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Rear‑yard setback variance approved for Muscat homeowners
Summary
Commissioners approved a variance reducing the required rear‑yard setback from 30 feet to 23.1 feet for applicants Yakura and Marina Muscat at 14660 Ludlow Avenue to allow a first‑floor bedroom and bathroom; the motion passed on a roll call reported as seven yes votes.
Commissioners approved a variance to allow a 23.1‑foot rear‑yard setback for homeowners Yakura and Marina Muscat, reducing the zoning requirement from 30 feet so the couple can add a first‑floor bedroom and bathroom.
At a meeting, a presenter identified himself as Zach Ashcroft and said he drew the plans for the Muscats. Ashcroft said the addition was prompted by the homeowner’s medical needs and the desire for a larger kosher kitchen, and that site constraints revealed on the survey limited where the modest addition could be placed. "This addition came about as, she's had some medical issues and needed a 1st floor bedroom and bathroom," he said.
The motion to approve came from a commissioner who cited the staff report and discussion of Case No. 2602, noting the request would allow a rear setback of 23.1 feet compared with the 30‑foot minimum in Article 2, Division 2, Section 214 of the Zoning Ordinance. The motion was seconded; the board took a roll call and the presiding speaker announced "Motion carried." The roll call in the transcript recorded seven affirmative responses.
No substantive questions from commissioners or members of the public were recorded in the transcript. After the vote the meeting chair asked whether there were further items; with none raised, a motion to adjourn was made and the meeting ended.
The transcript did not specify the formal name of the board or the date of the meeting. The record does identify the case as Case No. 2602 and gives the applicant address as 14660 Ludlow Avenue.
