Owners seek variance after newly built garage encroaches on setback at 24 Sedona View Drive

The Sedona Board of Adjustment on April 3 heard a variance request from James Taylor, the owner of 24 Sedona View Drive, after a newly constructed garage was found in violation of the exterior side setback and the city’s 20-foot driveway-length requirement. Hearing officer Mike Gomeric took testimony from the applicant, the contractor, the owner’s engineering representative and city staff and said he would issue a written opinion within 21 days.

Taylor and his representatives told the board that the garage was relocated during construction after crews uncovered an existing concrete drainage culvert and catch basin. “It made sense that where we have it was the most accommodating location and still within our setbacks,” said Ryan Protski, the general contractor. Protski told the board the garage sits approximately 18 feet 6 inches from the street; city staff described the public right-of-way at the location as 50 feet wide and said the garage sits about 2 to 2.5 feet from the right-of-way edge.

The city’s planning…