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Board of Adjustments approves variance for 5912 Riviera Drive to address flood-elevation compliance
Summary
The Board of Adjustments voted unanimously to grant a variance allowing an existing home at 5912 Riviera Drive to meet the city's flood damage prevention standards after staff and utility reviews were reported as complete.
The Board of Adjustments approved a variance for 5912 Riviera Drive that, according to staff, will allow the existing home to meet the city's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
Chelsea, the clerk, read the staff report and said reviews by the Development Review Committee and city utilities had been completed and that the request was made "on behalf of the property owners" by the project consultant. The consultant described the request as necessary to bring the house into compliance with the ordinance.
A representative identified in the record as Mr. H. said the house sits about 1.5 feet above the local floodplain and acknowledged that is slightly below the current elevation requirement. When Commissioner Emma Gibson asked whether the FEMA-required elevation had been met, the response in the hearing record confirmed a discrepancy but did not state a precise FEMA elevation figure.
After brief discussion, a motion to approve the variance was made and seconded. Chelsea conducted a roll call that recorded seven votes in favor; the motion passed.
The approval, as presented, follows staff and utilities sign-off and is limited to the variance request described by the applicant. The record does not identify a mover or seconder by name, and no additional conditions were stated on the record.
