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Variance Case Number 1981-1 February 26, 1981 BOARD OF APPEALS AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MINUTES: PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE, THOMAS A. BOVIO, APPLICANT. FEBRUARY 26, 1981. PAGE 3. 7. COMMENTS BY STAFF - CONTINUED: B. Zoning Department Comments. 1. The Zoning Department had no comments. c. Building Department Comments. 1. Ferris replies that the distance to the house that would be adjacent to his property is 6.75 feet from the property line, and the worst that this setback would be creating is still 6 feet so there's no building code problems as far as that's concerned. The zoning in that area apparently at ona time was possibly a P.U.D. per se, because the setback on the south side of the property is 4.5 feet, so it wouldn't be creating a worse situation. 2. Reed wants to know what the Building Code requires as far as eaves and so forth. a. Ferris replies that he could extend into the side yard 3 feet. 3. Davies asks Ferris if the distance between structures has been able to, in the past, allow a firetruck to possibly go through there in case of an emergency. Is this correct? a. Ferris replies not in a residential subdivision. If a fire truck would need to get in he would have to go down through the back of the properties, and in this case there's a 7 foot easement towards the back of the house. The Building Code would allow the two buildings to be within 6 feet of each other, and in this case it would be almost 14 feet. The way most of the new subdivisions are laid out now is that there is 10 feet between the structures, or 5 feet between the property line and structure. That wouldn't be wide enough to get a truck through there anyway. He thinks it's just to kind of keep a continuity between the entire subdivision. 1. Davies is just trying to reason this thing out, that to his knowledge in this new section of town you have no alleys so it must be a P.U.D. set-up, and if it is, then some houses can be closer than others. b. Ferris says that maybe P.U.D. was the wrong word, since it wasn't even heard of at the time the house was built, so this is kind of an existing non-conforming structure, because the setback on the south side is already in vio- lation of the Louisville Municipal Code. As far as the Building Code and the Zoning Ordinances go, the Staff has no problem with it for Fire Protection.