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Board approves Tiffany property variances in Clearwater Hills, including lot-coverage exception
Summary
BA240032 was approved 5-0 to allow disturbance outside the building envelope and to permit roughly 29% lot coverage (where 25% is the normal maximum) for redevelopment at 7528 Lakeside Lane; staff noted the lot's preexisting nonconformities and HOA support.
The Maricopa County Board of Adjustment on Dec. 12 approved a set of variances for the Tiffany property at 7528 Lakeside Lane in Clearwater Hills (BA240032), including authorization for 14,500 square feet of disturbance outside the lot's principal building envelope and a lot-coverage adjustment to about 29 percent where 25 percent is normally allowed.
Planning staff said the lot is legally nonconforming in size and width, was developed before the current zoning rules for Clearwater Hills, and already experienced substantial disturbance when hillside rules were adopted. The applicant proposes to rebuild the residence and add an attached addition, guest house, garage and pool area. Staff noted uncertainty about how much of the proposed work constitutes new disturbance but concluded the lot's preexisting condition and prior disturbance make the request consistent with other lots in the subdivision; staff recommended conditions in the report and the board-handout memo.
Applicant representative Carrie (last name Clayton in the record) said the footprint of the house will remain within required setbacks and that the requested variance is primarily for grading, mechanical yards and maintaining historic disturbance patterns. Staff clarified that Maricopa County counts area under roof (area under roof) when calculating lot coverage; after review the footprint and roof-overhang accounting yielded about 29 percent lot coverage.
Vice Chair Persson moved to approve the case subject to staff conditions and the BOA handout (including condition d); Member Clapp seconded. The motion passed 5-0 (Carden, Clapp, Ward, Vice Chair Persson and Chairman Loper). The board recorded that the approval includes the conditions outlined in the staff report and the handout memo provided at the hearing.
