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BoardofAdjustmentRegularMeeting <br />October14,2015 <br />MLKJr.(formerlyNorthside)ParkFenceVariance <br />result,thecityhasbeenworkingwiththeadjacentpropertyownertothenorthonameansof <br />mitigatingpotentialimpactsofparkusesontheirproperty.Asaresultofthosediscussions,the <br />cityhasagreedtoconstructaЏ͸highornamentalironfencefromthepropertyƚǞƓĻƩ͸ƭexisting <br />woodfencetothefrontofthehouseandtransitiontoaЍ͸highornamentalfencefromthat <br />pointtothefrontpropertyline,whichisapproximatelyЌЉ͸fromthefrontofthehouse. <br />ThesubjectsiteislocatedintheNorthsideneighborhoodatthenortheastcornerofTylerStreet <br />th <br />andN.5StreetandiszonedR1,LowDensityResidential.Thefollowingtablesummarizesthe <br />surroundingzoningandlanduses: <br />ZoningLandUse <br />th <br />bƚƩƷŷ R1,LowDensityResidential414N.5Street(O.Garcia) <br />th <br />{ƚǒƷŷ R1,LowDensityResidential330N.5Street;acrossTylerSt.(A.Lake) <br />th <br />‘ĻƭƷ R1,LowDensityResidential401N.5Street(HistoricColoredSchoolHouse);403 <br />th <br />N.5Street(J.Bell);Vacant(TexanLand&CattleCo.) <br />9ğƭƷ R1,LowDensityResidentialMartinLutherKingJr.(formerlyNorthside)Park;across <br />unimprovedalley(CityofLaPorte) <br />ApplicableCodeProvisions: <br />Section106333,stipulatesresidentialarearequirements,includingsetbacksintheR1District. <br />Thefollowingisanexcerptfromthatsectionasapplicabletothisvariancerequest(see <br />highlighted): <br />Sec.106791.ΑFrontyardareas. <br />Nofences,structures,grading,orbarrierhedgesshallbepermittedwithinanyfront <br />yardareasexceptinthecaseoflargelotresidentiallots,orinthecaseoflotswitha <br />frontyarddirectlyadjacenttotheshorelineofGalvestonBay,asprovidedinsection <br />106792. <br />Analysis: <br />Section106791oftheZoningOrdinancedoesnotallowforfencingtobelocatedinthefront <br />yard.Thefrontyardistheareabetweenthefrontoftheprincipalbuildingandthefrontlotline, <br />whichinaR1zonedistrictistypicallya25footsetback.Inthiscase,thefrontyardisalongN. <br />th <br />5StreetasthatishowthelotswereconfiguredintheoriginalTownofLaPorteplat.The <br />applicantisrequestingapprovalofavariancetoallowconstructionofafencewithinthefront <br />yardalongthenorthpropertylinetoprovideabarrierbetweentheparksiteandtheadjacent <br />propertyownertothenorth.Thisisauniquesituationanditisreasonabletoexpectabarrierto <br />preventusersoftheparkfromcuttingacrossadjacentresidentialproperties. <br />Section106192oftheZoningOrdinancestatesthatthetermͻǝğƩźğƓĭĻͼrepresentsadeviation <br />fromtheliteralinterpretationofthecodeapprovedbytheBoardsubjecttothefactthat <br />enforcementoftheprovisionsofthecodewouldcauseanunnecessaryhardshipbecauseof <br />circumstancesuniquetothesubjectproperty.TheBoardisauthorizedtograntavariancewhen <br />theBoardfindsthatanumberofcriteriaaremet.Thefollowingtableoutlinesthosecriteriaand <br />ƭƷğŅŅ͸ƭanalysisofthosecriteria. <br />2 <br /> <br />