Board continues setback variance request at 3210 Twentieth Street after neighbor opposition

The Board of Zoning Adjustment continued a request for rear-yard setback variances at 3210 Twentieth Street and asked the applicant to return within 90 days with additional materials focused on parts of the variance test. The continuance was approved by unanimous vote (Sean Haney, Ben Doyle, Drew Eisenberg, Katie, and Nikki McCord voting yes).

Robbie Wyler, staff liaison, described the application as an after-the-fact permit review for replacements and additions: two attached covered patios and an attached single-car garage/carport. "The rear east setback variance request is for two attached covered patios and an attached single car garage slash carport," Wyler said, noting the closest point is approximately 20.2 feet from the east (rear) property line where 25 feet is required. Wyler said the lot is a corner parcel with three 25-foot front-yard setbacks, and that earlier aerial and permit records show an awning/carport built in the 1960s. He said an enforcement case opened in April 2024 for work without permits, which triggered the current after-the-fact building-permit review; the building permit cannot be approved until the board acts on…