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Board of Adjustments approves shed replacement that will encroach 7.4 feet into rear yard
Summary
The Board of Adjustments approved BOA260006 to allow a replacement shed to sit 2.6 feet from the rear property line—7.4 feet less than the 10-foot requirement—after staff said the existing shed predates the current owner and staff recommended approval. A voice vote passed the motion.
The Board of Adjustments approved application BOA260006, allowing a replacement shed to encroach 7.4 feet into the required 10-foot rear-yard setback. The hearing opened at 03:31 with Lisa Hannon, Planning Director, entering the staff report into the record and recommending approval.
Hannon told the board the existing structure appears on aerial imagery dating to at least 2015 and that the current property owner purchased the lot in 2017, making the shed an existing nonconforming structure. "It does require a 10 foot rear yard setback and she is requesting a 2.6 foot rear yard setback," Hannon said, adding that a permit for the new shed was under review. She also noted 22 property owners were notified and that staff received no responses.
A committee member who inspected the property said the structure was in disrepair. "That shed that was built prior to the owner moving in there is completely falling apart," the committee member said, supporting replacement rather than relocation. The Chair called a motion; the board approved the item after "a motion from Buster, a 2nd from Danny," and a voice vote that passed BOA260006.
Because the replacement does not expand the footprint beyond the existing nonconforming location and will be built to current codes, Hannon said the city’s code allows reconstruction of a nonconforming structure and staff recommended authorization. The new shed’s building permit remains under review following the board’s approval.
