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Zoning board denies request to raise floor-area ratio for Monteitho Drive build
Summary
The Zoning Board of Adjustments voted to deny a request to allow a 50% floor-area ratio for a new home on Monteitho Drive (RS-1) after staff concluded no hardship supported exceeding the 40% limit; the motion to deny passed by voice vote.
The San Angelo Zoning Board of Adjustments on Aug. 4 denied a request to increase the maximum floor-area ratio (FAR) from 40% to 50% for a proposed new residence in the Santa Rita neighborhood.
Ray Lineberry, lead planner, introduced case ZBA25-09717 and said the lot is approximately 0.161 acres and the proposed new home would total about 3,450 square feet. Lineberry said staff mailed 19 notices and had received three written oppositions; staff concluded the lot is not unusually shaped, found no hardship and recommended denial.
Applicant Brian Benson of Clearview Custom Homes described the plan as a spec house intended to match nearby higher-end homes and argued the structure would fit the block. Neighbors and several board members raised concerns that approving the variance for a new spec home would create precedent that could change neighborhood lot-size character.
During the board’s discussion members calculated that a 40% limit would allow about 2,796 square feet on the lot and noted the proposal exceeds that by several hundred square feet. A board member moved to deny the FAR variance, another seconded, and the motion carried by voice vote; the chair announced a 5–1 result, denying the request.
Lineberry noted that one nearby address (726 W. Avenue H) has a previously approved variance but said staff’s review did not find the current lot meets the hardship standard required to grant another exception.
The board returned to administrative items and adjourned. No further action on the Monteitho request was scheduled.
