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Commission grants front-yard setback variance for Cecilia Stack property
Summary
The commission approved a variance to reduce the front-yard setback to 3 feet and allow stairs at a zero lot-line setback for a single-family home on the east 25 feet of Lot 17, Block 15; staff findings and conditions were adopted and the motion carried with no opposition recorded in the audio.
Jira Bartel (identified in the transcript as "Jira Bartel, Bureau of Science") introduced and moved the planning commission’s motion to grant the variance request made by or for Cecilia Stack to reduce the front-yard setback for a single-family home on the east 25 feet of Lot 17, Block 15. The motion sought to set the front-yard setback at 3 feet, address off-street parking requirements and permit stairs with a 0-foot lot-line setback at the front and on the west lot line; the motion also incorporated staff findings and conditions. "I move to planning commission grant the variance request by Cecilia Stack to reduce the front yard setback… to 3 feet… and allow the stairs to be built with the 0 lot line setback," the mover said.
Commission discussion characterized the request as compatible with the existing building footprint and as an appropriate use for a substandard historic lot; one commissioner noted the new building would occupy essentially the same location as the structure that had been on site. Commissioners voted in favor of the motion and no opposing votes were recorded on the meeting audio; staff findings and the conditions from the staff report were adopted.
