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Public Hearing - Variance Request - V18-063 - Allow six foot wooden privacy fence in front yard on a corner lot - 0.20 acres - Land Lot 489 - 2629 Grady Street - Kevin D. Bailey
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ISSUE: The applicant is requesting a variance to allow a six wooden privacy fence in the front yard at 2629 Grady Street. The fence is proposed along the property line adjacent to Fleming Street. The subject property has road frontage along two sides of the property, which creates front yards on two sides. Section 501 controls the location of fences in the Code of Ordinances. The subject property is accessed from Grady Street, however it also has road frontage along Fleming Street on the northern property line. The applicant would like to construct a six foot wooden privacy fence along Fleming Street (See Figure 5). Due to the property having road frontage on two sides, each of those sides is considered a front yard. Section 501 restricts the height of fences within a front yard to four feet. Strict application of the ordinance would require a fence greater than four feet in height be setback to the front setback of 20 feet from the property line on Fleming Street. The applicant is proposing to construct the six foot fence just inside the northern property line. The applicant has stated that a four foot fence is inadequate to provide sufficient privacy and security.
BACKGROUND: None.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: The applicant is requesting a variance to allow a six foot wooden privacy fence in the front yard on a corner lot at 2629 Grady Street. According to Section 1403 of the Zoning Ordinance, variances must be reviewed under the following standards: (1) Whether there are unique and special or extraordinary circumstances applying to the property; (2) Whether any alleged hardship is self-created by any person having an interest in the property; (3) Whether strict application of the relevant prov...
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