards. To make the lot developable the applicant asked for six modifications: reductions to minimum living area, minimum lot area, minimum lot width, a front yard setback reduced to 19.1 feet, side yard setbacks changed from 8 feet to 7 feet on one side, and a reduction from a two‑car to a one‑car garage.
Staff told commissioners the one‑car garage is necessitated by roughly 16 feet of available depth for garage space and that, overall, the request is the only practical way to make the lot developable. Staff recommended approval of the variances and the new lot standard. Commissioners had no substantive follow‑up questions during the briefing. No action was taken at the briefing; the item will be heard at the regular meeting public hearing.
