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Pitkin County board approves variances to legalize unpermitted deck, allow one‑story addition on Juniper Hill Drive property
Summary
The Pitkin County Board of Adjustment approved rear-yard setback variances to legalize an existing unpermitted deck and to permit a one-story, ~2,100 sq. ft. addition to a single-family home at 2365 Juniper Hill Drive in the AR-10 zone, conditioned on limits to future expansion and required building permits.
The Pitkin County Board of Adjustment on June 3 approved variances to legalize an existing unpermitted rear deck and to allow a one-story, rear addition to a single-family home at 2365 Juniper Hill Drive.
Patrick Raleigh, a planner with Raleigh Design Planning representing applicants Allen and Barbara Reif, told the board the requests respond to “existing conditions” on a 2.8-acre AR-10 parcel where the house — built in 1979 — already sits inside the rear-yard setback and the deck was constructed by a prior owner without permits. The application seeks a 30-foot rear-yard variance for the deck (30 feet is the usual requirement) and a 17-foot rear-yard variance for the proposed addition (where 30 feet is required). Raleigh said the administrative site-plan approval for the addition anticipated roughly 2,100 square feet of new construction that would bring the total house to about 5,750 square feet.
The board heard that the lot is steeply sloped below the residence, is…
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