Benbrook ZBA approves rear‑setback variance and 60‑day permit extension for Legend Manor lot

On Jan. 28, 2025, the Benbrook Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals Commission approved a variance allowing a single‑family home at 8 Legend Road to encroach up to 10 feet into the rear yard and granted the applicant an additional 60 days to pursue permits and related approvals.

The request was made by Kevin Terry, the property owner and applicant, who told the board he had recently purchased the lot and wanted to build “my forever home.” Terry said the lot is unusually wide and shallow and that existing rear‑yard and side‑yard requirements left too little buildable depth. “By allowing us the variance, we can actually turn that…useless space in the back into a usable space,” Terry said.

The request sought permission to reduce the rear setback so the proposed house could encroach no more than 10 feet as shown on the site plan attached to the staff report. City staff noted a prior variance on the parcel had been granted on Nov. 23, 2021 but had lapsed because construction was not…