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Zoning board denies subdivision variance for two houses in Bayou Shores at 1804/60 Fifth Street
Summary
On June 4, 2025, the Galveston Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance that would have allowed a single legally nonconforming lot in the Bayou Shores neighborhood to be subdivided into two separate lots, each to contain one of two houses built in 2024.
On June 4, 2025, the Galveston Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance that would have allowed a single legally nonconforming lot in the Bayou Shores neighborhood to be subdivided into two separate lots, each to contain one of two houses built in 2024.
The subject parcel (described in the staff report as a half of an original Bayou Shores Wheeler subdivision lot) currently contains two identical structures. Planning staff said the existing lot does not meet Article 3 addendum minimums for R-1 lots—required standards cited in the report include 50…
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