HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ZBA_09.20.2011Zoning Board of Adjustment Agenda, September 20August 16, 2011 Page 1 of 2
City of Georgetown
Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting
Minutes
September 20, 2011 at 6:00 P.M.
City Council Chambers
101 E. 7th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626
Members: Dustin Elliott, Vice-chair; Ellen Davis, Secretary; Tom Crawford, Gerald
Sensabaugh.
Members Absent: Gene Facey, Chair
Staff Present: Elizabeth Cook, Community Development Director; Valerie Kreger,
Principal Planner; Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; Stephanie McNickle,
Recording Secretary.
Vice-chair Elliott called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
1. Action from Executive Session. There was not an executive session.
2. Consideration and possible action on the Minutes of the regular Board of
Adjustment meeting on August 16, 2011.
Motion by Sensabaugh to approve the August 16, 2011 minutes. Second by
Crawford . Approved. (4-0)
3. Public Hearing and possible action on a Special Exception for a setback
modification to allow a covered porch to encroach 6’11” into Myrtlea street side
setback, for Glasscock Addition, Block 14, Lots 5 & 6, located at 407 S. Myrtle Street.
(RW) SE-2011-003 Staff report by Robbie Wyler. The applicant is requesting Special
Exception approval for a setback modification from the Zoning Board of Adjustment
(ZBA) to allow an 111.58 square foot connection in between two covered porches
that will encroach into the side yard setback. The property is used as a residence
and includes only the main dwelling. On July 28, 2011, the subject property was
brought to the Historic and Architectural Review Commission (HARC) for
Certificate of Design Compliance (CDC) approval for an expansion and renovation
to the house. Amongst other design elements of the project was the expansion of an
existing 7’ by 5’ covered porch facing Myrtle Street. The applicant provided details
to HARC and explained that the existing porch was to be extended south and
connect to a future covered porch on the south side of the house. When completed,
the porch expansion will connect the existing Myrtle Street porch with the future 5th
Street porch, creating a single wrap around covered porch. HARC approved the
design of the covered porch expansion pending any future required approvals.
Staff determined the proposed porch expansion encroached into the side/street yard
setback. Per Unified Development Code (UDC) Section 6.03.050.A, Residential
Single-Family District Lot and Dimensional Standards, the side setback shall be a
minimum of 6 feet. However, any street-facing yard shall have a minimum of 10
feet. The subject covered porch, more specifically the connection between the
existing 7’ by 5’ covered porch facing Myrtle Street and the future 8’ covered porch
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spanning the south side of the house, encroaches 6’11” into the 10’ setback, a
distance of about 3’1” from the west property line and 21’1” from Myrtle Street. The
total area of new covered porch within the setback is 111.58 square feet. Due to the
encroachment into the side/street yard setback, a Special Exception for Setback
Modification must be approved by the ZBA in order for the connecting portion of
the covered porch between the existing Myrtle Street porch and future 5th Street
porch to be permitted. Per UDC Section 3.15.B, the ZBA shall have the authority to
hear and decide Special Exceptions to the terms of this Code when the Code requires
the Board to do so.
Vice-chair Elliott invited the applicant to speak. Sarah Milburn stated she and her
husband would like to extend the existing porch around the south corner of the
house and along the south side of the home. They want this extension to improve
the look of the home as well as to provide shade to the bedrooms along the south
side of the house. The new part of the porch will follow the same line as the existing
porch. This extension would extend the existing porch 19’3” along the west side of
the house. (11’3” to the end of the house and an additional 8’ for the wrap-around
porch. The new porch design has been approved by the Historical Architectural
Review Commission during the July 2011 meeting. She also stated she will be happy
to answer any questions. There was a discussion between Commissioners and staff
regarding qualifications for the set-back modification application.
Motion by Seansabaugh to approve the Special Exception for Setback Modification
to allow a connecting covered porch between an existing Myrtle Street-facing porch
and a future 5th Street-facing porch to encroach 6’11”.
Second by Davis. Approved. (4-0)
4. Motion to Adjourn at 6:26 p.m.
Approved, Dustin Elliot, Vice-chair Attest, Ellen Davis, Secretary