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• • <br />• <br />• <br />Request: Special Exception Rec,vest ;~S~$-002 <br />Requested for: 217 i/2 C2rf field <br />Legal Descripti~ Irorth 1/2 of Lots 1~-16; 131k ;; Sylvan 2~eaci; <br />Addition (See E>:hibit A) <br />Applicant: Q Feter S. & Jan R. John, O~~ners <br />Special Exception To Residential front setback requirer,ents as <br />provided for by Section 11-605.2.6.1 of <br />Ordinance ~f1507 <br />Background : ~~ ®~~ ~St~.,~t~~ ~ ~ z' <br />abandoned. <br />Mr. & Dirs. John are proposing to build a new hor.~e cn the proper"ty <br />in ouestion. As noted on exhibit A, tY,e Joi;n's property occupies the <br />northern half of lots Ili-16 of >lk 5; Sylvan beach Addition. There is <br />an existing home under separate ownership located on tl?e soutl;ern half <br />of the same lots. S~`o~ ~ ~ <br />Tl;e placement of the hcr.~,e i s constrained by two factors. _. The <br />first is the location cf existing utility service lines whicl? cross <br />the John's property a-id serve tl;e i;ouse located next door to the <br />south. As propOSed the rear of tl;e John's house will be located <br />approximately two feet from the closest utility line (underground <br />electrical conduit). This is tl;e minimum distance which will allow <br />for safe separaticn between tl?e hov~se and utilities. The overall rear <br />setback will be seventy (70) feet. (~---~Tb-~=B) ~p ~~ <br />The second factor i~. t};e Trinity Street right of way which is <br />located between the John's front property line and Galveston &ay. <br />Trinity Street, as .find i cat.ed by ex.l;ibi t C, f orr:;erly ran from ~;ortl; of <br />Grove Street to Little Cedar >;ayou. The port ion of ~ tinily in front. <br />of.• the John's property is one of the few surviving fragr„ents of this <br />R.O.W. The rest has been lost to subsidence and erosion xs <br />permanently ••under water. The rigi;t of way has r,ct however been <br />Analvsis ~ 'Conclusion: <br />iv'rlile the distance bet-aeen the shore (vegetation) line a~;d the <br />f I'Gnt Of ;liP. prUpGSeci hOUSe iS approxirately fort;-f i \%e (~~) feet, ti?e <br />setbaclt frc,~a ti?e actual front property line is cnly twenty (?~) fee:. <br />(See E.xl? ibit B). The location of t}',e utility iine~= l::r•E:~.~ent. tl?e hct,s•e <br />f;"or.:, be i r:~g r~ioved further back en the property. <br />Ti?e Jchn's are r~ee,uest~.ir,g :~ Special Exception to the residential <br />front setback rec;uirements of twenty-five (~25) feet 2s pr ov_c=ed fcr• by <br />Section 1 i.605.2.b..1 This section allows "any e;:cept~on from, t:~:e <br />front. )'crci reClliir'c~elit5 where the 2Ct.Ua1 front yard setback Uf any <br />cbUttln$ lot does not .meet. tl;e f 1'Orit )°a1"d r'eC,•l~ r•er?er~t.. °' <br />