12-04-2003 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment

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• Staff Report January 22, 2004 Special Exception Request #SE04-004 Requested by: Bayou Housing Partners, Inc. Requested for. Side yard requirement on a comer lot Location: 327 N. 71 Street - Lots 31 & 32, Block 77, La Porte, Harris County Texas Zonin : Residential-1 (R 1) Background: The City of La Porte accepted a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) HOME grant program through Harris County's Office of Housing and Economic Development Department. The City designed a program that will build 11 new homes in the Northside Neighborhood. Earlier, the City started the construction of two homes; first house will be located at-330 N. 5" & second house at 323 N. 7'h Streets respectively. The remainingnine lots will be located at N. 1s` and N. 7s' Street in the Northside Neighborhood - To meet the City's minimum 50' lot width requirement, two 25' x 125' lots are needed in the old Town of La Porte. All selected sites meet these requirements; however, the corner lots on N. 7a' and W. Tyler Streets cannot meet the required 10' side lot setback when adjacent to the public right -of — way. The plan is to build a 1309 sq. ft. with a width of approximately 40'. (Exhibit B) After the -required 5' setback is added to the south side of the property, the 10' side setback requirement at W. Tyler Street cannot be met. Therefore, the developer is requesting a 5' Special Exception to the side yard requirement on a corner lot adjacent to public right-of-way. Analysis: The Code of Ordinances defines a special -exception as a specified enumerated deviation from zoning regulations. The Board is empowered to grant a special exception when it finds the following: ❖ Granting .the exception will not adversely affect the value, or 'use of neighboring property: ❖ Granting the exception will not be contrary to the best public interest. The applicant's request is based on Section 106-191 b (2) c, which states the following: • To deviate yard requirements in the following circumstances: a yard exception on corner lots. To generate interest in redeveloping the .Northside Neighborhood, . the City committed to increase the number and quality of housing. The original Town