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Board of Adjustment grants Terrace Drive homeowner setback variance to retain garage
Summary
On Aug. 11, 2025 the City of Austin Board of Adjustment granted a variance allowing a Terrace Drive property owner to keep a repaired garage and carport within a reduced side-yard setback after finding unique hardship related to heritage oak trees.
On Aug. 11, 2025, the City of Austin Board of Adjustment voted 9-0 to grant a variance allowing the owner of 506 Terrace Drive to retain a back garage and adjoining carport within a reduced side-yard setback. The board approved reducing the required 5-foot side-yard setback to 1 foot so the structure could remain in its current location.
George McQueen, the property owner, told the board the garage dates to about 1930 and that he had performed structural repairs while replacing siding and the roof. “I did get a permit last year for replacing the siding and the roof… I started peeling it back, and it was just kind of unsafe and beyond repair,” McQueen said. He said he sought to match the historic footprint and that the carport and garage have been in the same…
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