Title
ZV(R)2024-0076 - 0079
Carlos & Karla Leyva, 11920 Taft Street (District 2)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCIPTION / BACKGROUND:
Carlos & Karla Leyva, owners, submitted four residential zoning variance requests to legalize existing construction at the property located at 11920 Taft Street in the Pembroke Lakes neighborhood, which is zoned Single-Family Residential Zoning District (R-1C).
On March 10, 2024, the City’s Code Compliance Division cited the property (Code Case No. 220300858) for work performed without building permits.
On March 30, 2024, the applicant submitted building permit application No. RO24-03437 to install a 20’ x 20’ metal frame awning attached to the front fascia of the house for a carport. The project also included the installation of a 4’ x 11’ metal frame awning affixed to the east side of the house (above existing door opening), projecting out four-foot (4’) from the side building line to the east property line. However, the building permit application cannot be approved as the existing work on the property exceeds the provisions of the City’s Land Development Code (LDC).
As a result of the work performed on the property, the applicant is specifically requesting:
· ZV(R)2024-0076: to allow twenty-foot (20’) encroachment into the required twenty-five-foot (25’) front setback for an existing twenty-foot by twenty-foot (20’ x 20’) awning carport, attached.
· ZV(R)2024-0077: to allow four-foot (4’) side setback encroachment instead of the allowed two and a half (2.5’) side setback encroachment along a segment of the eastern property line for existing 4’ x 11’ awning, attached.
After reviewing the applicant’s initial request and, per the property’s survey, it was detected an existing shed and a pergola along the east side property line are closer than the required five-foot setbacks (see survey attached). As a result of the existing non-conformities on the property, the owner ...
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