Dallas Board of Adjustment approves front-yard variance and visibility exception for Holland Avenue duplex

The Dallas Board of Adjustment Panel C on July 14 approved a 10-foot variance to the front-yard setback and a special exception to the 20-foot visibility-obstruction triangle for a proposed duplex at Holland Avenue and Prescott Avenue, voting 5-0 on each motion.

The applicant’s representative, Kendra Abchee, told the board the site is a small, corner lot with “double frontage, and it's a very small lot size,” and that complying with both 15-foot front setbacks on Prescott and Collin avenues would reduce the buildable area to about 41% of the lot. “It will be limited to 41%, which is well below the 60% of lot coverage allowed in the zone,” Abchee said, and she said the requested variance would allow a proposed lot coverage of about 54.9%.

At the public hearing Abchee said the request stems from the property’s “unique property constraints” and is not self-imposed. She presented a site plan and elevations showing a two‑unit duplex (two three‑bedroom units), each served by an on‑site two-car garage, with two parking spaces per unit. Abchee said the design treats Prescott Avenue as a side yard like nearby properties, that landscaping and required street trees will be provided, and that the exhibit had…