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Board tables setback addendum at 1411 Dolman Street to allow neighborhood review
Summary
An addendum seeking approval for front-yard setbacks at 1411 Dolman Street was tabled for up to 90 days so the applicant can secure neighborhood and cultural-resources input after an apparent construction setback error left foundations built farther back than approved.
Zoning plan examiner Andy Powers summarized the appeal for 1411 Dolman Street: an addendum to a previously issued permit after on-site construction left the new building farther back than the originally approved setback. Andy said planning staff finds the addendum would be in keeping with the comprehensive plan's infill goals but that the project required a front-yard area variance.
Applicant Maya Ayelukun said the excavation crew made an error while she was out of the country and that the foundation was poured before she returned, resulting in the building being roughly 7–8 feet farther back than planned. "The setback was farther than what was approved because there was a mistake made by excavation and the foundation crew," she said, and described mitigation measures she would accept — landscaping and a wrought-iron fence — and committed to seeking a neighborhood letter of support.
Board members expressed concern over the scale of deviation from approved plans and discussed whether the deviation looked deliberate rather than an inadvertent mistake. Cultural resources staff were not on the permit route; Bob Bettis (cultural resources) later joined the meeting to clarify his office should have been routed. The board voted to table the appeal for up to 90 days for the applicant to meet with the neighborhood association, immediate neighbors, the alderman, and the preservation/cultural-resources process.
