Planning Commission conditionally approves variance for attached RV garage at 1002 Providence Lane

The Boulder City Planning Commission on June 17 conditionally approved variance V-26692 to allow a 3,356-square-foot addition at 1002 Providence Lane that would reduce the combined side-yard setback to 15 feet, five feet short of the 20-foot combined minimum required by city code. The addition includes an enclosed RV garage, a game room and an outdoor pavilion with an outdoor barbecue/kitchen area.

Planning Manager Nakisha Alliance told the commission the property is zoned R1-7 and is approximately 0.63 acres. Staff said the existing residence sits toward the west of the lot, creating a practical constraint on placing the RV addition without attachment; the applicant proposed attaching the addition via a breezeway. Staff noted that while a detached accessory structure could meet a 5-foot setback, it would be restricted in height and square footage, and that the applicants presented seven neighborhood support letters and no written public comments opposing the request.

Alliance summarized staff analysis of the five variance criteria and said the application could be approved with conditions. She outlined staff’s recommended conditions, including that “the proposed building addition cannot be used or converted to a dwelling unit” and that approval be limited to the plans as submitted. The adjacent eastern property line borders a subdivision park rather than a private dwelling, staff said, and building, utilities, fire and public works departments provided no objections.

Sean Logan, the applicants’ agent, identified himself and offered to answer questions from the commission. When asked by Commissioner Bonner whether the addition included an interior kitchen, Logan and staff clarified the pavilion contains an outdoor barbecue/kitchen and the rec area includes a bathroom; there is no second interior dwelling kitchen.

A commissioner moved to conditionally approve the variance based on staff findings; another commissioner seconded the motion. Commissioners voted in favor and the motion carried. The approval is subject to the conditions recommended by staff and limited to the submitted plans.

The commission’s formal action was limited to the variance request; no public speakers testified during the public hearing. The matter will proceed to building permit review consistent with the variance approval and the conditions attached by the commission.