Title
ZV(R) 2019-17, Lisbet Machado, 1940 NW 86 Avenue, variance request.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND
James Donovan, agent for owner, has submitted a variance request to allow an eight (8) foot high residential fence instead of the allowed maximum six (6) foot high residential fence. The locations for this taller fence would be from the front corner of house to street side yard property line and along the street side yard property line (see survey included).
VARIANCE REQUEST DETAILS:
ZV(R) 2019-17) allow an eight (8) foot high fence instead of the allowed maximum six (6) foot high fence.
Code Reference: ยง 155.048 FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES.
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no fence, wall, or hedge shall be erected or maintained along or adjacent to a plot line on residentially zoned property to a height exceeding six feet in any yard; except that where the plot line is adjacent to nonresidentially zoned property, there shall be an eight-foot limit on the height of a fence, wall, or hedge along the plot line. Height shall be measured from the ambient ground elevation.
VARIANCE DETERMINATION
The Board of Adjustment shall not grant any single-family residential variances, permits, or make any decision, finding, and determination unless it first determines that:
Its decision and action taken is in harmony with the general purposes of the zoning ordinances of the city and is not contrary to the public interest, health, or welfare, taking into account the character and use of adjoining buildings and those in the vicinity, the number of persons residing or working in the buildings, and traffic conditions in the vicinity.
In the granting of single-family residential variances, the Board shall determine that the single-family residential variance granted is the minimum variance that will accomplish the intended purpose in accordance with above and:
A) That there are s...
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