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Board approves variance for 201 Garden View; applicant cites historic footprint
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance for a teardown/rebuild at 201 Garden View that will result in 36.11% impervious cover, about 3.11 percentage points above the 33% limit; the applicant said the rebuild follows the historic footprint and no neighborhood notices were returned.
The Castle Hills Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a variance allowing a new home at 201 Garden View to exceed the city's 33% impervious-cover limit. Applicant Minerva Galindo told the board the project is a teardown and rebuild and that the lot's configuration and features require a layout that results in higher impervious coverage.
Galindo said the planned home and related concrete work would yield 36.11% impervious cover, exceeding the limit by roughly 3.11 percentage points. "So I have 36.11, and, that is because the lot has a side garage," Galindo said, explaining that the front entrance and maneuvering space to access the garage drove the design. Board members asked whether the existing footprint historically exceeded the limit and whether the packet drawings matched the proposed work; Galindo and staff confirmed the packet illustration and the teardown/rebuild approach.
The clerk reported no returned notices from surrounding residents. After board questions and discussion about historic footprint and site constraints, a motion was made and seconded and the board recorded a unanimous vote in favor of the variance. The transcript does not list individual roll-call tallies.
