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Variance Case Number 1981-2 April 2, 1981 BOARD OF APPEALS AND BOARD OF ADJUSTI~ENTS MINUTES: PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE, SIGFRIED PATZER, APPLICANT. APRIL 2, 1981. PAGE 2. 4. PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT OR REPRESENTATIVE - CONTIfJUED: B. Sigfried Patzer, the applicant, is asking for a variance from the Louisville Municipal Code so as to permit the reduction of the front yard setback from the required 25 feet to 23 feet 7 inches, in order to leave on an upstairs overhang on the northwest corner of the residence he is constructing at 612 Bella Vista Drive. The overhang is violating Section 17.12.040 of the Louisville Municipal Code which requires a minimum front yard setback of 25 feet. C. Patzer makes his presentation. "This is a survey for the property. From the property pins out in the street, the curb and gutter will be put in as we go through the phase on that street. We are 25.5 feet (from the front property line) to the foundation. The foundation is in it's proper place. Even if this plan had been drawn up before putting in the foundation, this dotted line here, the overhang, would not be shown on this plot as an improve- ment survey, because the improvement survey does not show any overhangs or parts of that except the foundation. This is some- thing that the improvement survey showed after the building was up, or during the construction of the building. We have 14 inches one way on the cantalever and approximately 30 inches on on the other direction. That corner of the overhang is into the setback. The man who drew the plot plan, myself as the contractor, and the City, did not recognize this until it happened. That's why I'm asking for a variance this evening. The corner of the cantalever is the upstairs part of the house. The upstairs part of it wouldn't work if it was cut off because the street does not have a 45 degree parallel with the house, so it's an off corner and if I go into that then I have structural problems with the house. The only other thing I want to clarify is that the foundation is where it belongs, this overhang was an oversight on my and a few other people's parts". 1. Lee Bridgewater arrives at the meeting. He'll replace Don Pickett, a regular Board Member who is absent. a. Patzer explains to Bridgewater that they have an overhang not foreseen by the man who drew up the plot plan, and when he got the improvement survey, the upstairs floor was already on with the upstairs corner of the house in the setback. 2. Bridgewater wants to know if the 25.5 feet shown on the survey is from the front property line to the foundation. a. Patzer replies yes. !i o. ., ..:':"<" ., . . ~- ~~ .'S; ;,J> '"