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Irving planning staff: homeowner built covered patio inside rear-yard setback; variance sought after stop‑work notice
Summary
Planning staff presented a zoning application for 861 Hope Lane seeking a variance to reduce a required 20-foot rear setback to 7.5 feet after inspectors found a completed covered patio built without a permit. Commissioners asked staff about enforcement, parity with neighboring properties and whether other yards show similar encroachments.
Planning Department staff told the Irving Planning and Zoning Commission on June 2 that a homeowner at 861 Hope Lane has applied to rezone and obtain a variance after inspections showed a covered patio and storage enclosure built without a permit.
Haley Reddick, Planning Department, said the property is currently in an SP246 site plan for single‑family R6-type lots and that the owner seeks a generalized site plan amendment and a variance reducing the rear yard setback from the required 20 feet to 7.5 feet. Reddick said staff found no unnecessary hardship in the submission and that the inspection division issued a notice of…
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