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Board allows owners to keep converted garage at 109 Roosevelt after finding inherited hardship
Summary
Zoning board approved a variance to not require a garage/carport at 109 Roosevelt Avenue after owners said an unpermitted garage conversion predates their ownership and staff found limited compliant alternatives, with one board member abstaining from the final vote.
Staff presented variance 26‑09, a request by homeowner Josh Pulliam (speaker 13) to waive the UDC requirement for a garage or carport for a single‑family residence at 109 Roosevelt Avenue. The property had an unpermitted garage conversion inherited by the current owners; staff outlined alternative compliance routes (detached carport, moving a driveway) but said lot geometry and front‑setback rules made some options infeasible without additional variances. Notices: 71 mailed; staff received seven responses (five in favor, two opposed) and updated packet materials.
The Pulliams said they purchased the house privately in February and learned the conversion was not permitted; they sought to regularize the property while retaining livable interior space. Neighbors and HOA members spoke in support of the owners’ efforts to bring the property into compliance. Board members debated whether the inherited conversion constituted an unnecessary hardship; several said the owners had tried alternatives and that the nonfinancial hardship (site constraints and prior incompatible work) could merit relief. A motion to approve the variance carried with one abstention recorded.
