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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
by Alan Hague
posted: Sept. 21, 2007
Recent Zoning and Development
CONTINUED PETITIONS:
2007-DV1-039 6349 and 6351 Guilford Avenue (Approximate Addresses)Petitioner/Agent: Laila Hanna, by David Gilman Request(s): VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Commercial Zoning Ordinance to provide for: a) a 400-square foot outdoor seating area containing 36 seats (maximum 200-square foot outdoor seating area permitted), with a zero-foot front setback from the proposed (existing) right-of-way of Guilford Avenue (minimum ten-foot front setback required), b) with seventeen parking spaces (minimum 34 parking spaces required), with eleven parking spaces having improper maneuvering area (proper maneuvering area required).
2007-DV2-031 7162 North Pennsylvania Street (Approximate Address), Petitioner/Agent: Suzanne Tannenbaum Request(s): VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for the construction of a 492-square foot deck with a zero-foot north side setback (minimum eight-foot side setback required), and to legally establish a 500-square foot attached garage, a 120- square foot porch, a 200-square foot patio, a 384-square foot accessory building, a 440-square foot parking pad, a 1,050-square foot patio, and a 2,223.75-square foot pool, resulting in an accessory use area of 5,409.75 square feet or 216.39 percent of the total living area of the primary dwelling (maximum 2,500 square feet or 99.99 percent of the total living area of the primary dwelling permitted).
NEW PETITIONS:
2007-DV1-041 6196 Rosslyn Avenue (Approximate Address), Petitioner/Agent: Michelle Brackett. Request(s): VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for the construction of a 144-square foot front porch addition with a four-foot front setback from the proposed (existing) right-of-way of Rosslyn Avenue (minimum 25- foot front setback required).
NOTE: descriptions in parenthesis such as, "not permitted" and "minimum ... required", are describing the current zoning for the property. The variance is being sought to deviate from those limitations.
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