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BZA defers variance request for dead-end Riverside lot, asks applicant for more documentation
Summary
The board deferred a variance request for 214 Riverside Drive after the applicant said the lot's park adjacency prevented the required contextual averaging; the board asked the applicant to submit revised plans and the missing house calculations for the contextual overlay and rescheduled the hearing for Feb. 19.
The Board of Zoning Appeals deferred a request by Jacob Van Hooser for variances to the maximum allowable building footprint and a minor height increase for a proposed single-family home at 214 Riverside Drive. The lot abuts Shelby Park and, under the contextual-overlay calculation, the applicant could not include two houses on the park side in the averaging formula used by code.
Joey Hargis summarized the technical calculations: the applicant's proposed footprint was roughly 3,275',475 square feet versus a contextual-overlay-derived allowance of about 2,445 square feet. The overlay also set a contextual height cap at 27 feet in this block; the applicant sought up to approximately 30 feet.
Board members agreed there appeared to be a legitimate hardship because the lot terminates at the park and does not allow a full four-house average, but they asked the applicant to provide additional documentation (measurements or plans for the neighboring houses that the code would ordinarily include in the calculation) and to provide any schematic plans. The board deferred the case to the next meeting (two weeks) so staff and members could review the additional information.
